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Events from the year 1998 in Canada.

IncumbentsEdit

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CrownEdit

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Federal governmentEdit

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Provincial governmentsEdit

Lieutenant governorsEdit

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PremiersEdit

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Territorial governmentsEdit

CommissionersEdit

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PremiersEdit

EventsEdit

January to MarchEdit

  • January 1 – Toronto and six other communities are merged to form a new megacity.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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April to JuneEdit

July to SeptemberEdit

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Canadian Coast Guard Ship Henry Hudson searches for Swissair Flight 111 debris following a crash off the coast of Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia.

October to DecemberEdit

Arts and literatureEdit

New booksEdit

AwardsEdit

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MusicEdit

FilmEdit

TelevisionEdit

  • Canada's Sesame Street switches to showing exclusively Canadian content, renaming itself Sesame Park, as it no longer uses any American made segments from Sesame Street
  • Canadian children's television show Rolie Polie Olie debuts.

DanceEdit

SportEdit

BirthsEdit

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DeathsEdit

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April to JuneEdit

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July to SeptemberEdit

October to DecemberEdit

Full date unknownEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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