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{{short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive --> {{Refimprove|date=September 2023}} {{Year in Canada|2000}} {{History of Canada}} Events from the year '''2000 in Canada'''. ==Incumbents== {{Main|2000 Canadian incumbents}} [[List of population of Canada by years|Estimated Canadian population]]: 30,790,834 === 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]] – [[Adrienne Clarkson]]{{cn|date=September 2023}} * [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] – [[Jean Chrétien]]{{cn|date=September 2023}} * [[Chief Justice of Canada|Chief Justice]] – [[Antonio Lamer]] ([[Quebec]]) (until January 6){{cn|date=September 2023}} then [[Beverley McLachlin]] ([[British Columbia]]){{cn|date=September 2023}} * [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] – [[36th Canadian Parliament|36th]] (until October 22){{cn|date=September 2023}} === Provincial governments === {{Unreferenced section|date=September 2023}} ==== Lieutenant governors ==== *[[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta]] – [[Bud Olson]] (until February 10) then [[Lois Hole]] *[[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] – [[Garde Gardom]] *[[Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba]] – [[Peter Liba]] *[[Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick]] – [[Marilyn Trenholme Counsell]] *[[Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland]] – [[Arthur Maxwell House]] *[[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] – [[James Kinley]] (until May 17) then [[Myra Freeman]] *[[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] – [[Hillary Weston]] *[[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Gilbert Clements]] *[[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] – [[Lise Thibault]] *[[Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan]] – [[Jack Wiebe]] (until February 21) then [[Lynda Haverstock]] ==== Premiers ==== *[[Premier of Alberta]] – [[Ralph Klein]] *[[Premier of British Columbia]] – [[Dan Miller (Canadian politician)|Dan Miller]] (until February 24) then [[Ujjal Dosanjh]] *[[Premier of Manitoba]] – [[Gary Doer]] *[[Premier of New Brunswick]] – [[Bernard Lord]] *[[Premier of Newfoundland]] – [[Brian Tobin]] (until October 16) then [[Beaton Tulk]] *[[Premier of Nova Scotia]] – [[John Hamm]] *[[Premier of Ontario]] – [[Mike Harris]] *[[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Pat Binns]] *[[Premier of Quebec]] – [[Lucien Bouchard]] *[[Premier of Saskatchewan]] – [[Roy Romanow]] === Territorial governments === {{Unreferenced section|date=September 2023}} ==== Commissioners ==== * [[Commissioner of Yukon]] – [[Judy Gingell]] (until October 1) then [[Jack Cable (politician)|Jack Cable]] * [[Commissioner of Northwest Territories]] – [[Daniel Joseph Marion]] (until March 31) then [[Glenna Hansen]] * [[Commissioner of Nunavut]] – [[Helen Maksagak]] (until April 1) then [[Peter Irniq]] ==== Premiers ==== *[[Premier of the Northwest Territories]] – [[Jim Antoine]] (until January 17) then [[Stephen Kakfwi]] *[[Premier of Nunavut]] – [[Paul Okalik]] *[[Premier of Yukon]] – [[Piers McDonald]] (until May 6) then [[Pat Duncan]] ==Events== {{Unreferenced section|date=September 2023}} ===January to June=== *[[January 1]] – The magnitude 5.2 [[2000 Kipawa earthquake|Kipawa earthquake]] occurs in [[Ontario]] and [[Quebec]]. *[[January 7]] – [[Beverley Mclachlin]] is sworn in as the 17th [[chief justice of Canada]], and first woman to be appointed to that role. *[[January 15]] – [[CTV News Channel (Canada)|CTV News Channel]] mistakenly airs tape of [[Avery Haines]] flubbing a line and joking about it in terms many viewers find offensive. *[[January 19]] ** [[Stephen Kakfwi]] becomes [[premier of the Northwest Territories]], replacing [[James Antoine]]. ** [[HRDC]] scandal hits the public as a result of an internal audit. *[[February 7]] – [[Rogers Communications]] buys Quebec's [[Vidéotron]]. *[[February 15]] – [[Thomson Corp]] sells all its newspaper holdings other than ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''. *[[February 24]] – [[Ujjal Dosanjh]] becomes [[premier of British Columbia]], replacing [[Dan Miller (Canadian politician)|Dan Miller]]. *[[March 15]] – The House of Commons passes the ''[[Clarity Act]]'' outlining conditions for another Quebec separation referendum. *[[March 25]] – The [[Reform Party of Canada]] is dissolved and replaced with the [[Canadian Alliance]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduction of Mr. Preston Manning |url=https://www.stfx.ca/department/political-science/introduction-mr-preston-manning |access-date=7 April 2024 |website=St. Francis Xavier University}}</ref> *[[April 19]] – [[Wiebo Ludwig]] is found guilty of a 1998 oil well bombing. *[[May 6]] – [[Pat Duncan]] becomes premier of Yukon, replacing [[Piers McDonald]]. *[[May 11]] ** Effective date of the first modern-day treaty between a First Nation and Canada: the [[Nisga'a Final Agreement]].<ref name="nisga-a-lisims_2000">{{cite web |date=nd |title=Nisga'a Lisims Government |url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/nisga-a-lisims-government |access-date=24 October 2017 |work=Government of British Columbia}}</ref> ** The [[Alberta legislature]] passes a bill allowing the private sector to play a larger role in health care. *[[May 12]] – The [[Bank of Canada]] withdraws the [[Banknotes of the Canadian dollar|$1,000 bill]] from circulation to fight against [[money laundering]] and [[organized crime]]. *[[May 24]] – [[Walkerton E. coli outbreak|''E. coli'' outbreak in Walkerton, Ontario]]. It will eventually kill nine people. *[[May 25]] – The remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier killed in France in [[World War I]] are brought back to Canada and buried in the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Canada)|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]] in [[Ottawa]]. *[[June 17]] – [[Seagram]] announces plans to merge with France's [[Vivendi]]. *[[June 29]] – Canada passes the ''[[Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act]]'', which extends full benefits and obligations to persons in homosexual relationships, excluding the right to marry. ===July to December=== *[[July 8]] – [[Stockwell Day]] is elected the first leader of the [[Canadian Alliance]] party. *[[July 12]] – [[Matthew Coon Come]] is elected leader of the [[Assembly of First Nations]]. *[[July 14]] – A [[tornado]] near [[Pine Lake, Alberta]], kills eleven people. *[[July 31]] – [[Conrad Black|Conrad Black's]] [[Hollinger Inc.|Hollinger]] sells almost all its Canadian newspaper holdings to [[Izzy Asper|Izzy Asper's]] [[CanWest]]. *August – The [[Cannabis legalization in Canada|prohibition of marijuana]] is ruled illegal by an Ontario court. *[[August 15]] – [[Michael Cowpland]] resigns as CEO of [[Corel]]. *[[August 26]] – [[Liberal Party of Canada sponsorship scandal|Sponsorship scandal]]: [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|Minister of Public Works]] [[Alfonso Gagliano]] is criticized for giving contracts to a firm that employs his son. *[[September 9]] – [[Star Ray TV]], a [[pirate television]] station in [[Toronto]], begins broadcasting. *[[September 26]] – Long-serving Saskatchewan Premier [[Roy Romanow]] announces his plans to retire. *[[September 28]] to October 3 – [[Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau]], former prime minister. *[[October 16]] – [[Beaton Tulk]] becomes [[premier of Newfoundland]], replacing [[Brian Tobin]]. *[[October 27]] – The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] arrest [[Ripudaman Singh Malik]] and [[Ajaib Singh Bagri]] in connection with the bombing of [[Air India Flight 182]]. *[[November 21]] – Launch of ''[[Anik F1]]'' Canada's most powerful [[communications satellite]] to date. *[[November 27]] – In the [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000 Canadian election]] [[Jean Chrétien|Jean Chrétien's]] [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberals]] increase their majority in the House of Commons. *[[November 30]] – [[Marc Garneau]] returns to space for a third time. *December – The federal government opens a [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] growing operation in an abandoned mine in [[Manitoba]]. ===Full date unknown=== ==Arts and literature== {{Unreferenced section|date=September 2023}} ===New works=== *''[[The Blind Assassin]]'': [[Margaret Atwood]] *''Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond'': [[Michael Ignatieff]] *''Star-Spangled Canadians'': [[Jeffrey Simpson]] *''[[Island (short story collection)|Island]]'': [[Alistair MacLeod]] *''The Farfarers, Before the Norse'': [[Farley Mowat]] *''[[No Logo]]'': [[Naomi Klein]] *''[[City of Glass (Douglas Coupland book)|City of Glass]]'': [[Douglas Coupland]] *''Before You're a Stranger'': [[Raymond Fraser]] ===Plays=== *''Elizabeth Rex'' – [[Timothy Findley]] ===Literary awards=== *[[Margaret Atwood]] wins the [[Booker Prize]] for ''[[The Blind Assassin]]'' *[[Michael Ondaatje]] wins the [[Prix Médicis]] for ''Anil's Ghost'' *[[Giller Prize|Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction]]: [[Michael Ondaatje]]: ''Anil's Ghost'' and [[David Adams Richards]]: ''Mercy Among the Children'' *See [[2000 Governor General's Awards]] for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. *[[Nega Mezlekia]]'s non-fiction win for ''Notes from the Hyena's Belly'' becomes a subject of controversy when poet [[Anne Stone (writer)|Anne Stone]] alleges that she [[ghostwriting|ghostwrote]] the majority of the book. Stone was subsequently sued for defamation by Mezlekia, who stated that Stone's role in the book's publication was strictly that of a [[copy editor]]. *[[Books in Canada First Novel Award]]: [[Arthur Black (humorist)|Arthur Black]], ''Black Tie and Tales'' *[[Gerald Lampert Award]]: [[Shawna Lemay]], ''All the God-Sized Fruit'' *[[Griffin Poetry Prize]]: [[Margaret Avison]], ''Concrete and Wild Carrot'' *[[Marian Engel Award]]: [[Anita Rau Badami]] *[[Norma Fleck Award]]: [[Simon Tookoome]] and [[Sheldon Oberman]], ''The Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North'' *[[Pat Lowther Award]]: [[Esta Spalding]], ''Lost August'' *[[Stephen Leacock Award]]: [[Arthur Black (humorist)|Arthur Black]], ''Black Tie and Tales'' *[[Trillium Book Award]] English: [[Don Coles]], ''Kurgan'' *[[Trillium Book Award]] French: [[Didier Leclair]], ''Toronto, je t'aime'' *[[Vicky Metcalf Award]]: [[Sheree Fitch]] ===Television=== {{Main|2000 in Canadian television}} *''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Canadian Edition]]'' shows for two episodes ===Music=== *[[Barenaked Ladies]], ''[[Maroon (Barenaked Ladies album)|Maroon]]'' *[[Nelly Furtado]], ''[[Whoa, Nelly!]]'' *[[Sarah Harmer]], ''[[You Were Here]]'' *[[King Cobb Steelie]], ''[[Mayday (King Cobb Steelie album)|Mayday]]'' *[[The Tragically Hip]], ''[[Music at Work]]'' *[[The Weakerthans]], ''[[Left and Leaving]]'' ==Sport== *May 28 – [[Rimouski Océanic]] wins their first [[Memorial Cup]] by defeating the [[Barrie Colts]] 6 to 2. The entire tournament is played at [[Halifax Metro Centre]] in [[Halifax Urban Area|Halifax, Nova Scotia]] *June 10 – [[Kitchener, Ontario]]'s [[Scott Stevens]] of the [[New Jersey Devils]] is awarded the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] *November 26 – [[BC Lions]] win their fourth [[Grey Cup]] by defeating the [[Montreal Alouettes]] 28 to 26 in the [[88th Grey Cup]] played at [[McMahon Stadium]] in [[Calgary]]. [[Vancouver]]'s [[Sean Millington]] is awarded the game's [[Dick Suderman Trophy|Most Valuable Canadian]] *December 2 – [[Ottawa Gee-Gees]] win their second [[Vanier Cup]] by defeating the [[Regina Rams]] 42 to 39 in the [[36th Vanier Cup]] played at [[Skydome]] in Toronto ==Births== [[File:Sophie Nélisse on Dulce Osuna.jpg|thumb|133x133px|[[Sophie Nélisse]]]] [[File:Alphonso Davies 2018.jpg|thumb|133x133px|[[Alphonso Davies]]]] *February – [[Erika Nordby]] *[[February 8]] – [[Chase Wouters]], ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chase Wouters - Stats, Contract, Salary & More |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/282350/chase-wouters |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=www.eliteprospects.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[February 23]] – [[Christian Martyn]], actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3299784/?ref_=tt_cl_t15 Christian Martyn]</ref> *[[February 25]] – [[Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide#Murder of Daniel Benoit|Daniel Benoit]], [[Canadian Americans|Canadian-American]] son of [[Chris Benoit]] (died [[2007 in professional wrestling|2007]]) *[[March 27]] – [[Sophie Nélisse]], actress *[[May 18]] – [[Addison Holley]], actress<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=TheEmmys|author=NATAS|author-link=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|number=732979066027057155 |date=May 18, 2016|title=Happy Birthday to 2016 #DaytimeEmmys Award nominated, @Addison_Holley! #Annedroids #LittleCharmers|retweet=Addison Holley}}</ref> * [[May 23]] – [[Evan Bird]], actor * [[May 23]] – [[Leah John]], golfer *[[June 13]] – [[Penny Oleksiak]], swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Penny Oleksiak Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ol/penny-oleksiak-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090225/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ol/penny-oleksiak-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=14 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * [[June 14]] – [[RJ Barrett]], Canadian basketball player * [[June 16]] – [[Bianca Andreescu]], Canadian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325088/bianca-andreescu |title=Bianca Andreescu |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]}}</ref> *[[July 15]] – [[Murder of Tori Stafford|Victoria Stafford]], murder victim (died [[2009 in Canada|2009]]) *[[July 17]] – [[Maria Aragon]], singer * [[August 8]] – [[Félix Auger-Aliassime]], tennis player *[[August 26]] – [[Noah Ryan Scott]], actor *[[September 1]] – [[Jacob Ewaniuk]], actor * [[November 2]] – [[Alphonso Davies]], football player * [[November 21]] – [[Megan Roberts]], artistic gymnast * [[December 17]] – [[Twomad]], Youtuber (died [[2024 in Canada|2024]]) == Deaths == ===January to March=== <!-- [[WP:NFCC]] violation: [[File:Schmirler_Sandra.jpg|thumb|150px| [[Sandra Schmirler]] died [[March 3]]]] --> [[File:Maurice richard profile.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Maurice Richard]] died [[May 27]]]] *[[January 15]] – [[Georges-Henri Lévesque]], [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] priest and sociologist (b. [[1903 in Canada|1903]]) *[[January 22]] – [[Anne Hébert]], author and poet (b. [[1916 in Canada|1916]]) *[[January 26]] – [[A. E. van Vogt]], science fiction author (b. [[1912 in Canada|1912]]) *[[February 5]] – [[Barbara Pentland]], composer (b. [[1912 in Canada|1912]]) *[[February 7]] **[[Sid Abel]], ice hockey player and coach (b. [[1918 in Canada|1918]]) **[[Doug Henning]], magician, illusionist and escape artist (b. [[1947 in Canada|1947]]) **[[Wilfred Cantwell Smith]], professor of comparative religion (b. [[1916 in Canada|1916]]) *[[February 11]] – [[Wilfred Sénéchal]], lawyer, a decorated [[World War II]] soldier, and politician (b. [[1918 in Canada|1918]]) *[[February 18]] – [[Sheldon Turcott]], journalist (b. [[1936 in Canada|1936]]) *[[February 21]] – [[Violet Archer]], composer, teacher, pianist, organist and percussionist (b. [[1913 in Canada|1913]]) *[[March 3]] – [[Sandra Schmirler]], curler, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (b. [[1962 in Canada|1962]]) *[[March 5]] – [[Daniel Yanofsky]], chess player, Canada's first chess grandmaster (b. [[1925 in Canada|1925]]) *[[March 6]] – [[John Colicos]], actor (b. [[1928 in Canada|1928]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/mar/08/guardianobituaries3 |title=John Colicos |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=March 7, 2000 |access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref> *[[March 9]] – [[Jean Coulthard]], composer and academic (b. [[1908 in Canada|1908]]) *[[March 16]] – [[Michael Starr (politician)|Michael Starr]], politician and first [[Canadian cabinet]] minister of [[Ukrainian Canadian|Ukrainian]] descent (b. [[1910 in Canada|1910]]) *[[March 20]] – [[Gene Eugene]], actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician (b. [[1961 in Canada|1961]]) ===April to June=== {{Unreferenced section|date=September 2023}} *[[April 23]] – [[Al Purdy]], poet (b. [[1918 in Canada|1918]]) *[[May 22]] – [[Davie Fulton]], politician and judge (b. [[1916 in Canada|1916]]) *[[May 27]] – [[Maurice Richard]], ice hockey player (b. [[1921 in Canada|1921]]) *[[June 21]] – [[Claude Bissell]], author and educator (b. [[1916 in Canada|1916]]) ===July to December=== {{Unreferenced section|date=September 2023}} [[Image:Pierre Trudeau.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Pierre Trudeau]] died [[September 28]]]] *[[July 12]] – [[Charles Merritt]], recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] and Member of Parliament (b. [[1908 in Canada|1908]]) *[[July 21]] – [[Frank Miller (Canadian politician)|Frank Miller]], politician and 19th [[Premier of Ontario]] (b. [[1927 in Canada|1927]]) *[[August 1]] – [[Hugh Hood]], novelist, short story writer, essayist and university professor (b. [[1928 in Canada|1928]]) *[[September 10]] – [[Ben Wicks]], cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author (b. [[1926 in Canada|1926]]) *[[September 21]] – [[Jacques Flynn]], politician and Senator (b. [[1915 in Canada|1915]]) *[[September 24]] – [[Marcel Lambert]], politician and [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada]] (b. [[1919 in Canada|1919]]) *[[September 28]] – [[Pierre Trudeau]], politician and 15th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. [[1919 in Canada|1919]]) *[[September 29]] – [[Myles Ferguson]], actor (b. [[1981 in Canada|1981]]) *[[October 4]] – [[Michael Smith (chemist)|Michael Smith]], biochemist, 1993 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] laureate (b. [[1932 in Canada|1932]]) *[[October 27]] – [[Tim Ralfe]], journalist (b. [[1938 in Canada|1938]]) ==See also== * [[2000 in Canadian television]] * [[List of Canadian films of 2000]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Canadian history}} {{Years in Canada}} {{Year in North America|2000}} [[Category:2000 in Canada| ]] [[Category:2000 by country|Canada]] [[Category:2000 in North America|Canada]] [[Category:2000s in Canada]] [[Category:Years of the 21st century in Canada]]
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