1995 in Canada
See also:
1994 in Canada,
other events of 1995,
1996 in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.
Incumbents
Events
- January 5 - Rogers Communications withdraws an unpopular retroactive billing system after widescale consumer protest
- January 7 - The opening of Parliament is televised for the first time
- January 18 - A video of the Canadian Airborne Regiment's brutal hazing rituals is made public
- January 23 - As a result of the Somalia Affair and the video the Airborne Regiment is disbanded
- January 23 - Guy Paul Morin's conviction for murder that had seen him jailed for 11 years is overturned
- February 21 - The inquiry into the April 1994 uprising in the Kingston Women's Prison rules that authorities used excessive force in putting it down
- February 23 - American President Bill Clinton address Parliament
- March 9 - As part of Brian Tobin's Turbot War Canadian officials seize the Spanish trawler the Estai
- March 15 - Former Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan is charged with child abuse
- March 18-March 27 - A major rail strike occurs, the workers are eventually legislated back to work
- March 20 - Erichs Tobias is accused of war crimes
- March 27 - Bell Canada announces major job cuts
- March 31 - Perrin Beatty appointed head of the CBC
- April - Chapters is officially incorporated
- April 5 - Mark Chahal kills 10 people in Vernon, British Columbia
- April 9 - Steve Stavro buys Maple Leaf Gardens from Harold Ballard's estate
- April 16 the Turbot War ends as Canada and the European Union reach an agreement
- April 26 - Direct to home satellite television is made legal in Canada
- May 9 - The law against homosexual adoption is struck down
- May 18 - The trial of Paul Bernardo begins
- May 25 - Egan v. Canada - Supreme Court of Canada rules that sexual orientation is a prohibited grounds of discrimination under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
- May 31 - The RCMP announce a $1,000,000 reward in Air India flight 182 case and restarts its investigation.
- June 6 - Labatt is sold to a Belgian company
- June 8 - Ontario election: Mike Harris's PCs win a majority, defeating Bob Rae's NDP
- June 9 - Floods in Medicine Hat, Alberta force the evactuation of over 5000 people
- June 13 - A strict new gun control law is paased banning most handguns and forcing all rifles to be registered
- June 15-June 17 - The G-7 meet in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- June 21 - Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP win a second consecutive majority
- June 28 - Mike Harris becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Bob Rae
- July 17 - Christine Silverberg becomes Canada's first female police chief when she is promoted to that position in Calgary
- July 20 - In Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto the Supreme Court upholds Canada's largest ever libel award
- July 27 - Thomson Corp. agrees to sell 27 Canadian newspapers to Holinger Inc.
- August 2 - Popular Ottawa sportscaster Brian Smith is shot and killed
- August 11 - The first ever fatal accident aboard a Toronto Transit Commission subway kills three
- September 1 - Paul Bernardo is found guilty of the kidnapping, rape, and murder of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French
- September 6 - The government announces plans to sell off most of its remaining holdings in Petro-Canada
- October 14 - Alexa McDonough is elected head of the NDP, replacing Audrey McLaughlin
- October 26 - The Cree of Quebec hold a plebicite voting overwhelmingly to stay in Canada
- October 27 - A massive rally is held in Montreal by the No side in the referendum
- October 30 - The 1995 Quebec referendum is held on separation. The No side narrowly wins.
- October 31 - Newfoundland passes a constitutional amendment to overhaul its school system
- November 4 - Radarsat, Canada's first observation satellite is launched
- November 5 - Andre Dallaire breaks into 24 Sussex Drive, the Prime Minister fends him off with an Inuit sculpture
- November 5 - Paul Bernardo is declared a dangerous offender, meaning he will be ineligible for parole
- November 15 - British Columbia premier announces his resignation because of the bingogate scandal.
- November 20 - Former PM Brian Mulroney sues the government over the Airbus Affair
- November 22 - Don Morin becomes premier of the Northwest Territories, replacing Nellie Cournoyea
- November 23 - Jean Chrétien unveils a law that would give each of Canada's four regions a constitutional veto. The west complains that it deserves more than one.
- November 28 - Canadian National Railway is privatized
- December - Representatives of aboriginal peoples gather and issue the Sacred Assembly Proclamation; from this was developed the Reconciliation Proclamation and the Statement of Principles and Priorities.
- December 6 - The Twonie is introduced
- December 6 - Canada agrees to send 1000 peacekeepers to Bosnia
- December 7 - The Montreal Canadiens trade Patrick Roy to the Colorado Avalanche
- December 11 - Voters in what will become Nunavut select Iqaluit as the capital of the new territory
- December 20 - Lt. Gen Jean Boyle becomes Chief of the Defence Staff
- December 21 - The Krever Commission holds its final hearings
- December 28 - Premier of Newfoundland Clyde Wells announces his retirement
Arts and Literature
New Books
Music
Television
Film
Births
Deaths
- January 28 - George Woodcock, author
- August 2 - Brian Smith, sportscaster
- October 17 - Herbert J. Smith, president of General Electric Canada
- October 26 - Lucie Cavoukian, photographer
- October 27 - Artin Cavoukian, photographer
- November 3 - Gordon S. Fahrni, doctor
- November 13 - Emmett Hall, Supreme Court Justice
- November 21 - Bruno Gerussi, actor
- December 2 - Robertson Davies, author
- December 3 - Elsie Knott, first female band chief
- December 4 - Little Beaver, wrestler
- December 17 - Jean Fortier, head of Radio-Canada
- Earle Birney, poet
- John Peters Humphrey, legal scholar
