2021 in Canada
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Events for the year 2021 in Canada.
Incumbents[edit]
The Crown[edit]
Federal government[edit]
- Governor General – Julie Payette (until January 22), vacant (January 22–23), then Richard Wagner (acting)
- Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau
- Parliament – 43rd
Provincial governments[edit]
Lieutenant Governors[edit]
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Salma Lakhani
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Janet Austin
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Janice Filmon
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Brenda Murphy
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Judy Foote
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Arthur LeBlanc
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Elizabeth Dowdeswell
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Antoinette Perry
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – J. Michel Doyon
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Russell Mirasty
Premiers[edit]
- Premier of Alberta – Jason Kenney
- Premier of British Columbia – John Horgan
- Premier of Manitoba – Brian Pallister
- Premier of New Brunswick – Blaine Higgs
- Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Andrew Furey
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Stephen McNeil (until February 23), then Iain Rankin
- Premier of Ontario – Doug Ford
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Dennis King
- Premier of Quebec – François Legault
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Scott Moe
Territorial governments[edit]
Commissioners[edit]
- Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Margaret Thom
- Commissioner of Nunavut – Rebekah Williams (acting) (until January 12), vacant (January 12–14), then Eva Aariak
- Commissioner of Yukon – Angélique Bernard
Premiers[edit]
- Premier of Northwest Territories – Caroline Cochrane
- Premier of Nunavut – Joe Savikataaq
- Premier of Yukon – Sandy Silver
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- December 25, 2020 - January 5, 2021 – 2021 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Edmonton, Alberta.
- January 12 – 2021 Canadian cabinet reshuffle.
- January 21 – Julie Payette resigns as Governor General.[1]
February[edit]
- February 6 – 2021 Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership election is held. Iain Rankin is elected on second ballot.
- February 17 – Canadian Nationalist Party leader Travis Patron was arrested by the RCMP and charged with wilful promotion of hate in connection to the complaint.[2][3][4]
March[edit]
- March 25 – 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election.
- March 27 – A man stabbed multiple people in North Vancouver, British Columbia. One was killed.[5]
April[edit]
- April 12 – 2021 Yukon general election.
- April 17 – 2021 Conservative Party of Quebec leadership election.
May[edit]
- May 11 – 2021 Canadian Census.
Predicted and scheduled events[edit]
November[edit]
- November 21 – the 108th Grey Cup will be contested at Tim Hortons Field in Hamilton, Ontario.
Unspecified date[edit]
Events cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic[edit]
- 2021 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario
- 2021 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship at St. Francis Xavier University in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- The 2021 Toronto International Boat Show
- The Toronto St Patrick's Day Parade
- The 2021 Juno Awards
- All national championships in five-pin bowling including C5PBA, Youth Bowl Canada and the Master Bowlers.
- March break in Ontario
- 2021 Saskatchewan Summer Games
- All Country Thunder events
Deaths[edit]
January[edit]
- January 1
- Paul Delorey, curler and politician (b. 1949)
- Thomas Symons, professor and writer (b. 1929)
- January 2 – Rob Flockhart, ice hockey player (b. 1956)
- January 4
- Laurent Mailhot, historian and writer (b. 1931)
- John Muckler, NHL executive and coach (b. 1934)[6]
- January 6 – Gord Renwick, ice hockey administrator (b. 1935)
- January 8 – Michael Fonfara, keyboardist (b. 1946)
- January 9
- Margaret Morrison, philosopher (b. 1954)
- George Robertson, ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- Philip Seeman, neuropharmacologist (b. 1934)
- Kathy Shaidle, writer (b. 1964)
- January 10 – Louis-Pierre Bougie, painter and printmaker (b. 1946)
- January 11 – Kathleen Heddle, Olympic rower (b. 1965)
- January 12
- Bruce Bennett, gridiron football player (b. 1944)
- Shingoose, folk musician (b. 1946)
- January 13
- Michel Gravel, photographer (b. 1936)
- Norman MacLeod, businessman and politician (b. 1927)
- January 16 – Steve Molnar, gridiron football player (b. 1947)
- January 17 – Camille Cléroux, serial killer (b. 1954)
- January 20 – Wayne Roberts, food analyst (b. 1944)
- January 24
- George Armstrong, ice hockey player (b. 1930)
- Barbara Sullivan, politician (b. 1943)
- January 26 – Constance Isherwood, lawyer (b. 1920)
- January 28 – Rod Boll, Olympic sports shooter (b. 1952)
- January 29 – Christian Daigle, ice hockey agent (b. 1978)
- January 31 – Pierre-Paul Savoie, choreographer and dancer (b. 1955)
February[edit]
- February 1
- Umberto Bruni, artist (b. 1914)
- Rachna Gilmore, children's writer (b. 1953)
- Mark Jensen, luger (b. 1960)
- Charlotte L'Écuyer, politician (b. 1943)
- Jacqueline Shumiatcher, philanthropist (b. 1923)
- February 2 – Charan Gill, social activist (b. 1936)
- February 3
- Art Jones, ice hockey player (b. 1935)
- Barry Pashak, politician (b. 1937)
- Régine Robin, historian and novelist (b. 1939)
- February 4
- Robert Dean, politician and unionist (b. 1927)
- Robert Labine, politician (b. 1940)
- February 5
- Jules Bélanger, professor (b. 1929)
- Christopher Plummer, actor (b. 1929)
- February 6 – James Eayrs, historian (b. 1926)
- February 7
- Ralph Backstrom, ice hockey player (b. 1937)
- John Mullally, politician (b. 1930)
- Clayton Pachal, ice hockey player (b. 1956)
- Jackie Vautour, fisherman and activist (b. 1930)
- February 8 – Roland Berthiaume, caricaturist (b. 1927)
- February 12 – Marcia Diamond, actress (b. 1925)
- February 14 – Frank Orr, sports journalist (b. 1936)
- February 15
- Andreas Apostolopoulos, real estate developer (b. 1952)
- Raymond Lévesque, singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1928)
- Eva Maria Pracht, Olympic equestrian (b. 1937)[7]
- February 16
- Don Dietrich, ice hockey player (b. 1961)
- Wayne Giardino, gridiron football player (b. 1943)
- February 18 – Jack Vivian, ice hockey coach (b. 1941)
- February 19 – Jocelyn Hardy, ice hockey player (b. 1945)
- February 20 – Charlotte Fielden, writer and actress (b. 1932)
- February 21 – Geoffrey Ursell, writer (b. 1943)
- February 22 – Jack Whyte, writer (b. 1940)
- February 23
- Gary Inness, ice hockey player (b. 1949)
- Yves Martin, sociologist (b. 1929)
- Gord Miller, politician (b. 1924)
- February 25 – Maurice Tanguay, businessman (b. 1933)
- February 26
- Ronald Gillespie, chemist (b. 1924)
- Irving Grundman, ice hockey general manager (b. 1928)
- Janice Sarich, provincial politician from Alberta (b. 1958)
- February 28 – Ty Lund, politician (b. 1938)
March[edit]
- March 1
- Jahmil French, actor (b. 1991)
- David Searle, politician (b. 1936)
- March 2 – Jim Hodder, politician (b. 1940)
- March 4
- Walter Gretzky, ice hockey coach (b. 1938)
- Donald Kinney, politician (b. 1957)
- Chris Schultz, gridiron football player (b. 1960)
- March 7 – Paul Devlin, curler (b. 1946)
- March 8 – Rhéal Cormier, baseball player (b. 1967)
- March 11 – Archie Lang, politician (b. 1948)
- March 13 – Ray Cullen, ice hockey player (b. 1941)
- March 13 – Bob McPhee, arts administrator (b. 1956)
- March 15 – Ian Waddell, politician (b. 1942)
- March 19
- Ludwig Heimrath Sr., race car driver (b. 1934)
- Budge Wilson, writer (b. 1927)
- March 21 – Bob McKnight, ice hockey player (b. 1938)
- March 22 – Swede Knox, ice hockey referee (b. 1948)
- March 23 – John Ridpath, intellectual historian (b. 1936)
- March 24 – Bob Plager, ice hockey player (b. 1943)
- March 26 – Carole Lavallée, politician (b. 1954)
- March 27
- Todd Kabel, jockey (b. 1965)
- Keith MacDonald, politician (b. 1927)
- March 28
- Marisa Ferretti Barth, politician (b. 1931)
- Neil Merryweather, musician (b. 1945)
- Michelle Ross, drag queen (b. 1954)
- Bobby Schmautz, ice hockey player (b. 1945)
- Neil Windsor, engineer and politician (b. 1945)
- March 30 – Guy Lelièvre, politician (b. 1952)
April[edit]
- April 4
- Paul Humphrey, musician (b. 1959 or 1960)
- Henri Lemay, politician (b. 1939)
- Robert Mundell, economist (b. 1932)
- April 5 – Tom Gibney, television journalist (b. 1936 or 1937)
- April 6
- Kittie Bruneau, painter (b. 1929)
- Lily Oddie, politician (b. 1937)
- Louis Siminovitch, molecular biologist (b. 1920)
- April 9
- Michel Girouard, journalist (b. 1944)
- Ross Young, politician (b. 1962)
- April 11
- Normand Cherry, politician (b. 1938)
- Alix Renaud, writer (b. 1945)
- April 12
- Michel Noël, writer (b. 1944)
- Galen Weston, businessman (b. 1940)
- April 14
- Michel Louvain, singer (b. 1937)
- Bob Maskell, politician (b. 1940)
- April 15 – Clotilda Douglas-Yakimchuk, nurse (b. 1932)
- April 16
- Bob Hodges, speed skater (b. 1943)
- Johnny Peirson, ice hockey player and broadcaster (b. 1925)
- Roger Soloman, educator and politician (b. 1939)
- April 18 – Douglas Bell, politician (b. 1926)
- April 19 – Bob Lanois, sound engineer, music producer, and harmonica player (b. 1947 or 1948)
- April 21 – Stanley A. Milner, businessman and politician (b. 1930)
- April 22 – Sharon Pollock, playwright, director, and actress (b. 1936)
- April 24
- Kent Angus, businessman (b. 1952)
- Byron Seaman, businessman and part owner of the Calgary Flames (b. 1923)
- April 27 – Jean-Guy Pilon, poet (b. 1930)
- April 28
- Thomas R. Berger, politician and jurist (b. 1933)
- Minou Petrowski, film critic and animator (b. 1931)
- April 29 – Claude Jasmin, journalist (b. 1930)
May[edit]
- May 3 – Donald Cameron, politician and 22nd Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1946)
- May 4 – Jim Johnson, ice hockey player (b. 1942)
- May 8 – Graeme Ferguson, filmmaker and inventor who co-invented IMAX (b. 1929)
References[edit]
- ^ "Canada's governor general resigns after report finds workplace harassment". the Guardian. January 21, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Canadian Nationalist Party leader charged with wilful promotion of hate". February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ^ "Canadian Nationalist Party leader charged with wilful promotion of hate". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ^ "Leader of Canadian Nationalist Party charged for allegedly promoting hatred with 'anti-Semitic' video". ctvnews.ca. February 17, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ^ Little, Simon (March 27, 2021). "Woman dead, six hospitalized after 'multiple' people stabbed at North Vancouver library". Global News. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ Romero, Diego (January 4, 2021). "John Muckler, former Oilers head coach, dead at 86". CTV News Edmonton. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
- ^ "Olympedia – Eva-Maria Pracht". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
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