2007 in Canada

[edit] Incumbents

Main article: 2007 Canadian incumbents

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• January 5: The domed roof of BC Place Stadium in Vancouver collapses.
• January 11: A major blizzard rips through Central Saskatchewan.

[edit] February

• February 3: At a Calgary Flames game, young Cree singer Akina Shirt becomes the first person to perform "O Canada" in an Aboriginal language at a major league sporting event.
• February 8: Ontario provincial by-election in Burlington; Markham; and York South–Weston electoral districts.
• February 19: During a live interview on CKRS in Saguenay, Quebec, talk radio host Louis Champagne attacks Parti Québécois candidate Sylvain Gaudreault and leader André Boisclair, both openly gay, in an interview with PQ candidate Alexandre Cloutier, asking "In Jonquière, listen, aren’t you going to face the question, 'Is the Parti Québécois a club of fags?'"
• February 20: The Canadian government, along with American billionaire Bill Gates, announce the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative, a $139 million dollar plan to fight the AIDS virus.

[edit] March

• March 13: Canada 2006 Census data is released; the population of Canada in 2006 was 31,612,897. Notably, the census also indicates that for the first time in Canadian history, the three territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) have a combined population of over 100,000.
• March 26: Quebec general election.
• March 30: Final concert by influential Canadian rock band Rheostatics.

[edit] April

• April 3: Royal Assent is granted to the Veterans' Bill of Rights.
• April 27: Three new Laval metro stations are inaugurated. (see Montreal Metro)
• April 30: Prince Andrew, fourth in line to the Canadian throne, arrives in Canada to undertake duties in Halifax, Toronto and Cambridge

[edit] May

• May 3: Fixed election dates introduced. The Prime Minister can no longer advise the Governor General to call an election unless a non-confidence motion is passed.
• May 18: Governor General Michaëlle Jean appoints Pierre Duchesne as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• May 22: The general election in Manitoba is won by the governing New Democrats.
• May 23: Jordan Manners is the first Torontonian killed in a school shooting.
• May 28: Prince Edward Island election. Robert Ghiz's Liberals win a majority, defeating Premier Pat Binns's Conservatives

[edit] June

• June 2: Prince Henry, third in line to the Canadian throne, arrives at CFB Suffield to train for a possible deployment to Afghanistan
• June 2: Princess Anne arrives in Saskatchewan to undertake various official duties
• June 7: Pierre Duchesne becomes Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, replacing Lise Thibault
• June 12: Robert Ghiz becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Pat Binns
• June 22: CTVglobemedia's takeover of CHUM Limited (excepting Citytv, which is slated for sale to Rogers Communications) is completed.
• June 29: A national Aboriginal Day of Protest, including blockades of several major transportation routes in Ontario and Quebec, is held to protest the state of First Nations relations with the federal government.

[edit] July

• July 13: Conrad Black is found guilty on three charges of fraud and one charge of obstruction of justice in Chicago.
• July 19: Jesse Imeson begins a murderous rampage in Ontario, prompting an international manhunt.

[edit] August

• August 23: Quebec Provincial Police admit to inserting "agents provocateurs" into the group protesting against the Montebello meeting.
• August 28: Steven Truscott is acquitted by the Ontario Court of Appeal in a hearing to review his 1959 conviction for the murder of Lynne Harper.

[edit] September

• September 5: The Governor General appoints David Onley as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, replacing James Bartleman
• September 11: Stephen Harper becomes the first Canadian Prime Minister since Confederation to address the Parliament of Australia.
• September 17: Three by-elections in Quebec in Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, and Outremont.

[edit] October

• October 1: General election in Northwest Territories.
• October 1: The Governor General appoints Steven Point as Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, replacing Iona Campagnolo
• October 9: The general election in Newfoundland and Labrador is won by the governing Progressive Conservatives.
• October 10: The general election in Ontario is won by the governing Liberals.
• October 13: Roger Duguay is chosen as the new leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party at the party's leadership convention.
• October 14: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) taser a man, who died shortly thereafter, at the Vancouver Airport. The incident is videotaped and eventually released to the public.
• October 17: Floyd Roland is selected as the new Premier of the Northwest Territories.
• October 25: the Government of Canada announces the creation of the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area, the largest freshwater marine protected area in the world.
• October 31: The Conservative Party of Canada drops Mark Warner as its candidate in the pending Toronto Centre byelection, citing unspecified differences.
• October 31: Rogers Communications officially takes ownership of Citytv.

[edit] November

• November 1: A provincewide Amber Alert is issued in Ontario after a newborn baby is abducted from the Sudbury Regional Hospital in Greater Sudbury. A Kirkland Lake resident, Brenda Batisse, is arrested later the same evening; the baby is recovered safely.
• November 7: The general election in Saskatchewan is won by the opposition Saskatchewan Party.
• November 21: Brad Wall is sworn in as Premier of Saskatchewan, succeeding Lorne Calvert.
• November 30: A fire destroys much of the beachfront shopping area in the resort town of Wasaga Beach, Ontario.

[edit] December

[edit] Unknown dates

[edit] Arts and literature

• Influential Canadian rock band Rheostatics perform a farewell show at Toronto's Massey Hall on March 30.
• American rock band The White Stripes tour Canada in the summer, booking a number of shows in small markets such as Glace Bay, Whitehorse and Iqaluit with the stated goal of performing in every Canadian province and territory. The band also films the video for their single "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)" in Iqaluit.
• Patrick Watson's album Close to Paradise wins the 2007 Polaris Music Prize.

[edit] Albums

• Apostle of Hustle, National Anthem of Nowhere
• Arcade Fire, Neon Bible
• Jann Arden, Uncover Me
• Daniel Bélanger, L'échec du matériel
• The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse
• Basia Bulat, Oh, My Darling
• Jesse Cook, Frontiers
• Cowboy Junkies, At the End of Paths Taken, Trinity Revisited
• Do Make Say Think, You, You're a History in Rust
• Julie Doiron, Woke Myself Up
• Kevin Drew, Spirit If...
• Feist, The Reminder
• Christine Fellows, Nevertheless
• Immaculate Machine, Immaculate Machine's Fables
• Avril Lavigne, The Best Damn Thing
• John Mann, December Looms
• The New Pornographers, Challengers
• The Joel Plaskett Emergency, Ashtray Rock
• Andrew Rodriguez, Here Comes the Light
• Shad, The Old Prince
• Stars, In Our Bedroom after the War
• Tegan and Sara, The Con
• Various Artists, Friends in Bellwoods
• Various Artists, The Secret Sessions (Rheostatics tribute album)
• The Weakerthans, Reunion Tour
• Royal Wood, A Good Enough Day
• Wooden Stars, People Are Different
• You Say Party! We Say Die!, Lose All Time

[edit] Books

• Todd Babiak, The Book of Stanley
• David Chariandy, Soucouyant
• Barbara Fradkin, Dream Chasers
• Barbara Gowdy, Helpless
• Don Hannah, Ragged Islands
• Nalo Hopkinson, The New Moon's Arms
• Naomi Klein, The Shock Doctrine
• Bob Mersereau, The Top 100 Canadian Albums
• Michael Ondaatje, Divisadero
• M. G. Vassanji, The Assassin's Song
• Michael Winter, The Architects Are Here
• Alissa York, Effigy

[edit] Literary awards

• Heather O'Neill's 2006 novel Lullabies for Little Criminals wins the 2007 edition of Canada Reads
• Barbara Fradkin's 2006 novel Honour Among Men wins the 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel
• Elizabeth Hay's 2007 novel Late Nights on Air wins the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize
• 2007 Governor General's Awards: TBA

[edit] Sports

• January 9-15: 2007 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
  • Men's medalists: Jeffrey Buttle, Gold; Christopher Mabee, Silver; Emanuel Sandhu, Bronze.
  • Women's medalists: Joannie Rochette, Gold; Mira Leung, Silver; Lesley Hawker, Bronze.
  • Pairs' medalists: Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison, Gold; Valérie Marcoux / Craig Buntin, Silver; Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay, Bronze.
  • Dance medalists: Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon, Gold; Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir, Silver; Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje, Bronze.

• March 23: Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon won the silver medal in Ice Dancing at the World Figure Skating Championships in Tokyo.^[1]

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January

• January 6: Charmion King, stage, film and television actress
• January 16: Percy Saltzman, national CBC Television meteorologist in the 1950s and 1960s
• January 18: Julie Winnefred Bertrand, world's oldest living woman
• January 19: Denny Doherty, a singer with the 1960s pop group, The Mamas and Papas
• January 23: John Majhor, radio and television personality
• January 26: Gump Worsley, hockey player

[edit] February

• February 14: Ryan Larkin, animator
• February 17: Dermot O'Reilly, singer and member of the group Ryan's Fancy
• February 19: Celia Franca, ballet dancer and founder of the National Ballet of Canada
• February 27: Myron Wolf Child, First Nations activist and founder of the Aboriginal Peoples Party of Canada

[edit] March

• March 2: Doris Anderson, feminist, editor of Chatelaine
• March 23: Agnes Benidickson, Member of the Order of Canada and former chancellor of Queen's University

[edit] April

• April 14: June Callwood, journalist and social activist
• April 28: Bertha Wilson, first female Supreme Court judge
• April 28: Lloyd Crouse, former Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

[edit] May

• May 23: Jordan Manners, school shooting victim

[edit] June

• June 15: Richard Bell, musician
• June 25: Chris Benoit, professional wrestler
• June 27: William Hutt, actor

[edit] July

• July 11: Ed Mirvish, businessman and philanthropist
• July 15: Bluma Appel, arts patron and philanthropist
• July 31: Margaret Avison, poet

[edit] August

• August 17: Elmer MacFadyen, former MLA in Prince Edward Island
• August 22: Gilles Beaudoin, former mayor of Trois-Rivières
• August 24: Andrée Boucher, mayor of Quebec City

[edit] September

[edit] October

• October 24: David Adams, dancer of the National Ballet of Canada

[edit] November

• November 27: Jane Rule, American novelist resident in British Columbia since 1976
• November 29: James Barber, television chef

[edit] References