April 1 –
Nunavut becomes the newest territory.
Paul Okalik becomes the first premier.
April 6 – A disgruntled employee kills four people, then killed himself in
OC Transpo of
Ottawa.
April 28 –
W. R. Myers High School shooting: in
Taber, Alberta, a 15-year-old boy, who had recently been withdrawn from public school to escape bullying, walks into W.R. Myers High School and shoots two students with a .22 rifle, killing one (Jason Lang) and injuring the other.
May 1 –
Sponsorship scandal: The federal government issues a $615,000 contract for a report from
Groupaction into its own activities.
September 19 –
Saskatchewan election:
Roy Romanow's NDP wins only a minority but forms a coalition with the Liberals to maintain control of the Legislative Assembly.
September 25 – The federal government refuses requests for aid by the six remaining Canadian
NHL franchises.
October 5 –
Gary Doer of the
NDP becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing
Gary Filmon of the Conservatives.
November 3 –
Beverley McLachlin becomes the first female chief justice of the Supreme Court.
November 5 – A
Quebec court decides that Onex's bid for Air Canada is illegal.
November 5 – Quebec sign law is overturned.
November 21 –
Nimiq 1 Canada's first direct broadcast digital TV satellite launched by a
Proton-K Blok DM-3 rocket from the
Tyuratam launch centre in
Kazakhstan.
December 8 – Air Canada takes over Canadian Airlines.
December 11 – The verdict in the
Just Desserts shooting case is handed down. Two of the accused are found guilty, the third is acquitted.
December 14 – Montreal resident
Ahmed Ressam is arrested in Seattle and found with large quantities of explosives.