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List of Canadian events in 2009
Events from the year 2009 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to March
April to September
April 2 –
Stephen Harper attends the
2009 G-20 London summit .
April 6 –
Tamil protesters gather at
Parliament Hill , Ottawa for a non-stop, continuous protest requesting Harper to call for a ceasefire to the
Sri Lankan Civil War . Six people begin their own
hunger strikes .
April 8 –
Victoria "Tori" Stafford is abducted from Oliver Stephens Public School in
Woodstock, Ontario .
April 26 – First cases of the
2009 H1N1 outbreak are confirmed in Canada.
April 30 –
Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention is held in
Vancouver , British Columbia.
May 6 – Canada begins negotiations with the
European Union on the
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement .
May 20 – Two people, Michael Thomas Rafferty , and Terri-Lyne McClintic are charged with the abduction and murder of
Victoria "Tori" Stafford .
June 17 – School stabbings happen at
St. Joseph Secondary School in
Mississauga .
June 22 – Start of the
2009 City of Toronto inside and outside workers strike .
June 24 to July 3 – Death and state funeral of
Roméo LeBlanc , former Governor General
July 4 – Natural gas line was bombed for the sixth time near
Dawson Creek .
July 8 –
Stephen Harper attends the
35th G8 summit .
July 9 – A small plane crashed on final approach to
Vancouver International Airport , killing all two people on board. No one on the ground was injured, while an
IKEA in the parking lot suffered some damage.
July 17 –
R. v. Grant is ruled on at the
Supreme Court of Canada .
July 23 –
Shawn Atleo is chosen as the organization's new national chief at the
Assembly of First Nations
leadership convention .
August 1 – One person was killed and seventy-five others were injured, when the stage collapsed at the
Big Valley Jamboree due to a
severe thunderstorm and high winds.
August 6 – The
67th World Science Fiction Convention is held in
Montreal , Quebec at the
Palais des congrès de Montréal .
August 19 –
CrossIron Mills opens near the
Calgary area.
August 20 – 18
tornadoes rated up to
F2 struck
Southwestern Ontario ,
Central Ontario and the
Greater Toronto Area .
October to December
Unknown date
Arts and literature
Art
March 6 – Art and Social Responsibility The Interdependence of the Arts and Civil Society conference is held in
Toronto , Ontario.
Film
Music
Television
Literature
Sport
Deaths
January
February
March
Gilbert Parent
March 1 –
Alf Pike , ice hockey player and coach (born
1917 )
March 2 –
Michael Baker , politician (born
1957 )
March 3
March 4 –
Yvon Cormier , wrestler (born
1938 )
March 9 –
Larry Regan , ice hockey player, coach and manager (born
1930 )
March 10 –
Tom Hanson , photojournalist (born
1967 )
March 11 –
Harvey Lowe , broadcaster and
yo-yo world champion (born
1918 )
March 13 –
Andrew Martin , wrestler (born
1975 )
March 15 –
Edmund Hockridge , singer and actor (born
1919 )
March 17 –
Gaston Labrèche , Chief Justice of
Quebec Superior Court
March 18 –
Donald Tolmie , politician (born
1923 )
March 21
March 22 –
Archie Green , folklorist and musicologist (born
1917 )
March 26 –
Shane McConkey , extreme skier and base jumper (born
1969 )
March 29 –
Ivor Dent , politician and mayor of
Edmonton (born
1924 )
April
May
June
Allan King
June 3
June 8 –
Sheila Finestone , politician and Senator (born
1927 )
June 8 –
Nathan Marsters , ice hockey player (born
1980 )
June 14
June 15 –
Allan King , film director (born
1930 )
June 17
June 19 –
Alex Nicholson , professional ice hockey goaltender (born
1923 )
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June 20 –
Roseanne Allen , Olympic
cross-country skier (born
1954 )
June 21 –
Lorena Gale , playwright (born
1958 )
June 22 –
Billy Red Lyons ,
professional wrestler (born
1932 )
June 23 –
Raymond Berthiaume , jazz musician, singer and record producer (born
1931 )
June 24 –
Roméo LeBlanc , Governor General & politician (born
1927 )
June 27 –
Jackie Washington , blues musician (born
1919 )
June 28 –
Terry Black , singer (born
1949 )
June 29
July
Leo Mol died July 4
Reg Fleming
July 4 –
Leo Mol , sculptor (born
1915 )
July 5 –
Waldo Von Erich ,
professional wrestler (born
1933 )
July 6 –
Martin Streek , disc jockey (born
1964 )
July 9 –
Ron Kennedy ,
ice hockey player and trainer (born
1953 )
July 11
July 13 –
Neil Munro , director, actor and playwright (born
1947 )
July 14 –
Phyllis Gotlieb ,
science fiction author (born
1926 )
July 15 –
Brian Goodwin , mathematician (born
1931 )
July 16
July 18 –
Robert Uffen , research
geophysicist , professor, and
university administrator (born
1923 )
July 21 –
Les Lye , actor and broadcaster (born
1924 )
July 22 –
Mark Leduc , Olympic boxer (born
1964 )
July 26 –
Jerry Yanover ,
Liberal Party strategist (born
1947 )
July 27 –
Lee Orr , Olympic
athlete (born
1917 )
July 30 –
Joy Langan , Member of Parliament for
Mission—Coquitlam (1988–1993) (born
1943 )
August
September
September 1 –
Alexis Tioseco ,
Filipino -born Canadian film critic (born
1981 )
September 7 –
Fred Mills , musician (
Canadian Brass ) (born
1935 )
September 9
September 10
September 11 –
Pierre Cossette , television producer (born
1923 )
September 13 –
Philip Aziz , artist (born
1923 )
September 18 –
Doug Fisher , journalist and politician,
MP for
Port Arthur (1957–1965) (born
1919 )
September 19 –
Gabriel Beaudry , Olympic
rower (born
1927 )
September 23 –
Stuart Robertson , journalist and
gardener (born
1944 )
September 24 –
Nelly Arcan , novelist (born
1973 )
September 25 –
Pierre Falardeau , movie director (born
1946 )
September 27 –
Alan Dick ,
principal of
Canadian International School of Hong Kong (born
1954 )
September 29 –
Ray Nettles ,
Canadian football player (
BC Lions ) (born
1949 )
October
October 1 –
Luigi Moro ,
footballer and football coach (born
1918 )
October 2 –
Harvey Veniot ,
MLA for
Pictou West (1956–1974),
Speaker of the
Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1961–1968) (born
1915 )
October 6 –
Douglas Campbell , actor (born
1922 )
October 8 –
Gerald Ferguson , artist (born
1937 )
October 10 –
Joan Orenstein , actress (born
1923 )
October 11 –
Herb Leblanc , musician (born
1928 )
October 19 –
Joseph Wiseman , actor (born
1918 )
October 20 –
Margaret Fitzgerald ,
supercentenarian (born
1896 )
October 22 –
Howard Darwin , sports promoter, founder of the
Ottawa 67's (born
1931 )
October 23
October 28 –
Ted Nebbeling , former
British Columbia MLA (born
1943 )
October 28 –
Taylor Mitchell , singer-songwriter (born
1990 )
October 29 –
Gino Fracas ,
football player (born
1930 )
October 31 –
Harry Gauss , soccer coach (born
1952 )
November
December
See also
See also
References
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"Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia" . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . Retrieved 4 December 2022 .
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"4th pipeline bombing in northeastern B.C." CBC. 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2009-09-12 .
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"Toronto Blackout" . Theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 2011-11-30 .
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"Canadian Tamil protests" . Thestar.com . 2009-01-28. Retrieved 2011-11-30 .
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"Obama in Canada" . Theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 2011-11-30 .
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"Bush in Calgary" . Ctv.ca.
Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-30 .
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"George Bush to speak in Edmonton" . Canwest Media Service. 2009-09-08. Retrieved 2009-09-12 . [
permanent dead link ]
^ CBC News (October 29, 2009).
"Quebec, N.B. strike $4.8B deal for NB Power" .
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation .
Archived from the original on 31 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-29 .
^ Grainger, Lia (March 26, 2012).
"There's no easel way out in art battle" .
Metro News . Free Daily News Group Inc. Archived from
the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-15 .
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"Beleaguered ADQ chief wants out" .
The Globe and Mail , November 10, 2009.
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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay arrives at the House of Commons of Canada (Parliament Hill) on
YouTube
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"Visit of Haitian Prime Minister" . International.gc.ca. 2009-12-23. Archived from
the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved 2011-11-30 .
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"The 2009 Allan Cup" . Archived from
the original on 2009-01-16. Retrieved 2009-02-14 .
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"CBC article "Canadian Historian J. M.S. Careless dies" " . Cbc.ca. 2009-04-06. Retrieved 2011-11-30 .
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"Alexander 'Bun' Nicholson Obituary" . Winnipeg Free Press . June 26, 2009.
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