1969 in Canada
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| Years in Canada: | 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 |
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| Years: | 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 |
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Events from the year 1969 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
- Head of state (monarch) – Queen Elizabeth II (consort – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)
Federal government
- Governor general – Roland Michener (viceregal consort – Norah Michener)
- Prime minister – Pierre Trudeau
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Grant MacEwan
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – John Robert Nicholson
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Richard Spink Bowles
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Wallace Samuel Bird
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Fabian O'Dea (until April 2) then Ewart John Arlington Harnum
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Victor de Bedia Oland
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Ross Macdonald
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Willibald Joseph MacDonald (until October 6) then John George MacKay
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Robert Hanbidge
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – Harry Strom
- Premier of British Columbia – W.A.C. Bennett
- Premier of Manitoba – Walter Weir (until July 15) then Edward Schreyer
- Premier of New Brunswick – Louis Robichaud
- Premier of Newfoundland – Joey Smallwood
- Premier of Nova Scotia – G.I. Smith
- Premier of Ontario – John Robarts
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Alexander B. Campbell
- Premier of Quebec – Jean-Jacques Bertrand
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Ross Thatcher
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Events
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The National Arts Centre opened in Ottawa on June 2
- January 29 – February 11 – The Sir George Williams Computer Riot occurs as students occupy the computer centre of Sir George Williams University to protest alleged racism on campus
- February 13 – FLQ terrorists bomb the Montreal Stock Exchange
- February 19 – An 18-month-long strike by Quebec teachers comes to an end
- March 7 – Pierre-Paul Geoffroy pleads guilty to charges connected to 31 FLQ bombings
- May 2 – Telesat Canada formed
- June 2 – The National Arts Centre in Ottawa opens
- July 7 – The Official Languages Act makes French and English equal throughout the Canadian government
- July 15 – Edward Schreyer becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Walter Weir
- August 24 – The oil tanker Manhattan becomes the first such ship to travel through the Northwest Passage
- September 27- The Ontario Science Center in Toronto opens
- October 23 – at 8:21 AM HMCS Kootenay (DDE 258) suffers the worst peacetime accident in the history of the navy during routine full-power trials when her starboard gearbox reaches an estimated temperature of 650 degrees Celsius and explodes. The explosion and the ensuing fire killed 9 crew members and injured at least 53 others.
- Several homosexual acts are decriminalized
Arts and literature
New works
- Margaret Atwood - The Edible Woman
- Timothy Findley - The Butterfly Plague
- Robert Kroetsch - The Studhorse Man
- Mordecai Richler - The Street
- Milton Acorn - I've Tasted My Blood
- Farley Mowat - The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
- Gilles Archambault - Le tendre matin
- Marshall McLuhan - Counterblast
Awards
- See 1969 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Stephen Leacock Award: Stuart Trueman, You're Only as Old as You Act
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Audrey McKim
Music
- Karel Ančerl replaces Seiji Ozawa as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Sport
- April 14 - The Montreal Expos baseball team plays their first home game.
Births
January to March
- January 2 - Patrick Huard, actor
- January 3 - Tom Petryshen, wrestler
- January 11 - Andrew Griffiths, field hockey player
- January 23 - Brendan Shanahan, ice hockey player
- January 27 - Michael Kulas, singer-songwriter and producer (James)
- February 4
- Duncan Coutts, bass player and songwriter (Our Lady Peace)
- Dallas Drake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- February 16 - Claude Lambert, boxer
- February 22 - Kathy Tough, volleyball player
April to June
- April 3 - Lance Storm, wrestler
- April 7 - Gary Anderson, swimmer
- May 6 - Raymond Brown, swimmer
- May 15 - Mark Jackson, hurdler
- May 16 - Yannick Bisson, actor (Murdoch Mysteries)
- May 19
- Dan Lee, animator (d.2005)
- Rochelle Low, field hockey player
- May 28 - Rob Ford, politician and 64th Mayor of Toronto
- June 12 - Kelvin Goertzen, politician
July to September
- July 7 - Joe Sakic, ice hockey player
- July 7 - Cree Summer, actress, musician and voice actress
- July 13 - Ewan Beaton, judoka
- July 16 - Turlough O'Hare, swimmer
- July 17 - Tom Glesby, boxer
- July 17 - Laurelee Kopeck, field hockey player
- July 23 - Andrew Cassels, ice hockey player
- July 24 - Rick Fox, basketball player and actor
- August 6 - Kristyn Dunnion, writer and performance artist
- August 15 - Mark Heese, beach volleyball player and Olympic bronze medalist
- August 19 - Matthew Perry, actor
- August 23 - Hari Kant, field hockey player
- August 28 - Pierre Turgeon, ice hockey player
- September 16 - Andy Borodow, wrestler
- September 23 - Donald Audette, ice hockey player
October to December
- October 6 - Jeffrey Lay, rower and Olympic silver medalist
- October 8 - Dylan Neal, actor
- October 17 - Rick Mercer, comedian, television personality and political satirist
- November 1 - Tie Domi, ice hockey player
- November 7 - Tanya Dubnicoff, track cyclist
- November 15 - Helen Kelesi, tennis player
- December 4 - Jacques Landry, cyclist
- December 10 - Rob Blake, ice hockey player
- December 12 - Iain Sydie, badminton player
- December 12 - Debra Wurzburger, swimmer
- December 15 - Chantal Petitclerc, wheelchair racer and multiple Paralympic gold medalist
- December 22 - Myriam Bédard, biathlete and double Olympic gold medalist
- December 30 - Shane McConkey, extreme skier and base jumper (d.2009)
Deaths
January to June
- January 31 - Gail Miller, murder victim (b. circa 1948)
- February 27 - Marius Barbeau, ethnographer and folklorist (b.1883)
- March 18 - John Bracken, politician and 11th Premier of Manitoba (b.1883)
- March 23 - Arthur Lismer, painter and member of the Group of Seven (b.1885)
- June 16 - Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, military commander and Governor General of Canada (b.1891)
July to December
- September 8 - Frederick Varley, artist and member of the Group of Seven (b.1881)
- September 12 - Charles Foulkes, general and first Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff (b.1903)
- October 10 - Robert Winters, politician and businessman (b.1910)
- November 3 - Parr, artist (b.1893)
- November 11 - John Sissons, barrister, author, judge and politician (b.1892)
- November 14 - Bobbie Rosenfeld, athlete and Olympic gold medalist (b.1904)
