1995 In Canada ,
Other Events Of 1996 ,
1997 In Canada and the
List Of 'years In Canada' .
See also: 1996 Canadian Incumbents
- January 14 - a free trade agreement with Israel is announced
- January 15 - the Corel Centre opens in Ottawa
- January 25 - Jean Chrétien launches a major cabinet shuffle. Pierre Pettigrew and Stéphane Dion are brought in, despite not having seats in parliament.
- January 26 - Brian Tobin becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Clyde Wells
- January 29 - Lucien Bouchard becomes Premier Of Quebec , replacing Jacques Parizeau
- February 7 - Bob Rae , former Premier Of Ontario leaves politics
- February 14 - Mr. Dressup does his last show
- February 15 - Chrétien throttles a protester in Ottawa, launching a small controversy over the " Shawinigan Handshake "
- February 17 - Michel Gauthier is elected new leader of the Bloc Québécois
- February 22 - Glen Clark becomes premier of British Columbia , replacing Michael Harcourt
- February 22 - Brian Tobin leads the Newfoundland Liberal Party to victory in the 1996 Newfoundland Election
- February 27 - the Los Angeles Kings trade Wayne Gretzky to the St. Louis Blues
- March 6 - the federal budget continues the assault on the deficit
- March 16 - the Montreal Canadiens play their first game at the Molson Centre against the New York Rangers
- March 26 - the ANIK E-1 satellite malfunctions
- March 27 - the Quebec budget proposes sweeping cuts to government funding
- April 3 - all members of the Canadian Forces are ordered to spend the entire day searching for documents that may aid the Somalia inquiry
- April 5 - a gunman in B.C. kills nine relatives and then himself
- April 11 - the Ontario government announce a 15 per cent reduction in the civil service
- April 22 - John Nunziata is expelled from the Liberal caucus for voting against the budget
- April 23 - Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , and Newfoundland agree to replace their provincial sales taxes and the GST with a Harmonized Sales Tax .
- May 7 - the Ontario government cuts provincial income taxes by 30 per cent
- May 10 - Jan Brown resigns from the Reform Party
- May 19 - Marc Garneau flies on a second space mission
- May 24 - Conrad Black 's Hollinger takes over the Southam newspaper chain
- May 28 - The British Columbia NDP wins a surprise re-election
- May 29 - Six Taiwan ese sailors are charged with the murder of three Romanian stowaways aboard the '' Maersk Dubai ''
- June 10 - the Quebec government reintroduces the " Language Police "
- June 17 - Sheila Copps , who had resigned over the GST , wins back her Hamilton–Wentworth seat in a By-election
- June 20 - Robert Thirsk flies aboard the Space Shuttle ''Columbia''
- June 24 - a riot in Quebec City causes a million dollars in damage
- July 1 - the Winnipeg Jets leave Canada and become the Phoenix Coyotes
- July 7 - July 11 - a major AIDS conference is held in Vancouver
- July 19 - the Atlanta Olympics open, Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey wins the 100-metre dash
- July 20 - July 21 - floods in Quebec kill ten
- July 25 - Coach House Press closes
- July 26 - Gretzky signs with the New York Rangers
- August 8 - former Prime Minister Kim Campbell is named Consul General to Los Angeles
- August 8 - Jean-Louis Roux appointed Lieutenant-Governor Of Quebec
- August 29 - former B.C. Premier W.R. Bennett is found guilty of insider trading
- October 4 - Defence Minister David Collenette resigns
- October 10 - Keith Milligan becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Catherine Callbeck
- October 19 - Piers McDonald becomes government leader of Yukon, replacing John Ostashek
- November - SaskTel becomes the first Canadian Internet Service Provider to rollout ADSL
- November 5 - Jean-Louis Roux forced to resign as Lieutenant Governor Of Quebec when pictures of him at Nazi rallies in the 1930s are published
- November 27 - Pat Binns becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Keith Milligan
- December 16 - Chrétien formally apologizes for lying about the GST
- Karen Kain becomes the first Canadian to win the Cartier Lifetime Achievement Award
- General Jean Boyle resigns over Somalia Inquiry controversy
- Dalton McGuinty is elected leader of the Ontario Liberal Party
- Canada sends over a thousand troops to take part in IFOR
:New books
- - ''Alias Grace''
- See 1996 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- , ''Popular Anatomy''
- , ''Rebellion: A Novel of Upper Canada''
- , ''Rough Skin''
- , ''Everything Arrives at the Light''
- , ''Letters from the Country''
- , ''Fugitive Pieces''
- , ''Le Pied de Sappho'' and Alain Bernard Marchand , ''Tintin au pays de la ferveur''
:New Music
- January 26 - Sally Gribble , founder of MADD Canada
- January 26 - Yvonne Housser , painter
- January 27 - Brian Kelleher , journalist
- January 31 - Beth Amos , actress
- February 2 - Phyliss Marshall , actor
- February 7 - Barbara Hamilton , actor
- February 7 - Lucien Maynard , leader of Alberta francophones
- February 9 - Henri Masson , painter
- February 19 - Ernest C. Manning former Premier Of Alberta
- February 21 - Gordon Armstrong , playwright
- February 29 - Robert O'Driscoll , scholar
- March 28 - Edith Fowke , ethnologist
- April 13 - Stewart McLean , Manitoba politician
- April 23 - Jean Allard former Chief of the Defence Staff
- May 5 - Salli Terri , musician
- May 11 - Hilda Grant , author
- May 22 - Robert Christie , actor
- June 10 - George Hees , cabinet minister
- July 1 - Harold Greenberg , businessman
- July 5 - Fred Davis , moderator of '' Front Page Challenge ''
- July 5 - Bob Southam , newspaper publisher
- July 17 - Susan Cole , puppeteer
- July 18 - Robert Needham , journalist
- July 20 - Ronald Buick , scientist
- July 22 - Carl Goldenberg , Senator
- August 1 - Patrick O'Callaghan , newspaper publicist
- August 10 - Walter MacNutt , organist
- August 21 - Mary Earley , Aboriginal rights campaigner
- September 22 - Ludmilla Chiriaeff , ballet dancer
- September 23 - Joe Borowski , anti-abortion activist
- October 2 - Robert Bourassa , former Premier Of Quebec
- October 3 - Winnifred Holden , actor
- October 9 - Colleen Peterson , singer/songwriter
- October 11 - Joe Morris , chairman of International Labour Organization
- October 11 - William Vickrey , nobel prize winner, professor
- October 17 - Laura Sabia , feminist, women's rights activist
- October 19 - James Bourque , Aboriginal activist
- October 21 - Rejean Boily , horse racer
- October 22 - Ed Kubin , AIDS activist for hemophiliacs
- October 22 - Jan Verdun , designed 3 quart (2.8 L) milk jug, pioneered sale of milk in stores
- October 23
- --- Kurt Freund , sexologist
- --- Mervin Good Eagle , actor
- --- Ran Ide , first president of TVOntario
- October 27 - Arthur Tremblay , senator
- October 28 - Reuben Baetz , Ontario politician
- October 28 - Jack Reitman , chairman of the board of Reitmans
- November 9 - Joseph A. Ghiz , Premier of PEI
- November 18 - John Josiah Robinette , courtroom lawyer
- December 1 - Peter Bronfman , founded Edper Investments
- December 5 - Wilf Carter , composer and singer
- December 13 - Ear Walls , boxer
- December 17 - Nancy Malloy , Red Cross nurse, murdered in Chechnya
- December 19 - Austin Taylor , financier
- December 21 - Douglas Fullerton , headed National Capital Commission
- December 21 - Clarence Gosse , Lt-governor of Nova Scotia
- December 26 - Al Adair , Alberta politician
- December 29 - Dorothy Livesay , poet, journalist, peace activist, feminist
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