1994 in Canada

See also: 1993 in Canada, other events of 1994, 1995 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

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Incumbents

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Events

Winter - One of the coldest winters on record hits much of Canada
January 1 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect
January 11 - Daniel Johnson, Jr., becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Robert Bourassa
February - the first Liberal budgetslashes spending in an effort to cut the deficit. Unemployment Insurance and provincial transfer payments are especially hard hit
February 27 - The 1994 Winter Olympics beign in Lillehammer Norway.
March 21 - A civilian inquiry in the behaviour of the Canadian Airborne in Somalia is launched
April 5 - The Just Desserts shooting occurs in Toronto
June and Ontario farmer is allowed to grow 10 acres of marijuana for research purposes
June 14 - The New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup
September 12 - Quebec election, the Parti québécois defeats the Parti libéral du Québec, which had been in power for nine years.
September 26 - Jacques Parizeau (PQ) is sworn in as premier of Quebec, replacing Daniel Johnson, Jr.
October - A lock-out closes the NHL for the entire first half of the season.
October 5 and October 6 - Members of the Solar Temple cult committ mass suicide
December - Lucien Bouchard is infected with necrotizing fasciitis and loses a leg
Conrad Black's company buys the Chicago Sun-Times
Bertram Brockhouse shares the Nobel Prize in Physics
Hockey is made Canada's official winter sport, Lacrosse is demoted to being official summer sport
Cigarette taxes are slashed to battle smuggling and black market organizations
Canadian troops leave CFB Lahr ending the Canadian armed forces presence in Europe