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Events from the year 2011 in Canada .
Incumbents [ edit ]
Federal government [ edit ]
Provincial governments [ edit ]
Lieutenant governors [ edit ]
Premiers [ edit ]
Territorial governments [ edit ]
Commissioners [ edit ]
Premiers [ edit ]
January to March [ edit ]
January 1 – The Quebec Sales Tax (QST) rises 1 percentage point to 8.5%.
January 12 – A stolen snowplow leads Toronto police on a chase, crashing into several cars. Toronto police officer Sergeant Ryan Russell died and the alleged thief ended in hospital with gunshot wounds.[ 1]
January 18 – Close to 12,000 people, including many Ontario Provincial Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police gather near the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for the funeral of Sergeant Ryan Russell.[ 2] [ 3]
January 21 – Three people die, and hundreds lose power after a winter storm strikes the Maritime Provinces .[ 4]
January 24
Quebec goes through a cold snap and Hydro-Québec registers a record consumption of electricity reaching 38,200 megawatts at 7:30 am[ 5]
The former Liberal MLA Dave Taylor announces he is joining the Alberta Party , becoming the party's first MLA.
January 25 – Ed Stelmach announces he will retire from provincial politics before the next general election of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta .
February 1 – A claim at the British Columbia Worker's Compensation Board results in the SPCA and RCMP opening an investigation into a massacre of approximately 100 sled dogs at a Whistler adventure service. See Whistler sled dog cull .
February 8 – Nearly 1,500 government lawyers and crown prosecutors go on strike in Quebec, claiming to be overworked and underpaid.[ 6]
February 19 – An explosion ruptures the Trans-Canada Pipeline in Beardmore , Ontario, forcing the temporary evacuation of the community.[ 7]
February 26 – Cult leader and killer Roch Thériault is killed at Dorchester Penitentiary in Dorchester, New Brunswick .[ 8]
February 27 – Stephen Harper announces that Canada will place additional sanctions against Libya along with those original announced by the UN, including asset freezes and a ban on financial transactions with the Libyan government.[ 9] [ 10]
March 2
March 14 – Christy Clark is sworn in as premier of British Columbia , following a leadership election , causing British Columbia to become the first province with two female premiers , and the first time in Canadian history that three provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers (until October).
March 19 – Prime Minister Stephen Harper , Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon and Chief of the Defence Staff General Walt Natynczyk attend a meeting, in Paris, with leaders from France, Britain, the Arab League and the United Nations, to discuss the 2011 Libyan civil war .[ 13]
March 25 – Stephen Harper's conservative government is defeated on a non-confidence vote by the opposition.[ 14] [ 15]
April to June [ edit ]
April 12 – English-language debate for federal party leaders
April 13 – French-language debate for federal party leaders
April 15 – Liu Qian, a Chinese exchange student to York University is found undressed and murdered in her apartment.[ 16] [ 17]
April 27 – The Premier of Yukon Dennis Fentie announces his retirement.[ 18]
May 2 – The 41st federal election is held with the Conservative Party winning a majority government, the NDP becoming the official opposition, both for the first time and Green Party leader Elizabeth May won the first ever elected seat for that party in the Canadian parliament.
May 3 - Gilles Duceppe resigns as leader and president of the Bloc Québécois ,[ 19] and Vivian Barbot is named as the interim president.[ 20]
May 5 – The military arrives to aid with the flooding in Quebec caused by the Richelieu River overflowing its banks.[ 21]
May 15–16 – Wildfires destroy a large section of Slave Lake, Alberta , forcing 7,000 residents to evacuate.[ 22]
May 25 - Michael Ignatieff resigns as leader of the Liberal Party , and Bob Rae is chosen as interim leader.[ 23]
May 27 – A fire destroys an empty building, located at 4057 Richmond Road and owned by the National Capital Commission .[ 24]
June 2
June 3 – Senate Page Brigette DePape interrupts the 41st Canadian Parliament Speech from the Throne , with her silent protest.
June 6 – 120th anniversary of the death of John Alexander Macdonald .
June 11 – Darrell Pasloski is sworn in as premier of Yukon , following a leadership election .
June 15
June 21 – Following the merger of their U.S. parent services in 2010, the satellite radio providers Sirius Canada and XM Radio Canada complete their own merger into Sirius XM Canada .[ 28]
July to September [ edit ]
The Duke of Cambridge speaks at Canada Day festivities in Ottawa
June 13 – August 5 – British Columbia sales tax referendum, 2011 – The mail-in referendum was delayed due in part to the Canada Post lockout.
June 30 – July 7 – Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge tour Canada
July 6 – Steve Cardiff , Yukon MLA for Mount Lorne killed in a two-vehicle road accident , one kilometre north of Lewes Lake on the South Klondike Highway , involving a tractor trailer and a small vehicle.[ 29]
July 21 – A heat wave across Eastern Canada peaks with temperatures reaching as high as 37.1 degrees Celsius (humidex : 51 degrees Celsius) in Toronto, Ontario.[ 30]
July 22 – Montreal city officials report at least 10 heatwave-related deaths.[ 31]
July 25 – Leader of the Opposition , Jack Layton takes a medical leave of absence, and an interim leader of the New Democratic Party is appointed.[ 32]
August 13 – The federal government extends trade, travel and assets sanctions against Syria , in response to the oppression of anti-government protests .[ 33]
August 14 – A massive shooting occurs outside a casino in Kelowna , British Columbia, killing one and injuring four others, including a Hell's Angels member. Jonathan Bacon, one of the Bacon Brothers and one of the most notorious gangsters in British Columbia suspected to have been with the Red Scorpions , is the only one killed in the shooting.
August 15 - Frank Lewis becomes Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island , replacing Barbara Hagerman
August 16 – Maritime Command, Land Force Command and Air Command are renamed to the Royal Canadian Navy , the Canadian Army , and the Royal Canadian Air Force , respectively.
August 20 – First Air Flight 6560 crashes near Resolute Bay killing 12 people and injuring 3 others.[ 34]
August 21 – A powerful F3 tornado sweeps through Goderich , killing one man and causing substantial damage.[ 35]
August 22 – Jack Layton , 61, the Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the NDP dies of cancer. The flag atop the Peace Tower , as well as federal buildings in Toronto, fly their flags at half-mast.[ 36]
August 23 – An earthquake , originating in the American state of Virginia , is felt in areas across the country from Sudbury , Ontario to Fredericton , New Brunswick. There were no injuries nor damage in Canada.[ 37]
August 24 – A severe thunderstorm passed through Southern Ontario , causing a significant number of damage. Severe Thunderstorm Watches were issued for parts of Southern Ontario.
August 27
September 22 – A float plane crashes into a street in Yellowknife killing both pilots on board.[ 39]
September - The Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing is given its current name.
October to December [ edit ]
October 3
October 4 – Manitoba general election, 2011
October 6 – Ontario general election, 2011
October 7 – Alison Redford is sworn in as premier of Alberta , following a leadership election , becoming Alberta's first female premier , and the first time in Canadian history that four provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers (until September 2012 ).
October 11
October 26 – Bob McLeod becomes premier of Northwest Territories , replacing Floyd Roland .
October 27 – A plane crash occurs outside of Vancouver International Airport after failing to land there. 11 people are injured as a result, and one person, the pilot, is killed.
November 7 – Saskatchewan general election, 2011
December 5 - Edmonton East MP Peter Goldring voluntarily leaves the Conservative caucus after being charged with refusing to provide a breath sample at a traffic stop.[ 40]
December 11 – Daniel Paillé is elected new leader of the Bloc Québécois .
December 15 – Three people, including two members of the Lethbridge Bulls baseball team, are shot dead in a triple murder-suicide north of Claresholm, Alberta , a fourth survived.[ 41]
Arts and literature [ edit ]
Television [ edit ]
Literature [ edit ]
Births in 2011 [ edit ]
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Deaths in 2011 [ edit ]
January [ edit ]
January 1 – Bruce Halliday , 84, physician and politician, MP for Oxford (1974–1993) (born 1926)
January 8 – Peter Donaldson , 57, actor (born 1952)
January 11 – Marcel Trudel , 93, historian (born 1917)
January 13 – Alex Kirst , 47, drummer (Iggy Pop , The Nymphs ) (born 1963)
January 17
January 18 – Antonín Kubálek , pianist (born 1935)
January 19
January 21 – Herb Gray , 76, football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers ) (born 1934)[ 44]
January 22
January 24
January 25 – Audrey Best , 50, lawyer, ex-wife of politician and lawyer Lucien Bouchard , breast cancer (born 1960)[ 48]
January 28 – Megan McNeil , 20, singer, cancer. (born 1990)[ 49]
February [ edit ]
February 2 – Eric Nicol , 91, writer (born 1919)[ 50]
February 3 – Ron Piché , 75, baseball player (Braves , Angels , Cardinals ), cancer (born 1935)[ 51]
February 10 – Fred Speck , 63, hockey player (born 1947)[ 52]
February 11 – Bad News Brown , 33, rapper and harmonica player, beaten and shot. (born 1977)[ 53]
February 18 – Cayle Chernin , 63, actress (Goin' Down the Road ), cancer. (born 1947)[ 54]
February 22 – Jud McAtee , 91, hockey player (born 1920)[ 55]
February 24 – Robert Reguly , 80, journalist (Toronto Star ), heart disease (born 1931)[ 56]
February 26 – Roch Thériault , 63, cult leader and convicted murderer (born 1947)[ 57]
February 28 – Allan Williams , 88, politician, Attorney General of British Columbia (1979–1983), after long illness (born 1922)[ 58]
March 3
March 6 – Marie Andrée Bertrand , 85, criminologist, feminist and anti-prohibitionist (born 1925)[ 61]
March 8 – Bronko Nagurski Jr. , 73, football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats ) (born 1937)[ 62]
March 10 – Nick Harbaruk , 67, hockey player (born 1943)[ 63]
March 11 – Donny George Youkhanna , 60, archaeologist, anthropologist and author (born 1950)[ 64]
March 12
March 13 – Rick Martin , 59, ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres , Los Angeles Kings ) (born 1951)[ 67]
March 14
March 18 – Kirk Wipper , 87, professor and founder of the Canadian Canoe Museum (born 1923)[ 69]
March 22
March 23 – Frank Howard , 85, politician, member of the BC Legislative Assembly for Skeena (1953–1956; 1979–1986) and MP for Skeena (1957–1974) (born 1925)[ 72]
March 24 – Dudley Laws , 76, Jamaican-born civil rights activist, kidney disease (born 1934)[ 73]
March 27 – Roger Abbott , 64, actor, writer and co-founder of the Royal Canadian Air Farce (born 1946)[ 74]
March 29 – Neil Reimer , 88, politician, Leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party (1962–1968) (born 1921)[ 75]
April 2 – James McNulty , 92, politician, MP for Lincoln (1962–1968) and St. Catharines (1968–1972). (born 1918)[ 76]
April 3
April 4 – Wayne Robson , 64, actor (born 1946)[ 79]
April 6 – John Bottomley , 50, singer-songwriter, suicide (born 1960)[ 80]
April 7
April 12 – Sidney Harman , 92, businessman and publisher (Newsweek ) (born 1918)[ 83]
April 14 – Jean Gratton , 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mont-Laurier (1978–2001) (born 1924)[ 84]
April 15 – Reno Bertoia , 76, Italian-born baseball player (Detroit Tigers ), lymphoma (born 1935)[ 85]
April 16
April 17
April 21 – Ken Kostick , 57, cooking show host (What's for Dinner? ), complications of pancreatitis (born 1953)[ 89]
May 2 – Danny Kassap , 28, Congolese-born long-distance runner (born 1982).[ 90]
May 3 - Richie Hubbard , 78, politician (born 1932).
May 7 – Willard Boyle , 86, physicist (born 1924).
May 8 – Hilton Rosemarin , 58, set decorator (Three Men and a Baby , Cocktail , Jumper ), brain cancer (born 1952).[ 91]
May 13
May 18 – John Fortino , 61, Italian-born businessman, founder of the Fortinos supermarket chain, cancer (born 1950).[ 95]
May 19 – David H. Kelley , 87, American-born archaeologist (born 1924).[ 96]
May 24 – Barry Potomski , 38, ice hockey player (born 1972).[ 97]
May 28
June 2 – Joel Rosenberg , 57, science fiction author, heart attack (born 1954).[ 100]
June 3 – Bruce Crozier , 72, politician, Ontario MPP for Essex South (1993–1999) and Essex (since 1999), aortic aneurysm (born 1938).[ 101]
June 8 – Paul Massie , 78, BAFTA -winning actor and theater professor (born 1932).[ 102]
June 10 – Theo Dubois , 100, rower (born 1911).[ 103]
June 12 – René Audet , 91, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliette (1968–1990) (born 1920).[ 104]
June 16 – Betty Fox , 71, cancer research activist, mother of Marathon of Hope starter Terry Fox (born 1940).[ 105]
June 19 – John Kerr, Sr. , 67, Scottish-born soccer player (born 1943).[ 106]
June 21 – Robert Kroetsch , 83, poet and novelist (born 1927).[ 107]
June 22 – Harley Hotchkiss , 83, businessman, member of Hockey Hall of Fame, prostate cancer (born 1927).
June 23 – Gaye Delorme , 64, musician, heart attack (born 1947).[ 108]
June 26 – Barry Wilkins , 64, hockey player (Vancouver Canucks ), lung cancer (born 1947).[ 109]
July 4 – Wes Covington , 79, American-born baseball player (Milwaukee Braves , Kansas City Athletics , Philadelphia Phillies ), cancer. (born 1932)[ 110]
July 5
July 6 – Steve Cardiff , 53, Yukon NDP MLA for Mount Lorne , road accident . (born 1957)
July 7
July 8 – Aleksis Dreimanis , 96, Latvian-born geologist. (born 1914)[ 115]
July 10
July 18 – Albert Driedger , 75, politician, stroke. (born 1936)[ 118]
July 20 – Gloria Sawai , 78, author. (born 1932)[ 119]
July 21 – Elwy Yost , 86, television host and writer. (born 1925)[ 120]
July 22 – Brian Vallée , 70, author, journalist and documentary producer. (born 1940)[ 121]
July 24 – Paul Marchand , 74, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Timmins (since 1999). (born 1937)[ 122]
August 3 – William Commanda , 97, former Algonquin chief near Maniwaki, Quebec , spiritual leader and Order of Canada recipient. (born 1913)[ 125]
August 7 – Jiří Traxler , 99, Czech-born jazz pianist . (born 1912)[ 126]
August 8 – Royal Copeland , 86, football player (Toronto Argonauts ), Alzheimer's disease. (born 1924)[ 127]
August 9 – Wendy Babcock , 32, advocate for the rights of prostitutes, suspected suicide. (born 1978 or 1979)[ 128]
August 12 – Austin-Emile Burke , 89, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1991–1998). (born 1922)[ 129]
August 14 – Shawn Tompkins , 37, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. (born 1974)[ 130]
August 15 – Rick Rypien , 27, ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks ). (born 1984)[ 131]
August 18 – Simon De Jong , 69, politician, MP for Regina East (1979–1988) and Regina—Qu'Appelle (1988–1997), leukemia. (born 1942)[ 132]
August 19 – Gil Courtemanche , 68, journalist and novelist (Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali ), cancer. (born 1943)[ 133]
August 22 – Jack Layton , 61, politician, leader of New Democratic Party (Canada) (2003–2011) and Leader of the Official Opposition (2011), cancer. (born 1950)[ 134]
August 26 – Aloysius Ambrozic , 81, Slovenian-born Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto (1990–2006). (born 1930)[ 135]
August 29 – Les Widdifield , 86, hockey scout (New Jersey Devils ). (born 1925)[ 136]
August 31
September [ edit ]
September 3 – Edgar Benson , 88, politician and diplomat. (born 1923)[ 139]
September 7 – Brad McCrimmon , 52, professional ice hockey defenceman (born 1959)[ 140] [ 141]
September 9 – William Lesick , 88, politician, MP for Edmonton East (1984–1988) (born 1923)[ 142]
September 10 – Cecil Marshall , 71, Trinidadian-born cricketer (born 1939)[ 143]
September 13 – Paul Gallant , 67, entrepreneur, inventor of Puzz-3D , cancer (born 1944)[ 144]
September 14 – Buddy Tinsley , 87, football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers ) (born 1924)[ 145]
September 15
Frances Bay , 92, character actress (Happy Gilmore , Blue Velvet , The Middle ), died in Tarzana , California (born 1919)[ 146]
Mo Rothman , 92, movie executive, persuaded Charlie Chaplin to return to the United States, Parkinson's disease (born 1919)[ 147]
September 16 – Roger Belanger , 45, ice hockey player, heart attack (born 1965)[ 148]
September 27 – Joseph Maraachli , 1, Leigh's disease infant (born 2010)[ 149]
September 28 – Pierre Dansereau , 99, ecologist (born 1911)[ 150]
September 30
October [ edit ]
October 2 – Cindy Shatto , 54, Olympic diver, lung cancer (born 1957)[ 153]
October 9
October 13 – Barbara Kent , 103, silent film actress (born 1907)[ 156]
October 14 – Reg Alcock , 63, politician, minister, MP for Winnipeg South (1993–2006); President of the Treasury Board (2003–2006), heart attack (born 1948)[ 157]
October 15 – Earl McRae , 69, journalist (Ottawa Sun ), apparent heart attack (born 1942)[ 158]
October 17 – Barney Danson , 90, politician and soldier (born 1921)[ 159]
October 18 – Tommy Grant , 76, football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats ) (born 1935)[ 160]
October 19 – Tadeusz Sawicz , 97, Polish-born World War II fighter pilot (born 1914)[ 161]
October 23 – Tillie Taylor , 88, judge (born 1922)[ 162]
October 24 – Harold Huskilson , 91, politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1970–1993) (born 1920)[ 163]
October 30 – Serge Aubry , 69, ice hockey player (Quebec Nordiques ), diabetes (born 1942)[ 164]
November [ edit ]
November 6 – Hickstead , 15, Dutch-born Canadian show jumping horse, Olympic champion (2008), ruptured aorta (born 1996)[ 165]
November 11 – Choiseul Henriquez , 51, Haitian-born politician (born 1950)[ 166]
November 12 – Jim Sullivan , 43, curler, world junior champion (1988) (born 1968)[ 167]
November 15 – Thomas Worrall Kent , 89, journalist and public servant, cardiac arrest (born 1922)[ 168]
November 16
November 19
Francis Cabot , 86, gardener and horticulturist (born 1925)[ 171]
Gordon S. Clinton , 91, politician, Mayor of Seattle (1956–1964) (born 1920)[ 172]
John Neville , 86, British-born actor (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The X-Files ), Alzheimer's disease, died in Toronto, Ontario (born 1925)[ 173]
November 20
November 21
November 24 –
November 25
November 26 – Ed Harrington , 70, American-born football player (Toronto Argonauts ), cancer (born 1941)[ 182]
December [ edit ]
December 3 – Louky Bersianik , 81, novelist (born 1930)[ 183]
December 6 – Sum Ying Fung , 112, supercentenarian , oldest person in Canada at time of death, natural causes (born 1899)[ 184]
December 7 – Charlie Russell , 74, country music DJ (born 1937)[ 185]
December 14 – Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck , 75, Olympic rower, gold medalist (1960 ) (born 1936)[ 186]
December 18 – Jean Boucher , politician (born 1926 )
December 19 – Evans Knowles , 97, politician (born 1914)[ 187]
December 21
December 22
December 24 – Lex Gigeroff , 49, writer, actor and producer (Lexx ), heart attack (born 1962)[ 191]
December 27 – Johnny Wilson , 82, ice hockey player and coach (Detroit Red Wings ) (born 1929)[ 192]
December 30 – Doug Sellars , 50, television executive (Fox Sports Media Group , CBC Sports ), heart attack (born 1951)[ 193]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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