Editing 2002 in Canada

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{{Year in Canada|2002}}

Events from the year '''2002 in Canada'''.

==Incumbents==
{{Main|2002 Canadian incumbents}}

[[List of population of Canada by years|Estimated Canadian population]]: 31,413,990

=== 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]]

=== Provincial governments ===

==== Lieutenant governors ====
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta]] – [[Lois Hole]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] – [[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]] (until November 1) then [[Edward Roberts (Canadian politician)|Edward Roberts]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] – [[Myra Freeman]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] – [[Hillary Weston]] (until March 7) then [[James Bartleman]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Léonce Bernard]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] – [[Lise Thibault]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan]] – [[Lynda Haverstock]]

==== Premiers ====
*[[Premier of Alberta]] – [[Ralph Klein]] 
*[[Premier of British Columbia]] – [[Gordon Campbell (Canadian politician)|Gordon Campbell]]
*[[Premier of Manitoba]] – [[Gary Doer]] 
*[[Premier of New Brunswick]] – [[Bernard Lord]] 
*[[Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador]] – [[Roger Grimes]] 
*[[Premier of Nova Scotia]] – [[John Hamm]]
*[[Premier of Ontario]] – [[Mike Harris]] (until April 15) then [[Ernie Eves]]
*[[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] – [[Pat Binns]] 
*[[Premier of Quebec]] – [[Bernard Landry]] 
*[[Premier of Saskatchewan]] – [[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]] (until November 30) then [[Dennis Fentie]]

==Events==

===January to March===
*January 11 – [[Ford Motor Co.]] announces the closing of the truck assembly plant in [[Oakville, Ontario]].
*January 14 – [[Industry Minister (Canada)|Industry Minister]] and [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] leadership hopeful [[Brian Tobin]] announces that he is leaving politics.
*January 15 – [[Jean Chrétien]] shuffles the cabinet mostly to remove the scandal-tainted [[Alfonso Gagliano]].
*January 18 – [[Walkerton Report]] released: it puts partial blame for the water tragedy on the provincial government.
*January 25 – Canada officially re-establishes diplomatic relations with Afghanistan.
*February 6 – [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II]]'s accession as [[Monarchy of Canada|Queen of Canada]].
*February 18 – The towns of [[Chicoutimi]], [[Jonquière]] and [[La Baie, Quebec|La Baie]] consolidated into a new city officially called [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]].
*March 4 – Federal government allows [[stem cell]] research using human embryos.
*March 7 – [[James Bartleman]] appointed [[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]].
*March 11 – Six children die when their home burns down in [[Quatsino, British Columbia]].
*March 20 – [[Stephen Harper]] defeats [[Stockwell Day]] to become leader of the [[Canadian Alliance]].
*March 23 – [[Ernie Eves]] is elected to replace [[Mike Harris]] as party leader at the [[Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership conventions|Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership convention]].
*March 26 – [[Supreme Court of British Columbia]] rules that works of the imagination are not [[child pornography]].

===April to June===
*April 1 – The [[Canadian Air Transport Security Authority]] is established.
*April 15 – Ernie Eves becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Mike Harris.
*April 16 – The ''[[New York Sun]]'', partially owned by former Canadian [[Conrad Black]], is launched.
*April 17 – [[Tarnak Farm incident]]. Four Canadian infantrymen are killed, and eight injured, in [[Afghanistan]] by [[friendly fire]] from two U.S. [[F-16]]s, dropping a 230-kilogram bomb.
*May 5 – [[Hells Angels]] leader [[Maurice Boucher]] is convicted in [[Montreal]] of two counts of first-degree murder.
*May 7 – A court injunction is granted to [[Marc Hall]], permitting him to bring a same-sex date to his high school prom.
*May 26 – [[Jean Chrétien]] shuffles the Cabinet again, removing [[Art Eggleton]] and [[Don Boudria]], who were both embroiled in scandals.
*June 2 – Governor General [[Adrienne Clarkson]], on the advice of Prime Minister [[Jean Chrétien]], dismisses [[Finance Minister (Canada)|Finance Minister]] [[Paul Martin]] and replaces him with [[John Manley (Politician)|John Manley]].
*June 5 – [[Alexa McDonough]] announces her resignation as leader of the federal [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]].
*June 7 – [[Quebec]] becomes the first province to grant homosexual couples full parental rights.
*June 26 – [[G8]] leaders meet in [[Kananaskis Improvement District|Kananaskis, Alberta]].

===July to September===
*July 14 – During [[Bastille Day]] celebrations, [[Jacques Chirac]] is saved from an assassination attempt by a [[Canadians|Canadian]] tourist.
*July 23 – [[Pope John Paul II]] arrives in Toronto for [[World Youth Day]].
*August 6 – [[Joe Clark]] announces decision to resign as leader of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada]].
*August 21 – Facing pressure from Martin loyalists [[Jean Chrétien]] announces he will step down as prime minister in February 2004.
*September – A [[Senate of Canada|Senate]] special committee recommends that [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] should be legalized in Canada.
*September 9 – [[Concordia University Netanyahu riot|A riot breaks out at Concordia University]] in Montreal, by protesters against a scheduled talk by Israeli Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] and Canadian Prime Minister [[Jean Chrétien]]; a Holocaust survivor and a rabbi are assaulted.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Blackwell |first1=Richard |title=Activist loses fight to re-enter Concordia |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/activist-loses-fight-to-re-enter-concordia/article18249749/ |access-date=22 September 2019 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=7 October 2005}}</ref>

===October to December===
*October 4 – The Queen arrives in Canada to start of 12-day tour to mark her [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II#Canada|Golden Jubilee]] as [[Monarchy of Canada|Queen of Canada]].
*October 7 – American officials deport Canadian citizen [[Maher Arar]] to [[Syria]].
*October 29 – Canada issues a travel advisory for all those of Middle Eastern descent travelling to the United States.
*October 31 – [[Pat Buchanan]] calls Canada ''[[Soviet Canuckistan]]''.
*October 31 – In [[Sauvé v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer)]], the [[Supreme Court (Canada)|Supreme Court]] rules that all prisoners have the right to vote under [[Section Three of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms]], regardless of the stipulation in the [[Canada Elections Act]] that prisoners serving sentences of two years or more may not vote.
*November 22 - The [[Line 4 Sheppard|Sheppard Subway]] (Later renamed Line 4 Sheppard) opens on the [[Toronto Subway]]. <ref name="star2016">{{cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20161119/282656097044749 |title=November 22, 2002: The Sheppard Subway Line opens its doors |work=[[Toronto Star]] |date=November 19, 2016 |first=Sophie |last=Van Bastelaer}}</ref>
*November 26 – [[Françoise Ducros]], the Prime Minister's communication director resigns over her comment that U.S. President [[George W. Bush]] is a "moron".
*November 28 – The [[Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada]] (the Romanow Commission) recommends a $15-billion infusion into the health care system.
*November 30 – [[Dennis Fentie]] becomes premier of [[Yukon Territory]], replacing [[Pat Duncan]].
*December 16 – Canada signs the [[Kyoto Accord]], limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
*December 17 – The [[Service de police de la Ville de Québec]] arrest many people in a [[child prostitution]] bust that includes many well-known people of the city.

==Arts and literature==

===Art===
*July 10 – At a [[Sotheby's]] auction, [[Peter Paul Rubens]]'s painting "[[The Massacre of the Innocents]]" is sold for £49.5 million (US$76.2 million) to Canadian [[Kenneth Thomson]].

===New books===
*''[[Family Matters (novel)|Family Matters]]'': [[Rohinton Mistry]]
*''In Search of America'': [[Peter Jennings]]
*''[[The Last Crossing]]'': [[Guy Vanderhaeghe]]
*''Lucky Man'': [[Michael J. Fox]]
*''[[Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World]]'': [[Margaret MacMillan]]
*''[[Unless]]'': [[Carol Shields]]
*''Negotiating with the Dead, A Writer on Writing'': [[Margaret Atwood]]
*''Fences and Windows'': [[Naomi Klein]]
*''School Spirit'': [[Douglas Coupland]]
*''High Latitudes: An Arctic Journey'': [[Farley Mowat]]

===Awards===
*October 22 – [[Yann Martel]] wins the [[Booker Prize]] for his novel ''[[Life of Pi]]''
*November 5 – [[Austin Clarke (novelist)|Austin Clarke]] wins the [[Giller Prize]] for his novel ''The Polished Hoe''
*[[Margaret MacMillan]] wins the [[Samuel Johnson Prize]] for ''Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World''
*[[Books in Canada First Novel Award]]: [[Mary Lawson (novelist)|Mary Lawson]], ''Crow Lake''
*See [[2002 Governor General's Awards]] for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
*[[Geoffrey Bilson Award]]: [[Virginia Frances Schwartz]], ''If I Just Had Two Wings''
*[[Gerald Lampert Award]]:
*[[Griffin Poetry Prize]]: [[Christian Bök]], ''Eunoia''
*[[Marian Engel Award]]: [[Terry Griggs]]
*[[Matt Cohen Prize]]: [[Norman Levine]]
*[[Norma Fleck Award]]: [[Gena K. Gorrell]], ''Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale''
*[[Pat Lowther Award]]:
*[[Stephen Leacock Award]]: [[Will Ferguson]], ''Generica''
*[[Timothy Findley Award]]: Bill Gaston
*[[Trillium Book Award]] English: [[Austin Clarke (novelist)|Austin Clarke]], ''The Polished Hoe'' and [[Nino Ricci]], ''Testament''
*[[Trillium Book Award]] French: [[Michel Ouellette]], ''Le testament du couturier'' and [[Éric Charlebois]], ''Faux-fuyants''

===Music===
*[[Joni Mitchell]] wins a [[Grammy]] for lifetime achievement

====New music====
*''[[A New Day Has Come (album)|A New Day Has Come]]'': [[Celine Dion|Céline Dion]]
*''[[Let Go (Avril Lavigne album)|Let Go]]'': [[Avril Lavigne]]
*''[[Acoustic Kitty (album)|Acoustic Kitty]]'': [[John Mann (musician)|John Mann]]
*''[[Under Rug Swept]]'': [[Alanis Morissette]]
*''[[Vapor Trails]]'': [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*''[[Does This Look Infected?]]'': [[Sum 41]]
*''[[Up! (album)|Up!]]'': [[Shania Twain]]
*''[[What If It All Means Something]]'': [[Chantal Kreviazuk]]

===Film===
*[[Atom Egoyan]]'s, ''[[Ararat (film)|Ararat]]'' is released.
*April 12 – ''[[Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner]]'', first movie in [[Inuktitut]], the language of the [[Inuit]].

===Television===
*September 30 – [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] starts an uproar when it announces [[Ron MacLean]] will not be returning as host of ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]''. The CBC later agrees to MacLean's salary demands.
*''[[Sesame Park]]'', a Canadian spin-off of the American show ''[[Sesame Street]]'', is cancelled due to low ratings, after more than three decades of airing on [[CBC Television]].
*The CBC celebrates its 50th anniversary as a television broadcaster.

==Sport==
*February 8 – February 24{{snd}}[[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]]. Canada wins gold for men's and women's hockey. Controversy erupts when [[Jamie Salé]] and [[David Pelletier]] are given only silver for the pairs' figure skating (later upgraded to gold after a judging controversy.
*May 26{{snd}}The [[Kootenay Ice]] win their only [[Memorial Cup]] by defeating [[Victoriaville Tigres]] 6 to 3. The tournament was played at [[Sleeman Centre (Guelph)|Guelph Sports and Entertainment Centre]] in [[Guelph]], Ontario
*November 23{{snd}}The [[Saint Mary's Huskies]] win their second (consecutive) [[Vanier Cup]] by defeating the [[Saskatchewan Huskies]]  33 to 21 in the [[38th Vanier Cup]] played at Skydome in Toronto 
*November 24{{snd}}The [[Montreal Alouettes]] win their fifth (and first since 1977) [[Grey Cup]] by defeating the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] 25 to 16 in the [[90th Grey Cup]] played at [[Commonwealth Stadium (Edmonton)|Commonwealth Stadium]] in Edmonton

==Births==
* February 4 – [[Graham Verchere]], actor
* April 6 – [[Andrea Botez]], chess player
* May 10 – [[Sophia Ewaniuk]], actress
* July 30 – [[Murder of Zachary Turner|Zachary Turner]], murder victim (died [[2003 in Canada|2003]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.childandyouthadvocate.nf.ca/pdfs/turner-v1.pdf |title=Turner Review and Investigation, September 2006<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2020-04-01 |archive-date=2020-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724133442/https://www.childandyouthadvocate.nf.ca/pdfs/turner-v1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* September 6 – [[Leylah Fernandez]], tennis player
* September 19 – [[Isaac Kragten]], actor
* December 23 – [[Finn Wolfhard]], actor

== Deaths ==

===January to March===
*January 4 – [[Douglas Jung]], politician and first [[Chinese Canadian]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|MP]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] (born [[1924 in Canada|1924]])
*January 5 – [[Christie Harris]], children's author (born [[1907 in Canada|1907]])
*January 13 – [[Frank Shuster]], comedian (born [[1916 in Canada|1916]])
*January 24 – [[Peter Gzowski]], broadcaster, writer and reporter (born [[1933 in Canada|1933]])
*February 3 – [[Lucien Rivard]], criminal and prison escapee (born [[1914 in Canada|1914]])
*February 14 – [[Bud Olson]], politician, Minister and Senator (born [[1925 in Canada|1925]])
*February 26 – [[Harry Rankin]], lawyer and politician (born [[1920 in Canada|1920]])
*March 12 – [[Jean-Paul Riopelle]], painter and sculptor (born [[1923 in Canada|1923]])
*March 18
**[[Dalton Camp]], journalist, politician, political strategist and commentator (born [[1920 in Canada|1920]])
**[[Johnny Lombardi]], [[CHIN Radio/TV International|CHIN]]-TV television personality (born [[1915 in Canada|1915]])

===April to June===
*April 14 – [[Gustave Blouin]], politician (born [[1912 in Canada|1912]])
*April 17 – [[Richard Green (soldier)|Richard Green]], soldier killed in Afghanistan (born [[1980 in Canada|1980]])
*April 19 – [[Ross Whicher]], politician and businessman (born [[1918 in Canada|1918]])
*May 9 – [[Robert Layton (politician)|Robert Layton]], politician (born [[1925 in Canada|1925]])
*May 17 – [[Edwin Alonzo Boyd]], criminal and leader of the [[Boyd Gang]] (born [[1914 in Canada|1914]])
*June 21 – [[Timothy Findley]], novelist and playwright (born [[1930 in Canada|1930]])

===July to December===
*July 8 – [[Sidney Spivak]], politician and Minister (born [[1928 in Canada|1928]])
*July 13 – [[Yousuf Karsh]], photographer (born [[1908 in Canada|1908]])
*September 13 – [[George Stanley]], historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant and designer of the current [[Canadian flag]] (born [[1907 in Canada|1907]])
*November 24 – [[Harry Gunning]], scientist and administrator (born [[1916 in Canada|1916]])
*November 30 – [[Death of Jeffrey Baldwin|Jeffrey Baldwin]], murder victim (born [[1997 in Canada|1997]])
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*December 5 – [[Prosper Boulanger]], politician and businessman (born [[1918 in Canada|1918]])
*December 10 – [[Les Costello]], ice hockey player and [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] priest (born [[1928 in Canada|1928]])
*December 13 – [[Zal Yanovsky]], rock musician (born [[1944 in Canada|1944]])
*December 16 – [[Bill Hunter (ice hockey)|Bill Hunter]], ice hockey player, general manager and coach (born [[1920 in Canada|1920]])
*December 18 – [[Ray Hnatyshyn]], politician and 24th [[Governor General of Canada]] (born [[1934 in Canada|1934]])

==See also==
* [[2002 in Canadian television]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 2002]]

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