Editing 2001 in Canada

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{{Year in Canada|2001}}

Events from the year '''2001 in Canada'''.

== Incumbents ==
{{Main|2001 Canadian incumbents}}

[[List of population of Canada by years|Estimated Canadian population]]: 31,110,565

=== 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]] 
* [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] – [[Jean Chrétien]]
* [[Chief Justice of Canada|Chief Justice]] – [[Beverley McLachlin]] ([[British Columbia]])
* [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] – [[37th Canadian Parliament|37th]] (from January 29)

=== Provincial governments ===

==== Lieutenant governors ====
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta]] – [[Lois Hole]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] – [[Garde Gardom]] (until September 25) then [[Iona Campagnolo]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba]] – [[Peter Liba]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick]] – [[Marilyn Trenholme Counsell]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador]] – [[Arthur Maxwell House]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] – [[Myra Freeman]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] – [[Hilary Weston]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Gilbert Clements]] (until May 28) then [[Léonce Bernard]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] – [[Lise Thibault]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan]] – [[Lynda Haverstock]]

==== Premiers ====
*[[Premier of Alberta]] – [[Ralph Klein]] 
*[[Premier of British Columbia]] – [[Ujjal Dosanjh]] (until June 5) then [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]
*[[Premier of Manitoba]] – [[Gary Doer]] 
*[[Premier of New Brunswick]] – [[Bernard Lord]] 
*[[Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador]] – [[Beaton Tulk]] (until February 13) then [[Roger Grimes]] 
*[[Premier of Nova Scotia]] – [[John Hamm]]
*[[Premier of Ontario]] – [[Mike Harris]] 
*[[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Pat Binns]] 
*[[Premier of Quebec]] – [[Lucien Bouchard]] (until March 8) then [[Bernard Landry]] 
*[[Premier of Saskatchewan]] – [[Roy Romanow]] (until February 8) then [[Lorne Calvert]]

=== Territorial governments ===

==== Commissioners ====
* [[Commissioner of Yukon]] – [[Jack Cable (politician)|Jack Cable]] 
* [[Commissioner of Northwest Territories]] – [[Glenna Hansen]] 
* [[Commissioner of Nunavut]] – [[Peter Irniq]]

==== Premiers ====
*[[Premier of the Northwest Territories]] – [[Stephen Kakfwi]]
*[[Premier of Nunavut]] – [[Paul Okalik]] 
*[[Premier of Yukon]] – [[Pat Duncan]]

== Events ==

===January to March===
*January 1 – The [[Ontario]] cities of [[Ottawa]], [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] and [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]] have their surrounding suburbs merged into their municipalities. Sudbury is the only one of the three to change its name (to Greater Sudbury). [[Toronto]] had been similarly merged in [[1998 in Canada|1998]].
*January 17 – The [[Bank of Canada]] unveils a new [[Canadian ten-dollar bill|$10 bill]] with enhanced security features.
*January 18 – [[MafiaBoy]] pleads guilty to 56 of 66 mischief charges in a [[Montreal]] courtroom. The other 10 charges were withdrawn.
*January 27 – [[Lorne Calvert]] becomes the leader of the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party]] after winning the fourth ballot at the party's [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party leadership conventions#2001 New Democratic Party leadership convention|2001]] [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party leadership conventions|leadership convention]].
*January 29 – [[Peter Milliken]] is elected as the new [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada|Speaker]] of the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] after five rounds of voting.
*January 29 – The [[Toronto Stock Exchange]] allows [[stock]]s greater than $5 in value to trade at 1¢ increments instead of at 5¢ increments.
*January 30 – [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Adrienne Clarkson]] reads the [[Speech from the Throne]] at the beginning of the [[37th Canadian parliament]]. [http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/default.asp?Language=E&Page=InformationResources&sub=sftddt&doc=sftddt2001_e.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040907172327/http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/default.asp?Language=E&page=informationresources&sub=sftddt&doc=sftddt2001_e.htm |date=2004-09-07 }}
*January 30 – An envelope mailed to [[Minister of Citizenship and Immigration (Canada)|Citizenship and Immigration Minister]] [[Elinor Caplan]] containing a mysterious blue powder caused the [[Department of Citizenship and Immigration (Canada)|Immigration Canada]] building to be sealed off. A [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]] [[laboratory]] on February 1 said the powder posed no health risk.
*February 2 – Canada begins banning imports of [[beef]] and beef products from [[Brazil]] due to concerns of [[Bovine spongiform encephalopathy|mad cow disease]].
*February 2 – [[Ontario Minister of Finance]] [[Ernie Eves]] quits to become vice-chair and senior adviser at Credit Suisse First Boston Canada.
*February 3 – [[Roger Grimes]] becomes leader of the [[Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador]] after winning the second ballot at the party's leadership convention.
*February 5 – [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Jean Chrétien]] becomes the first foreign leader to visit the newly elected [[President of the United States]], [[George W. Bush]], in [[Washington, D.C.]]
*February 8 – Lorne Calvert becomes [[premier of Saskatchewan]], replacing [[Roy Romanow]].
*February 13 – Roger Grimes becomes [[premier of Newfoundland]], replacing [[Beaton Tulk]].
*March 8 – [[Bernard Landry]] becomes [[premier of Quebec]], replacing [[Lucien Bouchard]].
*March 12 – [[2001 Alberta general election]]: [[Ralph Klein]]'s PCs win a ninth consecutive majority.

===April to June===
* April 18 - Online only media rabble.ca is founded with well known media critic and feminist activist Judy Rebick as publisher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rabble.ca/about/landing|title=About rabble.ca - rabble.ca|website=rabble.ca}}</ref>
*April 20 – [[Summit of the Americas]] is held in [[Quebec City]] to discuss the [[FTAA]]; the city, which has been divided by a high fence around much of the downtown core, also hosts the [[People's Summit]] and is wracked by the [[Quebec City protests]].
*May 4 – Chrétien's longtime Chief of Staff, [[Jean Pelletier]], is made the head of [[Via Rail]].
*May 14 – [[2001 New Brunswick video lottery terminal referendum|Video lottery terminal referendum in New Brunswick]].
*May 16 – [[2001 British Columbia election|British Columbia election]]: Gordon Campbell's [[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal]]s win a landslide victory over Premier [[Ujjal Dosanjh]]'s [[New Democratic Party of British Columbia|NDP]].
*May 18 – [[Conrad Black]] renounces his Canadian citizenship.
*May 23 – [[Ethics Commissioner (Canada)|Federal Ethics Commissioner]] releases a report which clears [[Alfonso Gagliano]] of any wrongdoing in the [[Liberal Party of Canada sponsorship scandal|sponsorship scandal]].
*June 5 – [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]] becomes [[premier of British Columbia]], replacing [[Ujjal Dosanjh]].

===July to December===
*July – [[Canada]] becomes the first country in the world to legalize [[medical marijuana]].
*July 17 – Infighting in the [[Canadian Alliance]] forces out leader [[Stockwell Day]].
*August 24 – [[Conrad Black]] sells ''[[The National Post]]'' to [[Izzy Asper]]'s [[CanWest]].
*August 24 – [[Hydro-Québec Building|René Lévesque Bust]] unveiled.
*August 28 – The US Governors of [[New England]] agree with the [[Quebec]] and [[Atlantic Canadian]] [[premier (Canada)|premiers]] to the [[Climate Change Action Plan 2001]].
*September 7 - [[Documentary Channel (Canada)|Documentary Channel]] signs on.
*September 11 – Canada's border with the [[United States]] is on high alert in the aftermath of the [[September 11 attacks|terrorist attacks in the United States]]. Canadian government initiates both "[[Operation Support]]" and "[[Operation Yellow Ribbon]]."
*September 14 – Three days after the September 11 terrorist attacks, while the rest of the world sees the memorial service for the victims at the [[Washington National Cathedral]], Canadians see the similar service on [[Parliament Hill]]—the largest single vigil ever seen in the nation's capital.
*October 7 – the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|2001 Attack on Afghanistan]] begins. Canadian fighter pilots and ground troops are involved in the war.
*November 17 – [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]] resident [[Aaron Webster]] is killed in what many believe to be a [[gay bashing]] attack.
*December 12 – The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary arrests Dr. Shirley Turner in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] on suspicion of [[Murder of Zachary Turner#Andrew Bagbymurder|murdering her boyfriend Andrew Bagby]] in [[Pennsylvania]]. However, Justice Gale Welsh releases Turner deeming her not a threat to society, despite the murder charges.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dear Zachary... Your mother destroyed our lives. Twice |url=http://www.dearzachary.com/press/Telegraph-Destroyed.pdf |work=The Telegraph |date=25 January 2009 |pages=I2{{endash}}I6}}</ref>

===Full date unknown===
*[[Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research]] is founded.<ref>CCGHR Partnership Strategy; http://www.ccghr.ca/Resources/Documents/CCGHR_Partnership_Strategy-Policy_e.pdf{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>
*[[Chris Hadfield]] becomes the first Canadian to perform a [[spacewalk]].
*[[CTV Television Network|CTV]] purchases ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''.
*[[Jean Drapeau Statue]] unveiled.

== Arts and literature ==
*March 4 – [[Bruce Cockburn]] is inducted into the [[Canadian Music Hall of Fame]].

=== New literature ===
*''Discipline of Power'': [[Jeffrey Simpson]]
*''Dolce Agonia'': [[Nancy Huston]]
*''Eunoia'': [[Christian Bök]]
*''[[Life of Pi]]'': [[Yann Martel]]
*''Shadows'': [[Timothy Findley]]
*''[[Stanley Park (novel)|Stanley Park]]'': [[Timothy Taylor (writer)|Timothy Taylor]]
*''[[The Stone Carvers]]'': [[Jane Urquhart]]

=== Literary awards ===
*[[Alistair MacLeod]]'s ''No Great Mischief'' wins the lucrative [[International Dublin Literary Award]]
*[[Giller Prize|Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction]]: [[Richard B. Wright]]: ''Clara Callan''
*See [[2001 Governor General's Awards]] for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
*[[Books in Canada First Novel Award]]: [[Michael Redhill]], ''Martin Sloane''
*[[Geoffrey Bilson Award]]: [[Sharon McKay]], ''Charlie Wilcox''
*[[Gerald Lampert Award]]: [[Anne Simpson]], ''Light Falls Through You''
*[[Griffin Poetry Prize]]: [[Anne Carson]], ''[[Men in the Off Hours]]''
*[[Marian Engel Award]]: [[Elizabeth Hay (novelist)|Elizabeth Hay]]
*[[Matt Cohen Prize]]: [[Mavis Gallant]]
*[[Norma Fleck Award]]: [[Gena K. Gorrell]], ''Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale''
*[[Pat Lowther Award]]: [[Sharon Thesen]], ''A Pair of Scissors''
*[[Stephen Leacock Award]]: [[Stuart McLean]], ''Vinyl Café Unplugged''
*[[Trillium Book Award]] English: [[Richard B. Wright]], ''Clara Callan''
*[[Trillium Book Award]] French: [[Michèle Matteau]], ''Cognac et Porto''
*[[Vicky Metcalf Award]]: [[Linda Granfield]]

=== New music ===
*''All Killer No Filler'': [[Sum 41]]
*''Back to the Mansion'': [[April Wine]]
*''Pretty Together'': [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]]
*''Silver Side Up'': [[Nickelback]]
*''Ten New Songs'': [[Leonard Cohen]]

=== Film ===
*''[[Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner]]'' wins the ''Golden Reel'' for Best First Feature at [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]]

=== Television ===
*[[Rick Mercer]] leaves ''[[This Hour Has 22 Minutes]]'', then is replaced by [[Colin Mochrie]]
*[[Kevin Newman (journalist)|Kevin Newman]] anchors Global Television Network's national newscast, ''[[Global National]]'', beginning days before 9/11.

==Sport==
*January 31 – [[George N. Gillett Jr.]] buys 80% of the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and 100% of the [[Bell Centre|Molson Centre]] in [[Montreal]] for US$275&nbsp;million.
*February 3 – [[Catriona Le May Doan]] wins gold in the 500&nbsp;m and 1000&nbsp;m [[speed skating]] races in [[Heerenveen]], Netherlands.
*April 18 – The [[Vancouver Grizzlies]] play their final game as Canadian-based team, winning over the Golden State Warriors 95–81. The team [[Vancouver Grizzlies relocation to Memphis|moved to Memphis]] later in 2001.
*May 27 - The [[Red Deer Rebels]] win their first [[Memorial Cup]] by defeating [[Val-d'Or Foreurs]] 6 to 5. The tournament was played at [[Agridome]] in [[Regina, Saskatchewan]]
*June 9 - [[Burnaby, British Columbia]]'s [[Joe Sakic]] of the [[Colorado Avalanche]] is awarded the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]]
*November 25 – The [[Calgary Stampeders]] win their fifth [[Grey Cup]] by defeating the [[Winnipeg Blue Bombers]] 27 to 19 in the [[89th Grey Cup]] played at [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Montreal]]
*December 1 - The [[Saint Mary's Huskies]] win their second [[Vanier Cup]] by defeating the [[Manitoba Bisons]] by a score of 42–16 in the [[37th Vanier Cup]] played at [[Skydome]] in [[Toronto]]

== Births ==

* March 6 &ndash; [[Aryana Engineer]], actress
* March 9 &ndash; [[Jeon So-mi]], singer, member of [[I.O.I]]
* May 8 &ndash; [[Jordyn Huitema]], soccer player
* May 12 &ndash; [[John Paul Ruttan]], actor
* May 26 &ndash; [[Megan Charpentier]], actress
* July 8 &ndash; [[Riele Downs]], child actress
* July 22 &ndash; [[Alisha Newton]], actress
* October 5 &ndash; [[Dalila Bela]], actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Dalila Bela Verified Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Q0rZnhCSz/  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B3Q0rZnhCSz |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|website=Instagram |access-date=June 7, 2020 |quote=Today was such an amazing 18th birthday!! It was a day filled with family, friends, love, and entering adulthood! Thank you everyone for all the birthday wishes! }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* October 8 &ndash; [[Percy Hynes White]], Canadian actor
* October 9 &ndash; [[Kyla Leibel]], swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyla Leibel |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/kyla-leibel/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=22 June 2020 |date=8 April 2019}}</ref>
* October 11 &ndash; [[Alexis Lafrenière]], ice hockey player
* October 17 &ndash; [[Jake Beale]], actor
* November 7 &ndash; [[Amybeth McNulty]], actress

== Deaths ==

===January to March===
*January 13 – [[Michael Cuccione]], child actor and cancer research activist (born [[1985 in Canada|1985]])
*January 18 – [[Al Waxman]], actor and director (born [[1935 in Canada|1935]])
*January 31 – [[Gordon R. Dickson]], science fiction author (born [[1923 in Canada|1923]])
*February 5 – [[David Iftody]], politician (born [[1956 in Canada|1956]])
*February 28 – [[Gildas Molgat]], politician (born [[1927 in Canada|1927]])
*March 8 – [[Frances Adaskin]], pianist (b. [[1900 in Canada|1900]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/frances-marr-adaskin-emc|title=Frances Marr Adaskin|last=King|first=Betty N.|date=July 8, 2007|website=The Canadian Encyclopedia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064437/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/article/frances-marr-adaskin-emc/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=October 23, 2017}}</ref>
*March 23
**[[Louis Dudek]], poet, literary critic and publisher (born [[1918 in Canada|1918]])
**[[David McTaggart]], environmentalist (born [[1932 in Canada|1932]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen E. Atkins|title=Encyclopedia of Modern American Extremists and Extremist Groups|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7yAYAAAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-31502-2|page=196}}</ref>
*March 28 – [[Moe Koffman]], flautist and saxophonist, cancer (born [[1928 in Canada|1928]])

===April to June===
*April 2 – [[Charles Daudelin]], sculptor and painter (born [[1920 in Canada|1920]])
*April 16 – [[Horace Gwynne]], boxer and Olympic gold medalist (born [[1913 in Canada|1913]])
*May 5 – [[Aba Bayefsky]], artist and teacher (born [[1923 in Canada|1923]])
*June – [[Gordon Donaldson (journalist)|Gordon Donaldson]], author and journalist (b.[[1926 in Canada|1926]])
*June 3 – [[Maurice Breton]], politician and lawyer (born [[1909 in Canada|1909]])
*June 7 – [[Charles Templeton]], cartoonist, evangelist, agnostic, politician, newspaper editor, inventor, broadcaster and author (born [[1915 in Canada|1915]])
*June 19 – [[William Austin Forsyth]], politician (born ([[1917]])
*June 23 – Yvonne Dionne, one of the [[Dionne quintuplets]] (born [[1934 in Canada|1934]])

===July to December===
*July 3 – [[Mordecai Richler]], author, screenwriter and essayist (born [[1931 in Canada|1931]])
*July 24 – [[Georges Dor]], author, composer, playwright, singer, poet, translator and theatrical producer and director (born [[1931 in Canada|1931]])
*August 9 – [[Kimberly Rogers]], [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]] woman whose suicide while under [[house arrest]] for a disputed [[welfare fraud]] conviction led to a major scandal and inquest (b. c1961)
*September 18 – [[Ernie Coombs]], children's entertainer Mr. Dressup (born [[1927 in Canada|1927]])
*November 19 – [[Marcelle Ferron]], painter and stained glass artist (born [[1924 in Canada|1924]])
*November 24 – [[Donald McPherson (figure skater)|Donald McPherson]], figure skater (born [[1945 in Canada|1945]])
*December 14 – [[Pauline Mills McGibbon]], politician and 22nd [[Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario]] (born [[1910 in Canada|1910]])

===Full date unknown===
*[[Gordon Donaldson (journalist)|Gordon Donaldson]], author and journalist (born [[1926 in Canada|1926]])

==See also==
* [[2001 in Canadian television]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 2001]]

==References==
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