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List of Canadian events in 1994
Events from the year 1994 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to June
Winter – One of the coldest winters on record affects much of Canada.
January 1 –
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect.
January 11 –
Daniel Johnson, Jr. , becomes premier of
Quebec , replacing
Robert Bourassa .
February – The first Liberal budget slashes spending in an effort to cut the deficit.
Unemployment Insurance and provincial transfer payments are especially hard hit.
March 21 – A civilian inquiry in the behaviour of the
Canadian Airborne in Somalia is launched.
April 1 – The community of Arctic Red River, Northwest Territories, is renamed to
Tsiigehtchic .
April 5 – The
Just Desserts shooting occurs in
Toronto ,
May 10 – Annular solar eclipse happened in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
June – An
Ontario farmer is allowed to grow 10 acres (40,000 m2 ) of
marijuana for research purposes.
June 9 – Ontario's
Equality Rights Statute Amendment Act (Bill 167), a bill proposed by the government of
Bob Rae to extend
civil union rights to same-sex couples, is defeated on a vote of 68–59 in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario .
July to December
Full date unknown
Arts and literature
New works
Awards
Television
Films
Sport
Births
February 8 –
Nikki Yanofsky born in Hampstead, Quebec
February 16 –
Matthew Knight , actor
February 19 –
Jean-Carl Boucher born in Regina, Saskatchewan
February 25 –
Eugenie Bouchard born in Westmount, Quebec
March 1 –
Justin Bieber born in London, Ontario
March 5 –
Aislinn Paul , actress
March 13 –
Andrea Macasaet born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
March 25
April 17 –
Alanna Goldie , fencer
April 19 –
Maddison Bird born in Scarborough, Ontario
May 1 –
Antoine Bibeau , ice hockey player
May 4 –
Kurtis Conner , comedian and podcaster
June 2 –
Shroud , Canadian streamer
July 17 –
Jessica Amlee , actress
July 27 –
Winnie Harlow , fashion model
August 25 –
Paul-André Brasseur , actor
September 8 –
Élie Dupuis , actor
October 2 –
Brendan Meyer , actor
October 9 –
Jodelle Ferland born in Nanaimo, British Columbia
November 11 –
Connor Price born in Toronto, Ontario
December 23 –
Tianda Flegel
Full date unknown
Deaths
February 12 –
Sue Rodriguez , advocate for assisted suicide (born
1950 )
March 4 –
John Candy , comedian and actor (born
1950 )
April 17 –
Robert Legget , civil engineer, historian and non-fiction writer (born
1904 )
June 17 –
Helen Battle , first Canadian woman PhD in marine biology (born
1903 )
July 1 –
Michael Cook , playwright (born
1933 )
August –
Wally Downer , politician (born
1904 )
October 12 –
Gérald Godin , poet and politician (born
1938 )
December 10 –
Alex Wilson , track and field athlete and Olympic silver medalist (born
1905 )
December 20 –
John Wintermeyer , politician (born
1916 )
Full date unknown
See also
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