Editing 1993 in Canada

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{{Year in Canada|1993}}
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Events from the year '''1993 in Canada'''.

==Incumbents==
{{Main|1993 Canadian incumbents}}

=== Crown ===
* [[List of Canadian monarchs|Monarch]] – [[Elizabeth II]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Elizabeth II {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/queen-elizabeth-ii |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref>

=== Federal government ===
* [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] – [[Ray Hnatyshyn]] 
* [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] – [[Brian Mulroney]] (until June 25) then [[Kim Campbell]] (June 25 to November 4) then [[Jean Chrétien]]
* [[Chief Justice of Canada|Chief Justice]] – [[Antonio Lamer]] ([[Quebec]]) 
* [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] – [[34th Canadian Parliament|34th]] (until September 8)

=== Provincial governments ===

==== Lieutenant governors ====
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta]] – [[Gordon Towers]]  
*[[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] – [[David Lam (real estate entrepreneur)|David Lam]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba]] – [[George Johnson (Manitoba politician)|George Johnson]] (until March 5) then [[Yvon Dumont]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick]] – [[Gilbert Finn]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland]] – [[Frederick Russell]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] – [[Lloyd Crouse]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] – [[Hal Jackman]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Marion Reid]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] – [[Martial Asselin]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan]] – [[Sylvia Fedoruk]]

==== Premiers ====
*[[Premier of Alberta]] – [[Ralph Klein]] 
*[[Premier of British Columbia]] – [[Mike Harcourt]] 
*[[Premier of Manitoba]] – [[Gary Filmon]] 
*[[Premier of New Brunswick]] – [[Frank McKenna]] 
*[[Premier of Newfoundland]] – [[Clyde Kirby Wells|Clyde Wells]] 
*[[Premier of Nova Scotia]] – [[Donald William Cameron|Donald Cameron]] (until June 11) then [[John Savage (Nova Scotia politician)|John Savage]] 
*[[Premier of Ontario]] – [[Bob Rae]] 
*[[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Joe Ghiz]] (until January 25) then [[Catherine Callbeck]] 
*[[Premier of Quebec]] – [[Robert Bourassa]] 
*[[Premier of Saskatchewan]] – [[Roy Romanow]]

=== Territorial governments ===

==== Commissioners ====
* [[Commissioner of Yukon]] –  [[John Kenneth McKinnon]] 
* [[Commissioner of Northwest Territories]] – [[Daniel L. Norris]]

==== Premiers ====
*[[Premier of the Northwest Territories]] – [[Nellie Cournoyea]]
*[[Premier of Yukon]] – [[John Ostashek]]

==Events==

===January to June===
*January 25 – [[Catherine Callbeck]] becomes [[premier of Prince Edward Island]], replacing [[Joe Ghiz]] following a [[1993 Prince Edward Island Liberal Party leadership election|leadership election]]. This is Prince Edward Island's first [[List of female premiers in Canada|female premier]], and the first time in Canada that two provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers (until [[2011 in Canada#January to March|March 2011]]).
*January 28 – Six [[Innu]] youths from [[Davis Inlet, Newfoundland and Labrador|Davis Inlet]], aged 11 to 14, are caught on video [[inhalant|sniffing gasoline]] as a [[suicide attempt]].
*February 24 – Prime Minister [[Brian Mulroney]] announces his resignation (effective June 25) amidst political and economic turmoil.<ref name="MulroneyLATimes">{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Mary Williams |title=Canadian Leader Mulroney Quits After 8 Years |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-25-mn-747-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=30 June 2022 |date=25 February 1993}}</ref>
*March 4 – Canadian soldiers shoot and kill a Somali man outside their base in [[Somalia]].
*March 12 – Governor General [[Ray Hnatyshyn]] proclaims a constitutional amendment adding [[Section Sixteen One of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms|section 16.1]] to the [[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]].
*March 16 – Canadian soldiers beat to death [[Shidane Arone]], a [[Somali people|Somali]] teenager, in Somalia.
*March 18 – Master Corporal [[Clayton Matchee]] is arrested in connection with Shidane Arone's death.
*March 29 – [[1993 Prince Edward Island general election]]: Catherine Callbeck's Liberals win a majority. She is the first female premier to lead a party to victory in a general election.
*April 2 – The [[Farm Credit Corporation Act]] is passed.
*June: The [[Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act]] and the [[Nunavut Act]] are passed, leading to the eventual creation of [[Nunavut]] in 1999.
*June 11 – [[John Savage (Nova Scotia politician)|John Savage]] becomes premier of [[Nova Scotia]], replacing [[Donald William Cameron|Donald Cameron]].
*June 15 – [[1993 Alberta general election|Alberta election]]: [[Ralph Klein]]'s PCs win a seventh consecutive majority.
*June 20 – A landslide on the [[South Nation River]] destroys the abandoned townsite of [[Lemieux, Ontario]].
*June 25 – [[Kim Campbell]] becomes prime minister, replacing [[Brian Mulroney]]. She is the first woman to be the country's head of government.

===July to December===
*September 16 – Canadian forces engage in an intensive firefight with [[Croatia]]n forces during [[Operation Medak Pocket]].
*September 27 – The [[Social Credit Party of Canada]] is officially deregistered by [[Elections Canada]].
*October 4 – The [[Krever Inquiry]] into Canada's blood system begins.
*October 14 – The Tories release [[1993 Chrétien attack ad|an election ad]] that many see as mocking [[Jean Chrétien]]'s facial paralysis.
*October 23 - The [[Toronto Blue Jays]] defeat the [[Philadelphia Phillies]], 4 games to 2, winning their second World Series Title.
*October 25 – [[1993 Canadian federal election|Federal election]]: [[Jean Chrétien]]'s [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberals]] win a majority, defeating Kim Campbell's PCs, which are reduced to two seats. Campbell loses her own seat. The [[Bloc Québécois]] form the official opposition.
*November 4 – Jean Chrétien is sworn in as prime minister, replacing Kim Campbell.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile - Chrétien, Joseph Jacques Jean |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=306 |website=[[Parliament of Canada]] |department=People |publisher=[[Library of Parliament]] |access-date=10 April 2022}}</ref>

===Full date unknown===

*Canadian Major-General [[Roméo Dallaire]] appointed commander of the U.N. forces in [[Rwanda]].

==Arts and literature==

===New works===
*[[Margaret Atwood]], ''[[The Robber Bride]]''
*[[Réjean Ducharme]], ''Dévadé''
*[[Dave Duncan (writer)|Dave Duncan]], ''The Stricken Field''
*[[William Gibson]], ''Virtual Light''
*[[Michael Ignatieff]], ''Scar Tissue''
*[[Thomas King (novelist)|Thomas King]], ''One Good Story, That One''
*[[Antonine Maillet]], ''Le nuit des roi''
*[[Yann Martel]], ''[[The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios]]''
*[[Farley Mowat]], ''My Father's Son''
*[[Robert J. Sawyer]], ''Fossil Hunter''
*[[Jeffrey Simpson]], ''Faultines, Struggling for a Canadian Vision''

===Awards===
*American-born [[E. Annie Proulx]]'s ''[[The Shipping News]]'', set in Newfoundland, wins the American [[National Book Award]]
*See [[1993 Governor General's Awards]] for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
*[[Books in Canada First Novel Award]]: [[John Steffler]], ''The Afterlife of George Cartwright: A Novel''
*[[Geoffrey Bilson Award]]: [[Celia Barker Lottridge]], ''Ticket to Curlew''
*[[Gerald Lampert Award]]: [[Elisabeth Harvor]], ''Fortress of Chairs'' and [[Roberta Rees]], ''Eyes Like Pigeons''
*[[Marian Engel Award]]: [[Sandra Birdsell]]
*[[Pat Lowther Award]]: [[Lorna Crozier]], ''Inventing the Hawk''
*[[Stephen Leacock Award]]: [[John Levesque]], ''Waiting for Aquarius''
*[[Trillium Book Award]]: [[Jane Urquhart]], ''Away'' and [[Margaret Atwood]], ''The Robber Bride''
*[[Vicky Metcalf Award]]: [[Phoebe Gilman]]

===Television===
*''[[This Hour Has 22 Minutes]]'' premieres on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]

===Film===
*''[[Harmony Cats]]'' earns 11 [[Genie Award]] nominations
*''[[Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould]]'' is released

===Music===
*[[Bryan Adams]], ''[[So Far So Good (Bryan Adams album)|So Far So Good]]''
*[[Jann Arden]], ''[[Time for Mercy]]''
*[[The Band]], ''[[Jericho (The Band album)|Jericho]]''
*[[Big Sugar (band)|Big Sugar]], ''[[Five Hundred Pounds]]''
*[[Blinker the Star]], ''Blinker the Star''
*[[Blue Rodeo]], ''[[Five Days in July]]''
*[[Cowboy Junkies]], ''[[Pale Sun, Crescent Moon]]''
*[[Crash Test Dummies]], ''[[God Shuffled His Feet]]''
*[[Crash Vegas]], ''Stone''
*[[Cub (band)|cub]], ''Betti-Cola''
*[[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]], ''[[The Colour of My Love]]''
*[[Doughboys (Canadian band)|Doughboys]], ''Crush''
*[[Eric's Trip]], ''[[Love Tara]]''
*[[Lawrence Gowan]], ''...but you can call me Larry''
*[[Great Big Sea]], ''[[Great Big Sea (album)|Great Big Sea]]''
*[[Grievous Angels]], ''Watershed''
*[[Hart-Rouge]], ''Blue Blue Windows''
*[[The Headstones]], ''Picture of Health''
*[[I Mother Earth]], ''Dig''
*[[The Inbreds]], ''Hilario''
*[[Intermix (band)|Intermix]], ''[[Phaze Two]]''
*[[Junkhouse]], ''Here Lies Happiness'' and ''Strays''
*[[King Cobb Steelie]], ''[[King Cobb Steelie (album)|King Cobb Steelie]]''
*[[The Look People]], ''Crazy Eggs''
*[[Lost Dakotas]], ''Sun Machine''
*[[Sarah McLachlan]], ''[[Fumbling Towards Ecstasy]]''
*[[Me Mom and Morgentaler]], ''[[Shiva Space Machine]]''
*[[Moxy Früvous]], ''[[Bargainville]]''
*[[Odds (band)|Odds]], ''[[Bedbugs (album)|Bedbugs]]''
*[[The Pursuit of Happiness (band)|The Pursuit of Happiness]], ''[[The Downward Road]]''
*[[The Rankin Family]], ''[[North Country (album)|North Country]]''
*[[Rose Chronicles]], ''Dead and Gone to Heaven''
*[[Rush (band)|Rush]], ''[[Counterparts (Rush album)|Counterparts]]''
*[[Jane Siberry]], ''[[When I Was a Boy]]''
*[[Skydiggers]], ''[[Just Over This Mountain]]''
*[[Spirit of the West]], ''[[Faithlift]]''
*[[The Tea Party (band)|The Tea Party]], ''[[Splendor Solis (album)|Splendor Solis]]''
*[[13 Engines]], ''Perpetual Motion Machine''
*[[Shania Twain]], ''[[Shania Twain (album)|Shania Twain]]''
*[[Voivod (band)|Voivod]], ''The Outer Limits''

==Sport==
*February 23 – The [[Sacramento Gold Miners]] are established as the first US franchise in the [[Canadian Football League]]
*March 12 to 14 – Toronto hosts the [[1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships]] at the [[Skydome]].
*May 23 – The [[Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds]] win their only [[Memorial Cup]] by defeating the [[Peterborough Petes]] 4 to 2. The entire tournament was played at [[Sault Memorial Gardens]] in [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario]]
*June 9 – The [[Montreal Canadiens]] win their 24th (and last to date) [[Stanley Cup]] by defeating the [[Los Angeles Kings]] 4 games to 1. The deciding Game 5 was played at the [[Montreal Forum]]. [[Quebec City, Quebec]]'s [[Patrick Roy]] is awarded the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]]
*October 23 – The [[Toronto Blue Jays]] win their second  [[World Series]] by defeating the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] 4 games to 2. The deciding Game 6 was played at [[Skydome]] in [[Toronto]] making this the first World Series to be decided on Canadian soil.
*November 4 – The [[Toronto Raptors]] are established as the [[National Basketball Association]]'s first Canadian team since the [[Toronto Huskies]] in 1947. They will play their first game in 1995
*November 20 – The [[Toronto Varsity Blues]] win their second (and first since 1965) [[Vanier Cup]] by defeating the [[Calgary Dinos]] by a score of 37–34 in the [[29th Vanier Cup]] played Skydome in Toronto
*November 28 – The [[Edmonton Eskimos]] win their 11th [[Grey Cup]] by defeating the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] 33 to 23 in the [[81st Grey Cup]] played at [[McMahon Stadium]] in [[Calgary]].
*[[Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]] is permanently banned from international competition after again testing positive for banned substances.
*{{As of|2020|post=,}} this is the only year in which the [[Stanley Cup]] and the [[World Series]] were both won by Canadian teams.

==Births==
*January 4 – [[Aaryn Doyle]], actress and singer
*January 6 – [[Jesse Carere]], actor
*January 21 – [[Jason Godin]], politician
*January 26 – [[Cameron Bright]], actor
*February 24 – [[Phillip Danault]], ice hockey player
*March 14 – [[Demetrius Joyette]], actor
*March 15 – [[Alyssa Reid]], singer-songwriter
*March 15 – [[Mark Scheifele]], ice hockey player
*April 8  – [[Tyler Shaw]], singer-songwriter
*April 20 – [[Kurtis Gabriel]], ice hockey player
*April 23 – [[Brooke Palsson]], actress
*April 25 – [[Lyldoll]], singer-songwriter
*May 16 - [[Atticus Mitchell]],  actor and musician
*May 18 - [[Stuart Percy]], hockey player
*May 20 - [[Kevin Roy]], hockey player
*May 26 - [[Katerine Savard]], swimmer
*June 6 - [[Jesse Carere]], actor
*June 15 - [[Boone Jenner]], ice hockey player
*July 1 - [[Brett Ritchie]], ice hockey player  
*July 3 - [[PartyNextDoor]], rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer
*July 9 - [[Emily Hirst]], actress
*July 28 – [[Hannah Lochner]], actress
*August 6 – [[Charlie Bilodeau]], pair skater
*September 1 - [[Alexander Conti]], actor
*September 11 - [[Oliver Scholfield]], field hockey player
*November 28 - [[Stephanie Park]], paralympic wheelchair basketball player
*December 16 - [[Stephan James (actor)|Stephan James]], actor
*December 29 - [[Gabby May]], artistic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Gabrielle May - Women's Gymnastics |url=https://uicflames.com/sports/womens-gymnastics/roster/gabrielle-may/2154 |website=UIC Athletics |access-date=26 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*Full date unknown - David Benoit, Canadian-American wrestler and son of [[Chris Benoit]]

==Deaths==
*January 26 – [[Jeanne Sauvé]], politician and first female [[Governor General of Canada]] (born [[1922 in Canada|1922]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeanne Sauvé {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jeanne-mathilde-sauve |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref>
*January 28 – [[Helen Hogg-Priestley]], astronomer (born [[1903 in Canada|1903]])
*February 28 – [[Ruby Keeler]], actress, singer and dancer (born [[1909 in Canada|1909]])
*April 2 – [[Alexander Bell Patterson]], politician (born [[1911 in Canada|1911]])
*April 15 – [[John Tuzo Wilson]], geophysicist and geologist (born [[1908 in Canada|1908]])
*April 30 – [[Colin Emerson Bennett]], politician and lawyer (born [[1908 in Canada|1908]])
*May 2 – [[Stephen Juba]], politician and Mayor of [[Winnipeg]] (born [[1914 in Canada|1914]])
*May 9 – [[Jacques Dextraze]], Canadian general (born [[1919 in Canada|1919]])
*May 30 – [[H. Gordon Barrett]], politician (born [[1915 in Canada|1915]])
*June 9 – [[Alexis Smith]], actress (born [[1921 in Canada|1921]])
*July 9 – [[Death of Garry Hoy|Garry Hoy]], lawyer (born [[1955 in Canada|1955]])
*August 14 – [[Francis Mankiewicz]], film director, screenwriter and producer (born [[1944 in Canada|1944]])
*September 12 – [[Raymond Burr]], actor (born [[1917 in Canada|1917]])
*September 27 – [[Fraser MacPherson]], jazz musician (born [[1928 in Canada|1928]])
*October 24 – [[Tracy Latimer]], murder victim (born [[1980 in Canada|1980]])

==See also==
* [[1993 in Canadian television]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 1993]]

==References==
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