Events from the year 2013 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

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Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...

Federal government

Governor General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

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David Johnston David Lloyd Johnston (born June 28, 1941) is a Canadian academic, author, and statesman who served from 2010 to 2017 as Governor General of Canada, the 28th since Canadian Confederation. He is the commissioner of the Leaders' Debates Commis ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

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Stephen Harper Stephen Joseph Harper (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. Harper is the first and only prime minister to come from the modern-day Conservative Party of Canada, ...

* Chief Justice –

Beverley McLachlin Beverley Marian McLachlin (born September 7, 1943) is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the p ...

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British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

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Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

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Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta The lieutenant governor of Alberta () is the viceregal representative in Alberta of the . The lieutenant governor is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the m ...

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Donald Ethell Donald Stewart Ethell (born July 23, 1937) is a retired Canadian Army colonel and was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 2010 to 2015. Career Ethell was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1937, the son of a nurse and a navy chie ...

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia The lieutenant governor of British Columbia () is the viceregal representative of the , in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The office of lieutenant governor is an office of the Crown and serves as a representative of the monarchy in ...

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Judith Guichon Judith Isabel Guichon, , (born 1947) is a Canadian rancher and organizer who served as the 29th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, serving from 2012 to 2018. She was the List of viceregal representatives of Elizabeth II#Canada, vicerega ...

* Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Philip S. Lee *

Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick The lieutenant governor of New Brunswick (, in French: ''Lieutenant-gouverneur'' (if male) or ''Lieutenante-gouverneure'' (if female) ''du Nouveau-Brunswick'') is the viceregal representative in New Brunswick of the , who operates distinctly wit ...

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Graydon Nicholas Graydon Nicholas (born 1946) is a Canadian attorney, judge, and politician who served as the appointed List of lieutenant governors of New Brunswick#Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick, 1867-present, 30th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick ( ...

Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador The lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador () is the viceregal representative in Newfoundland and Labrador of the , who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as w ...

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John Crosbie John Carnell Crosbie, (January 30, 1931 – January 10, 2020) was a Canadian provincial and federal politician who served as the 12th lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Prior to being lieutenant governor, he served as a p ...

(until March 19) then

Frank Fagan Frank Frederick Fagan, (born c. 1944) is a Canadian businessman and dignitary, who served as the 13th lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador from 2013 to 2018. He was appointed by Governor General of Canada David Lloyd Johnston on the ...

Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia The lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia () is the viceregal representative in Nova Scotia of the , who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealt ...

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John James Grant John James "Jim" Grant (born January 17, 1936) is a Canadian politician and soldier who served as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Early life and education Born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Grant attended Mount Allison University, g ...

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario The lieutenant governor of Ontario (, in French: ''Lieutenant-gouverneur'' (if male) or ''Lieutenante-gouverneure'' (if female) ''de l'Ontario'') is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the , who operates distinctly within the province bu ...

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David Onley David Charles Onley (born June 12, 1950) is a former Canadian journalist who served as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island The lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island () is the viceregal representative in Prince Edward Island of the , who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the ...

– Frank Lewis *

Lieutenant Governor of Quebec The lieutenant governor of Quebec (; French (masculine): ''Lieutenant-gouverneur du Québec'', or (feminine): ''Lieutenante-gouverneure du Québec'') is the viceregal representative in Quebec of the , who operates distinctly within the province ...

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Pierre Duchesne Pierre Duchesne (born February 27, 1940) was the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec and former secretary general of the National Assembly of Quebec. As lieutenant governor he was the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in ...

Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan The lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan () is the Viceroy, viceregal representative in Saskatchewan of the , who Monarchy in Saskatchewan, operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the Canadian federalism, ten other ...

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Vaughn Solomon Schofield Vaughn Solomon Schofield, (born October 25, 1943) was the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, from 2012 to 2018. Her appointment as Lieutenant Governor was made by Governor General of Canada David Lloyd Johnston on the Constitutional ...

Premiers

Premier of Alberta The premier of Alberta is the first minister for the Canadian province of Alberta, and the province's head of government. The current premier is Danielle Smith, leader of the United Conservative Party, who was sworn in on October 11, 2022. The ...

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Alison Redford Alison Merrilla Redford (born March 7, 1965) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. She was the 14th premier of Alberta, having served in this capacity from October 7, 2011, to March 23, 2014. Redford was born in Kitimat, British Columbia ...

Premier of British Columbia Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

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Christy Clark Christina Joan Clark (born October 29, 1965) is a former Canadian politician who was the 35th premier of British Columbia (BC), from 2011 to 2017. Clark was the second woman to be premier of BC, after Rita Johnston in 1991, and the first female ...

Premier of Manitoba The premier of Manitoba (french: premier ministre du Manitoba) is the first minister (i.e., head of government or chief executive) for the Canadian province of Manitoba—as well as the ''de facto'' President of the province's Executive Council ...

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Greg Selinger Gregory Francis Selinger (born February 16, 1951) is a Canadian former politician who served as the 21st premier of Manitoba from 2009 until 2016, leading an NDP government. From 1999 to 2009 he was the Minister of Finance in the government of ...

Premier of New Brunswick The premier of New Brunswick ( French (masculine): ''premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick'', or feminine: ''première ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick'') is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The ...

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David Alward David Nathan Alward (born December 2, 1959) is a Canadian politician, who served as the 32nd premier of New Brunswick, 2010 to 2014. Alward has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick since 1999 and has been the leader of the P ...

Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador The premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Since 1949, the premier's duties and office has been the successor to the ministerial position of the pri ...

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Kathy Dunderdale Kathleen Mary Margaret "Kathy" Dunderdale (née Warren; born February 1952) is a politician and former MHA who served as the tenth premier of Newfoundland and Labrador from December 3, 2010, to January 24, 2014. Dunderdale was born and raised in ...

Premier of Nova Scotia The premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister to the lieutenant governor of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of ...

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Darrell Dexter Darrell Elvin Dexter (born 1957) is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and former naval officer who served as the 27th premier of Nova Scotia from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, he served as party leader from 2001 t ...

(until October 22) then Stephen McNeil *

Premier of Ontario The premier of Ontario (french: premier ministre de l'Ontario) is the head of government of Ontario. Under the Westminster system, the premier governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority the elected Legislative Assembly of On ...

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Dalton McGuinty Dalton James Patrick McGuinty Jr. (born July 19, 1955) is a former Canadian politician who served as the 24th premier of Ontario from 2003 to 2013. He was the first Liberal leader to win two majority governments since Mitchell Hepburn nearl ...

(until February 11) then

Kathleen Wynne Kathleen O'Day Wynne ( ; born May 21, 1953) is a Canadian former politician who served as the 25th premier of Ontario and leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 2013 to 2018. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2003 and sat as the ...

Premier of Prince Edward Island The premier of Prince Edward Island is the first minister and head of government for the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. The current premier of Prince Edward Island is Dennis King (politician), Den ...

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Robert Ghiz Robert Watson Joseph Ghiz (born January 21, 1974) is a Canadian politician who served as the 31st premier of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2015. He is the son of the 27th premier, Joe Ghiz. On November 13, 2014 Ghiz announced he would be re ...

Premier of Quebec The premier of Quebec ( French: ''premier ministre du Québec'' (masculine) or ''première ministre du Québec'' (feminine)) is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec. The current premier of Quebec is François Legault of the ...

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Pauline Marois Pauline Marois (; born March 29, 1949) is a retired Canadian politician, who served as the 30th premier of Quebec from 2012 to 2014. Marois had been a member of the National Assembly in various ridings since 1981 as a member of the Parti Québ� ...

Premier of Saskatchewan The premier of Saskatchewan is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The current premier of Saskatchewan is Scott Moe, who was sworn in as premier on February 2, 2018, after winning the 2018 Saskatch ...

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Brad Wall Bradley John Wall (born November 24, 1965), is a Canadian former politician who served as the 14th premier of Saskatchewan from November 21, 2007 until February 2, 2018. He is the fourth longest-tenured premier in the province's history. His so ...

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Commissioner of Yukon The commissioner of Yukon (french: Commissaire du Yukon) is the representative of the Government of Canada in the Canadian federal territory of Yukon. The commissioner is appointed by the federal government and, in contrast to the governor gene ...

– Doug Phillips *

Commissioner of Northwest Territories The commissioner of the Northwest Territories (french: Commissaire des Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is the Government of Canada's representative in the Northwest Territories. Similar in certain functions to a lieutenant governor, the commissioner sw ...

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George Tuccaro George Tuccaro (born May 12, 1950) was the commissioner of the Northwest Territories. He served in that position from May 12, 2010 until May 10, 2016. Biography George Tuccaro was born on May 12, 1950, in northern Alberta. A member of the Mikis ...

Commissioner of Nunavut The commissioner of Nunavut ( iu, ᑲᒥᓯᓇ ᓄᓇᕗᒧᑦ; Inuinnaqtun: ''Kamisinauyuq Nunavunmut''; french: Commissaire du Nunavut) is the Government of Canada's representative in the territory of Nunavut. The current commissioner since Janu ...

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Edna Elias Edna Agnes Ekhivalak Elias (born c. 1955) is a Canadian politician from Kugluktuk, Nunavut. On 12 May 2010 she was appointed as the fourth commissioner of Nunavut by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Her term ended on 11 May 2015. Elias, who was i ...

Premiers

Premier of the Northwest Territories The premier of the Northwest Territories is the Premier (Canada), first minister and head of government for the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian territory of the Northwest Territories. The premier is the territory's head of government ...

– Bob McLeod *

Premier of Nunavut The premier of Nunavut ( iu, ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ; Inuinnaqtun: ''Hivuliqti Nunavunmi''; french: premier ministre du Nunavut) is the first minister for the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The premier is the territory's head of governme ...

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Eva Aariak Eva Qamaniq Aariak ( iu, ᐄᕙ ᐋᕆᐊᒃ, ; born January 10, 1955) is a Canadian Inuk politician, who was elected in the 2008 territorial election to represent the electoral district of Iqaluit East in the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut ...

(until November 15) then

Peter Taptuna Peter Taptuna (born ) is a Canadian politician who served as the third premier of Nunavut from 2013 to 2017. He was first elected in the general election held on October 27, 2008, to represent Nunavut’s most western riding of Kugluktuk, in the ...

Premier of Yukon The premier of Yukon is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian territory of Yukon. The post is the territory's head of government, although its powers are considerably more limited than that of a provincial premier. The office ...

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Darrell Pasloski Darrell Thomas Pasloski (born December 2, 1960) is a territorial politician from Yukon, Canada, who was leader of the Yukon Party, and served as the eighth premier of Yukon from 2011 to 2016. His party was defeated in the general election of No ...

Events

January to March

* January 1 –

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

tax law changes from charging a 9.5% Quebec Sales Tax (QST) on a consumer sale plus the goods and services tax (GST), to a 9.975% QST on just the consumer sale, having no effect to the consumer, as the GST is 5%. * January 21 – The

Charbonneau Commission The Commission of Inquiry on the Awarding and Management of Public Contracts in the Construction Industry (french: Commission d'enquête sur l'octroi et la gestion des contrats publics dans l'industrie de la construction, also known as the Charbonn ...

resumes its hearings. * February 3 – The St. Albert cheese factory in

eastern Ontario Eastern Ontario (census population 1,763,186 in 2016) (french: Est de l'Ontario) is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River. It sh ...

is ravaged by fire. There were no injuries and the

Provincial Police In Italy, the ''polizia provinciale'' (Italian for 'provincial police') are the provincial-level police forces. Functions Each Italian province can, by statute, have its own police force. ''Polizia provinciale'' are small police organisati ...

leads to the survey. * February 4 – The

Royal Canadian Mint }) is the mint of Canada and a Crown corporation, operating under the ''Royal Canadian Mint Act''. The shares of the Mint are held in trust for the Crown in right of Canada. The Mint produces all of Canada's circulation coins, and manufactures ...

discontinues distribution of the

penny A penny is a coin ( pennies) or a unit of currency (pl. pence) in various countries. Borrowed from the Carolingian denarius (hence its former abbreviation d.), it is usually the smallest denomination within a currency system. Presently, it is t ...

. * February 11 ** Hundreds of people demonstrated against the reform of the federal Employment Insurance in

Tracadie-Sheila Tracadie-Sheila ( ) is a former town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is now part of the Regional Municipality of Tracadie. History Demographics Population Language Tourism and culture Located on the Acadian Peninsula ...

, New Brunswick. **

is sworn in as

premier of Ontario The premier of Ontario (french: premier ministre de l'Ontario) is the head of government of Ontario. Under the Westminster system, the premier governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority the elected Legislative Assembly of On ...

, following a

leadership election A leadership election is a political contest held in various countries by which the members of a political party determine who will be the leader of their party. Generally, any political party can determine its own rules governing how and when a l ...

, becoming Ontario's first female premier and Canada's first openly gay premier; the election was also the first time that two women had competed for the leadership of the party, and the first time in Canadian history that six provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers. * February 14 –

Pastagate Pastagate is the informal name of an incident that began in 2013 in Quebec, when, on 14 February, an inspector of the (OQLF) sent a letter of warning to upscale Montreal restaurant Buonanotte, for using Italian words such as , and on its menu i ...

an incident that happens. it starts with an inspector of the

Office québécois de la langue française The (, OQLF; en, Quebec Board of the French Language) is a public organization established on 24 March 1961, by the Liberal government of Jean Lesage. Attached to the , its initial mission, defined in its report of 1 April 1964, was "to align ...

(OQLF) sent a letter of warning to an upscale restaurant, Buonanotte, for using Italian words such as "

pasta Pasta (, ; ) is a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. Rice flour, or legumes such as beans or lentils, are som ...

", "

antipasti Antipasto (plural antipasti) is the traditional first course of a formal Meal structure in Italy, Italian meal. Usually made of bite-size small portions and served on a platter from which everyone serves themselves, the purpose of antipasti is ...

", "

calamari Squid is eaten in many cuisines; in English, the culinary name calamari is often used for squid dishes.''Oxford English Dictionary'', 3rd edition, 2002''s.v.''/ref> There are many ways to prepare and cook squid. Fried squid is common in the Me ...

", etc. on its menu instead of their French equivalents. The incident led to the resignation of Louise Marchand, head of the OQLF, on 8 March. * February 27 –

NDP NDP may stand for: Computing * Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Internet protocol * Nortel Discovery Protocol, a layer two Internet protocol, also called SONMP * Nondeterministic programming, a type of computer language Government * National ...

MP of

Jonquière—Alma Jonquière—Alma was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011. It was created in 2003 from parts of Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay ridings. It co ...

, Claude Patry crosses the floor to the

Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (BQ; , "Québécois people, Quebecer Voting bloc, Bloc") is a list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty movement, Que ...

. * February 28 – Seasonal workers protest against reform of federal Employment Insurance in

Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup (; 2021 population 20,118) is a small city on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The city is the seat for the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality and the judicial district of Kamouraska. Its one of ...

, Quebec, while Prime Minister

made an appearance there to talk about the reform. * March 13 –

Chris Hadfield Chris Austin Hadfield (born August 29, 1959) is a Canadian retired astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot, and musician. The first Canadian to perform extravehicular activity in outer space, he has flown two Space Shuttle missions and also serv ...

became the first Canadian to be the master on board the

International Space Station The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest modular space station currently in low Earth orbit. It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), JAXA ...

(ISS), to the successor to the American NASA Kevin Ford. * March 14 – Following controversy over campaign donations made during the 2011 election,

Peter Penashue Peter Penashue, (; born April 9, 1964) is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was elected as the Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Labrador in the 2011 federal election. Penashue was the fi ...

resigns as

Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs The minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities (french: Ministre des Affaires intergouvernementales) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the federal government's relations wi ...

and as MP for

Labrador , nickname = "The Big Land" , etymology = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 ...

to contest the seat in a by-election. * March 19 –

becomes

, replacing

. * March 21 – A massive pileup on

Alberta Highway 2 Alberta Provincial Highway No. 2, commonly referred to as Highway 2 or the Queen Elizabeth II Highway, is a major highway in Alberta that stretches from the Canada–United States border through Calgary and Edmonton to Grande P ...

during winter storm conditions injures approximately 100 people.

April to June

* April 4 to 13 – Suicide and funeral of Rehtaeh Parsons * April 10 – Child killer

Allyson McConnell Allyson McConnell (née Meagher, November 1978 – September 2013) was an Australian resident in Millet, Alberta, Canada who, in 2010, killed her sons by drowning them in a bathtub. She was convicted of manslaughter and deported to Australia. An ap ...

is deported to Australia after serving just 15 months for killing her two young sons by drowning them. The leniency in sentencing provokes outrage, with Alberta Justice Minister

Jonathan Denis Jonathan Brian Denis, (born September 22, 1975) is a Canadian politician and lawyer. On May 9, 2012, he was named Solicitor General, Attorney General, and Minister of Justice for the province of Alberta. He represented the constituency of Calg ...

appealing against the sentence and promising to seek her extradition. * April 13 – The

leader

Thomas Mulcair Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

receives 92.3%

vote of confidence A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or mana ...

in the national congress in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

. * April 14 –

Justin Trudeau Justin Pierre James Trudeau ( , ; born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who is the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada. He has served as the prime minister of Canada since 2015 and as the leader of the Liberal Party since 2 ...

elected Elected may refer to: * "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973 * ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008 *The Elected, an American indie rock band See also *Election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population ...

leader of the

Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada (french: Parti libéral du Canada, region=CA) is a federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism,McCall, Christina; Stephen Clarkson"Liberal Party". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' ...

. * April 19 – Opening of

Musée Grévin Montreal The Musée Grévin Montreal was a waxwork museum in Montreal located in Montreal Eaton Centre in Ville-Marie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was open daily; an admission fee was charged. History On April 17, 2013, Musée Grévin's parent compan ...

* April 26 – Edmonton

Remand Centre Remand, also known as pre-trial detention, preventive detention, or provisional detention, is the process of detaining a person until their trial after they have been arrested and charged with an offence. A person who is on remand is held i ...

workers walk off the job, starting a wildcat strike, in a dispute over safety deficiencies. Other union jail and court workers protested in support, in the following days. * May 5 – The Canadian Forces Naval Jack is renamed the

Canadian Naval Ensign The Canadian Naval Ensign (french: Pavillon naval canadien) is the flag worn at the stern or (optionally when at sea) at the gaff of His Majesty's Canadian Ships. The ensign is also the flag of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and is used on land in ...

, and it swaps roles with the National Flag on Her Majesty's Canadian ships * May 13 – Liberal candidate

Yvonne Jones Yvonne Jean Jones (born March 15, 1968) is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on May 13, 2013. She represents the district of Labrador as a member of the Liberal ...

wins the federal by-election in

Labrador , nickname = "The Big Land" , etymology = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Canada , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 ...

. * May 14 – The

British Columbia Liberal Party The British Columbia Liberal Party, often shortened to the BC Liberals, is a Centre-right politics, centre-right provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition. Subsequent to the 2020 Br ...

wins its fourth straight

majority A majority, also called a simple majority or absolute majority to distinguish it from #Related terms, related terms, is more than half of the total.Dictionary definitions of ''majority'' aMerriam-Webster2013 British Columbia election. The

British Columbia New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) is a social-democratic provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. As of 2017, it governs the province. It is the British Columbia provincial arm of the federal New Democrati ...

remains the official opposition, losing two seats, and the

Green Party of British Columbia The Green Party of British Columbia, often simply called the BC Greens, is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1983 and is based in Victoria. The party won its first seat in the Legislative Assembly of Br ...

wins its first seat. * June 2 ** A rail bridge crossing the

Wanapitei River The Wanapitei River (French: ''Rivière Wanapitei'') is a river in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a right tributary of the French River. The river's source is Scotia Lake, a small lake east of Halfway Lake ...

in the Sudbury neighbourhood of

Wanup Wanup is a dispersed rural community and unincorporated place in the geographic township of Dill in the southeast of the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Wanup became part of Greater Sudbury on January 1, 2001, when that city was created ...

collapses, causing a train derailment and resulting in the temporary closure of Highway 537. **

Denis Coderre Denis Coderre (born July 25, 1963) is a Canadian politician from Quebec. Coderre was the member of Parliament for the riding of Bourassa from 1997 until 2013, and was the Immigration minister from 2002 to 2003 and became the mayor of Mont ...

resigns as MP for Bourassa to run for Mayor of Montreal. * June 3 – The provincial government of Quebec places the city of

Laval Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...

under

trusteeship Trustee (or the holding of a trusteeship) is a legal term which, in its broadest sense, is a synonym for anyone in a position of trust and so can refer to any individual who holds property, authority, or a position of trust or responsibility to t ...

due to the ongoing crisis of corruption allegations against the city council at the

hearings."Quebec premier calls Laval trusteeship 'terrible, disheartening, sad'"
''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...

'', June 3, 2013. Florent Gagné, a former head of the

Sûreté du Québec The (SQ; , ) is the provincial police service for the Canadian province of Quebec. No official English name exists, but the agency's name is sometimes translated to 'Quebec Provincial Police' or QPP in English-language sources. The headquarters ...

, will serve as the city's head trustee, with responsibility for reviewing and approving or rejecting all decisions made by city council. * June 5 – Radio-Canada, the French-language arm of the

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...

, announces a plan to rebrand its broadcasting services as Ici. * June 6 **

Edmonton—St. Albert Edmonton—St. Albert was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2015. Geography The riding included the city of St. Albert, Alberta, St. A ...

Brent Rathgeber Brent M. Rathgeber (born July 24, 1964) is a lawyer, author and politician from Alberta, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 to 2004 and was elected to the House of Commons of Canad ...

voluntarily leaves the

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

caucus because of what he describes as "the Government's lack of commitment to transparency and open government", one day after tabling a bill on government transparency. **

Edmonton East Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchor ...

Peter Goldring Peter Goldring (born December 12, 1944) is a former Canadian federal politician. Early life and career Goldring was born in Toronto in 1944. He served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, from 1962 to 1965, as a military police officer. After liv ...

rejoins the Conservative caucus after being acquitted of his 2011 charge of refusing to provide a breath sample at a traffic stop. * June 11 – Quebec's premier

announced her support of the Quebec Soccer Federation's ban on turbans within the federation and suggested that the CSF has no authority over provincial organizations. * June 17 – Following an investigation into allegations of municipal corruption at Quebec's

hearings, the provincial anti-corruption unit arrests and presses charges against three political figures in

, including incumbent mayor Michael Applebaum, former city councillor

Saulie Zajdel Saulie Zajdel is a former politician in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He served as Montreal City Councillor for the districts of Victoria and Darlington in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce from 1986 to 2009, serving on the city's ...

and a city bureaucrat. * June 18 – After just seven months in office, Michael Applebaum resigns as

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after his arrest on corruption charges. * June 19–25 – Over 100,000 people in major centres in Southern Alberta are displaced due to catastrophic flooding. * June 25 – Laurent Blanchard is selected as the new

in a vote at

Montreal City Council The Montreal City Council (french: Conseil municipal de Montréal) is the governing body in the mayor–council government in the city of Montreal, Quebec. The head of the city government in Montreal is the mayor, who is first among equals in the ...

."Laurent Blanchard new interim mayor of Montreal"
. ''

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'', June 25, 2013. * June 28 – After just seven months in office,

Alexandre Duplessis Alexandre Duplessis (born 1970) is a Canadian politician. He served as the mayor of Laval, Quebec, from November 23, 2012 until June 28, 2013. He was selected as the new mayor of Laval, Quebec following the resignation of Gilles Vaillancourt,

resigns as mayor of

, Quebec following allegations that he solicited prostitutes while in office."Laval mayor Alexandre Duplessis resigns"
''

'', June 28, 2013.

July to September

* July 2 – The

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Integrated National Security Enforcement Team-led Project Souvenir concludes with the arrests of Amanda Marie Korody and John Stewart Nuttall, both of

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, on numerous

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-related

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charges. * July 3 –

Martine Beaugrand Martine Beaugrand is a Canadian politician, who was acclaimed as the new interim mayor of Laval, Quebec on July 3, 2013 following the resignation of Alexandre Duplessis.Laval Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...

, Quebec, following the resignation of

on June 28."Councillor Martine Beaugrand becomes new Laval mayor"
. ''

'', July 3, 2013. * July 6 – A 73-car freight train carrying crude oil derails in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, catching fire and exploding, killing 47. * July 8 – The Minister of Public Safety

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resigns as Minister and as MP for

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, citing a desire to spend more time with his family. * July 31 – Former interim

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leader and

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Bob Rae Robert Keith Rae (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian diplomat and former politician who is the current Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations since 2020. He previously served as the 21st premier of Ontario from 1990 to 1995, leader of the ...

resigns to become First Nations negotiator in the

Northern Ontario Ring of Fire The Ring of Fire is the name given to a massive planned chromite mining and smelting development project in the mineral-rich James Bay Lowlands of Northern Ontario.Ontario's Far North is designated under the ''Far North Act 2010''. The Ring of Fir ...

mining development. * August 3 – An African rock python snake escaped a pet store in

Campbellton, New Brunswick Campbellton is a city in Restigouche County, New Brunswick, Canada. Situated on the south bank of the Restigouche River opposite Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec, Campbellton was officially incorporated in 1889 and achieved city status in 1958. Fores ...

, went through the HVAC system and eventually suffocated two children sleeping in an adjacent apartment. * August 22 – For the second anniversary of his death, a bronze life-sized statue of

Jack Layton John Gilbert Layton (July 18, 1950 – August 22, 2011) was a Canadian academic and politician who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011 and leader of the Official Opposition in 2011. He previously sat on To ...

on a tandem bike is unveiled at the Toronto Island ferry terminal in

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, simultaneously with the terminal being renamed "

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" in his honour. * August 31 **

Merv Tweed Mervin C. Tweed, MP (born August 6, 1955 in Medora, Manitoba) is a retired politician in Manitoba, Canada. He represented Brandon—Souris in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to August 31, 2013. Prior to that he was a member of the Le ...

resigns as MP for

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to become President of OmniTRAX Canada. **

Jerry Dias Jerome P. Dias Jr. (born October 10, 1958) is a Canadian trade unionist who was elected the first national president of Unifor in August 2013 at the union’s founding convention following the merger between the Canadian Auto Workers and the Co ...

is elected the first president of the new

Unifor Unifor is a general trade union in Canada and the largest private sector union in Canada. It was founded in 2013 as a merger of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and Communications, Energy and Paperworkers unions, and consists of 310,000 workers an ...

labour union, a merger between the

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and the

Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, abbreviated CEP in English and SCEP in French, was a largely private sector labour union with 150,000 members, active from 1992 to 2013. It was created in 1992 through the merger of three u ...

. * September 12 –

Maria Mourani Maria Mourani (born May 19, 1969) is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the federal riding of Ahuntsic in Canada. She was formerly a member of the Bloc Québécois before leaving the party over its support for the ...

MP for

Ahuntsic Ahuntsic (; French pronunciation ) is a district in the northern part of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originally an independent village, Ahuntsic was first annexed by Montreal in 1910, then merged into the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville in 2002. ...

, is expelled from caucus due to comments she made against the Quebec Charter of Values proposed by the

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government of

. * September 18 – Six people are killed in

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

a collision ''A Collision or (3+4=7)'' is the third full-length studio album and sixth album overall by David Crowder Band and the third recorded for sixstepsrecords, released in September 2005. "Foreverandever Etc…" is on the Digital Praise PC game Guita ...

between a

Via Rail Via Rail Canada Inc. (), operating as Via Rail or Via, is a Canadian Crown corporation that is mandated to operate intercity passenger rail service in Canada. It receives an annual subsidy from Transport Canada to offset the cost of operating ...

train and a double-decker

OC Transpo OC Transpo, officially the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission, is the public transit agency for the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It operates an integrated hub-and-spoke system including light metro, bus rapid transit, conventional ...

bus. * September 26 –

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Dean Del Mastro Dean A. Del Mastro (born August 16, 1970) is a former Canadians, Canadian politician. He represented Peterborough (electoral district), Peterborough in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative ...

leaves the

caucus after being charged with breaking campaign rules during the 2008 election.

October to December

* October 8 –

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elects a majority

government led by Stephen McNeil. The Progressive Conservatives take second place to form the official opposition and the

are relegated to third party from a previous majority Government. * October 9 – Two personnel branches of the Canadian Armed Forces are renamed: Canadian Forces Medical Service to

Royal Canadian Medical Service The Royal Canadian Medical Service (RCMS, french: Service de santé royal canadien) is a personnel branch of the Canadian Armed Forces, consisting of all members of medical occupations. Nearly all members of the RCMS, along with the members of the ...

and Canadian Forces Dental Services to

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. * October 17 – The

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enforce an injunction in

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resulting in a violent confrontation at a blockade site protesting shale gas exploration. At least 40 people were arrested and five police cars caught fire. * October 18 – The

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signs a tentative

free trade agreement A free-trade agreement (FTA) or treaty is an agreement according to international law to form a free-trade area between the cooperating states. There are two types of trade agreements: bilateral and multilateral. Bilateral trade agreements occur ...

with the European Union. * October 22 – Stephen McNeil is sworn in as

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, following a

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. * October 28 –

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* November 5 – Senators

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, and

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's salaries are suspended after accusations of inappropriate expense claims in the Senate expenses scandal. * November 6 –

MP Ted Menzies resigns as MP for

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. * November 15 – The

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chooses

as its

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. * November 25 – Federal by-election in Bourassa,

and

* November 30 – The oldest airfield in Canada,

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, closes. * December 13 –

Thunder Bay—Superior North Thunder Bay—Superior North (french: Thunder Bay—Supérieur-Nord; formerly known as Thunder Bay—Nipigon) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1976. It is i ...

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, who had left the

in 2012 to sit as an independent, joins the

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. * December 20 – The

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unanimously strikes down prostitution-related laws.

Sport

* January 6 – The

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ends, and the

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starts January 19. * January 13–20 –

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–

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, Ontario * February 16–24 – 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts – Kingston, Ontario, Kingston, Ontario * March 2–10 – 2013 Tim Hortons Brier – Edmonton, Alberta * March 10–17 – 2013 World Figure Skating Championships – London, Ontario, London, Ontario * April 2–9 – 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship –

, Ontario * May 6 – 2013 CFL Draft * May 26 – The Halifax Mooseheads win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Portland Winterhawks 6 to 4. The tournament was played at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon * June 9 – 2013 Canadian Grand Prix * August 2–17 2013 Canada Summer Games – Sherbrooke, Quebec * August 8–18 – 2013 Men's Pan American Cup, Brampton, Ontario * August 10–18 – Canada at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia * November 23 - The Laval Rouge et Or win their eighth Memorial Cup by defeating the Calgary Dinos in the 49th Vanier Cup played at PEPS Stadium, Telus-Université Laval Stadium in Quebec City * November 24 – The Saskatchewan Roughriders win their fourth Grey Cup by defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 45 to 23 in the 101st Grey Cup played at Mosaic Stadium at Taylor Field in Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. Regina's own Chris Getzlaf was awarded the game's Dick Suderman Trophy, Most Valuable Canadian * December 1–8 – 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials – Winnipeg, Manitoba * December 12 – 2013 CFL Expansion Draft, Ottawa, Ontario

Deaths in 2013

January

* January 2 – Wren Blair, 87, hockey coach and manager (Minnesota North Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins) (born 1925). * January 3 – Ted Godwin, 79, artist (born 1933). * January 4 – Murray Henderson (ice hockey), Murray Henderson, 91, hockey player (Boston Bruins) (born 1921). * January 5 ** Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, 97, Roman Catholic prelate, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ottawa, Archbishop of Ottawa (19671989) (born 1915). ** Claude Préfontaine, 79, actor (born 1933). * January 6 – Dalia Wood, 88, senator (born 1924) * January 7 ** Kent Abbott, 32, rock musician (Grade (band), Grade) (born 1980). ** Louise Laurin, 77, educator and activist (born 1935). * January 8 – Kenojuak Ashevak, 85, Inuit artist (born 1927). * January 9 – John Wise (Ontario), John Wise, 77, politician, MP for Elgin (electoral district), Elgin (1972–1988); Minister of Agriculture (Canada), Minister of Agriculture (1979–1980; 1984–1988) (born 1935). * January 10 – Daniel McCarthy (producer), Daniel McCarthy, 86, television producer (''The Friendly Giant'', ''Mr. Dressup'', ''Sesame Park'') (born 1926). * January 12 ** William Andrew MacKay, 83, academic, President of Dalhousie University (19801986) (born 1929). ** Harold Crowchild, 97, Tsuu T'ina elder and soldier, last Treaty 7 World War II veteran (born 1915). ** Chuck Dalton, 85, basketball player, member of Olympic team (Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952) (born 1927). * January 14 – Conrad Bain, 89, actor (''Maude (TV series), Maude, Diff'rent Strokes'') (born 1923). * January 15 ** Maurice Camyré, 97, Olympic boxer (born 1915). ** Robert Gordon Robertson, 95, civil servant and 7th Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (born 1917). ** Yuli Turovsky, 73, Russian-born conductor and cellist (I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra) (born 1929). * January 16 ** Gerry Brisson, 75, professional ice hockey (born 1937) ** Jake Froese, 87, former federal Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls (electoral district), Niagara Falls and former Lord Mayor of Niagara-on-the-Lake"Family patriarch, respected politician dead at 87"
''Niagara Advance'', January 21, 2013. ** Kroum Pindoff, 97, Greek-born businessman and philanthropist (born 1915). * January 19 – Harold Marshall (sniper), Harold Marshall, 94, military (born 1918) * January 20 ** Richard Garneau, 82, sports journalist (born 1930). ** John Melville Turner, 90, politician (born 1922). * January 23 ** Lucien Paiement, 80, politician, Mayor of Laval (born 1932). ** Susan Douglas Rubeš, 87, Austrian-born actress and producer (born 1925) ** Frank Zakem, 82, politician and businessman (born 1931). * January 24 – Jim Wallwork, 93, British-born World War II glider pilot (born 1919). * January 25 ** Martial Asselin, 88, List of lieutenant governors of Quebec#Lieutenant Governors of Quebec, 1867–present, 25th

(born 1924). ** Normand Corbeil, 56, composer (''Double Jeopardy (1999 film), Double Jeopardy'', ''Extreme Ops'', ''The Statement (film), The Statement'', ''V (2009 TV series), V'') (born 1956). ** John Wood (canoeist), John Wood, 62, Olympic canoeist (born 1950). * January 26 – Daurene Lewis, 68, politician, nation's first black female mayor (born 1943)."Respected trailblazer Daurene Lewis dies"
''The Chronicle Herald'', January 27, 2013. * January 27 – Gérard Dufresne, 95 or 94, politician and military officer (born 1918 or 1919) * January 30 – Diane Marleau, 69, former Member of Parliament and cabinet minister (born 1943)."Longtime Sudbury MP Diane Marleau dies"
''Sudbury Star'', January 30, 2013.

February

* February 2 – Jack Singer, 95, businessman and philanthropist (born 1917). * February 4 – Achilla Orru, 53, Uganda-born blind musician (born 1950) * February 6 – Arthé Guimond, 81, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan, Grouard-McLennan (2000–2006) (born 1931). * February 9 ** Gérard Asselin, 62, politician and former MP for Charlevoix (electoral district), Charlevoix and Manicouagan (electoral district), Manicouagan (1993–2011) (born 1950). ** Bill Irwin (skier), Bill Irwin, 92, Olympic skier (born 1920). * February 12 – Marion Bryden, 94, politician (born 1918). * February 15 – John A. MacNaughton, 67, financier and executive, Hodgkin's lymphoma (born 1945). * February 16 – Claudette Boyer, 75, politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Ottawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district), Ottawa—Vanier (1999–2003), intercranial hemorrhage (born 1938). * February 17 – André Gingras, 46, dancer and choreographer, cancer (born 1966). * February 18 – Craig McKinley (physician), Craig McKinley, 48, physician and aquanaut (NEEMO#NEEMO 7: October 11–21, 2004, NEEMO 7 mission) (born 1964). * February 19 ** Eugene Whelan, 88, politician, MP for Essex South (19621968), for Essex (electoral district), Essex (19681984), Senator for Southwestern Ontario, SW Ontario (19961999), stroke complications (born 1924). ** Martin Wilk, 90, statistician (born 1922). * February 20 – Jean Gauthier, 75, ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins) (born 1937). * February 24 ** Roy Brown Jr., 96, car design engineer (Edsel, Ford Consul, Ford Cortina), complications of Parkinson's disease and pneumonia (born 1916). ** John Driftmier, 30, television director, plane crash (born 1982). ** Alexis Nihon II, 67, real estate businessman, Olympic wrestler for The Bahamas (Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968), cancer (born 1946). * February 25 – Herb Epp, 78, politician, MPP of the Ontario Legislature for Waterloo North (19771990) (born 1934). * February 26 ** James Ferguson (Canadian politician), James Ferguson, 86, politician (born 1925). ** William Perehudoff, 94, painter (born 1919). * February 27 – Doreen Kimura, 79 or 80, psychologist who was professor at Simon Fraser University (born 1933)

March

* March 3 ** Nick Ternette, German-born politician and political activist (born 1945) ** George Wearring, 84, basketball player (born 1928) * March 4 – Michael D. Moore, 98, film director, second unit director and silent-era child actor, heart failure (born 1914). * March 5 – Toren Smith, 52, manga publisher and translator (born 1960). * March 6 ** Stompin' Tom Connors, 77, country singer-songwriter (born 1936). ** Alan Pfeifer, 86, American-born Canadian Football League, CFL football player (Toronto Argonauts) (born 1927). * March 7 ** Max Ferguson, 89, radio broadcaster (born 1924). ** Elmar Tampõld, 92, Estonian architect (born 1920) * March 9 – Aasia, Aasia Begum, 61, Pakistani-born actress (born 1951) * March 10 – Jim Anderson (ice hockey), Jim Anderson, 82, ice hockey player (Springfield Indians) and coach (Washington Capitals) (born 1930). * March 11 – Doug Christie (lawyer), Doug Christie, 66, lawyer and free speech activist, liver cancer (born 1946). * March 14 – ** Walter Buck, 82, politician, Alberta MLA for Clover Bar (provincial electoral district), Clover Bar (19671989), stomach cancer (born 1921). ** Paul Rose (political figure), Paul Rose, 69, political figure, leader of Parti de la Democratie Socialiste, PDS (1996–2002), convicted kidnapper and murderer (October Crisis), stroke (born 1943). * March 15 – Shannon Larratt, 39, editor and publisher (''BMEzine'') (born 1973). * March 17 – Jean-Noël Lavoie, 85, politician (born 1927). * March 18 – Frank J. Selke#Frank D. Selke Jr., Frank D. Selke, Jr., 83, ice hockey executive (Montreal Canadiens, California Golden Seals) (born 1930). * March 19 – Larry Gordon (ice hockey), Larry Gordon, 74, ice hockey general manager (Edmonton Oilers) (born 1939). * March 21 – Yvan Ducharme, 75, humorist and actor, COPD (born 1937). * March 23 – Joe Weider, 93, bodybuilder and publisher, co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders, founder of ''Muscle & Fitness'', heart ailment (born 1919). * March 26 ** Léonce Bernard, 69, List of lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island#Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island, 1873-present, 26th

and the third Island Acadian to hold this position (born 1943). ** Wayne Fleming, 62, ice hockey coach, brain cancer (born 1950). * March 27 ** Yvonne Brill, 88, aerospace engineer (NASA), National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2011), complications from breast cancer (born 1924). ** Alfredo De Gasperis, 79, Italian-born developer, and contractor (born 1934) * March 29 ** Brian Huggins, 81, British-born journalist and actor (''Trailer Park Boys'') (born 1931). ** Ralph Klein, 70, politician, List of premiers of Alberta, 12th Premier of Alberta (19922006), MLA for Calgary-Elbow (19892007), COPD and dementia (born 1942). ** Art Phillips, 82, politician, MP for Vancouver Centre (19791980), Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia (1973–1977) (born 1930). * March 30 – Peter Kormos, 60, former Ontario MPP for Niagara Centre and Welland (provincial electoral district), Welland (born 1952).

April

* April 1 ** Marjorie Anthony Linden, 77, television producer and media executive (born 1935). ** Kildare Dobbs, 89, Indian-born short story and travel writer, multiple organ failure (born 1923). * April 3 ** Robert Elgie, 84, politician, MPP for York East (provincial electoral district), York East (19771985), heart failure (born 1929). ** Graham Lea, 79, broadcaster and politician,

MLA for Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Prince Rupert (19721984) (born 1934). * April 4 ** Fergy Brown, 90, Scottish-born politician, Mayor of York, Toronto, York (19881994) (born 1923). * April 6 – Johnny Esaw, 87, sports broadcaster, pulmonary failure (born 1925). * April 8 ** Greg Kramer, 51, British-born writer (born 1961)."'Punk-rock renaissance man' Greg Kramer dies on eve of rehearsals"
''

'', April 9, 2013. ** Ronald Osborne, 66, British-born businessman, Chairman of Postmedia Network (since 2010), Sun Life Financial (20052010), CEO of Maclean-Hunter (19861994) (born 1947). * April 10 – George Hunter (photographer), George Hunter, 92, documentary photographer (born 1921). * April 11 – Shorty Jenkins, 77, curling icemaker (born 1935). * April 13 – Edwin G. Pulleyblank, 90, sinologist and linguist (born 1922). * April 14 – A. S. A. Harrison, 65, writer and artist, cancer (born 1947). * April 15 – Richard Collins (actor), Richard Collins, 66, actor (''Trailer Park Boys''), heart attack (born 1947). * April 16 ** Pentti Lund, 87, Finnish-born ice hockey player, after short illness (born 1925). ** Rita MacNeil, 68, country and folk singer (born 1944) ** George Beverly Shea, 104, gospel music singer, after brief illness (born 1909). * April 17 – Deanna Durbin, singer and actress (born 1921)Date of death of Edna David per Social Security Death Index
search.ancestrylibrary.com; accessed April 11, 2018. * April 21 ** Gerard Amerongen, 98, politician and lawyer (born 1914). ** Morley Byron Bursey, 101, diplomat (born 1912) * April 22 – Clément Marchand, 100, poet and journalist (born 1912). * April 23 – Lawrence Morley, 93, geophysicist (born 1920). * April 29 – Mike McMahon, Jr., 71, ice hockey player (born 1941). * April 30 – Shirley Firth, 59, Gwich'in people, Gwich'in Olympic skier (Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics, 1972, Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics, 1976, Alpine skiing at the 1980 Winter Olympics, 1980, Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics, 1984) (born 1953).

May

* May 1 – Martin Kevan, 66, Kenyan-born film and voice actor (''Far Cry 3'') and author, cancer (born 1957). * May 2 ** Roddy Blackjack, 86, Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation elder and chief, architect of Yukon Land Claims agreement (born 1927). (death announced on this date) ** Boris Elik, 83, ice hockey player (born 1929). * May 5 – Greg Quill, 66, Australian-born roots musician and entertainment critic (''Toronto Star'') (born 1947). * May 6 ** Michelangelo Spensieri, 64, Italian-born politician and lawyer (born 1949). ** Tim Bosma, 32, murder victim (born 1980) * May 7 – Mairuth Sarsfield, 88, broadcaster and author (''No Crystal Stair'') (born 1925). * May 8 – Bill Langstroth, 81, country music producer (''Singalong Jubilee''), inducted into Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2011) (born 1932). * May 9 – Huguette Oligny, 91, theatre actress (born 1922). * May 11 – Doug Finley, 66, politician, Senator for Ontario (since 2009), Campaign Director during the 2006 and 2008 elections, colorectal cancer (born 1946). * May 12 – Peter Worthington, 86, journalist (''Toronto Telegram'') and editor-in-chief (''Toronto Sun'') (born 1927). * May 13 – Lynne Woolstencroft, 69, former mayor of Waterloo, Ontario (born 1943) * May 14 ** Ray Guy (humorist), Ray Guy, 74, humorist, writer and journalist, cancer (born 1939). ** Dave Lyon (track coach), Dave Lyon, 74, Olympic track and field coach (Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984, Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988, Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992, Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000) (born 1938). * May 16 ** Geoffrey Gowan, 83, British-born sports broadcaster (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) and sport executive (CAC), Parkinson's disease (born 1929). ** Bryan Illerbrun, 56, football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders) (born 1957). ** Nora McDermott, 85, basketball player, volleyball player, coach and physical education teacher * May 17 – Elijah Harper, 64, Cree politician and First Nations government#Band, band chief, Manitoba Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, MLA for Rupertsland (1981–1992); Member of Parliament (Canada), MP for Churchill (electoral district), Churchill (1993–1997), heart failure (born 1949). * May 19 ** Robin Harrison (pianist), Robin Harrison, 80, English-born pianist and composer, heart attack (born 1932). ** Neil Reynolds, 72, newspaper editor (''The Ottawa Citizen''), cancer (born 1940). * May 20 – Billy Dawe, 88, ice hockey player (born 1924) * May 23 – Epy Guerrero, 71, Dominican-born Major League Baseball scout (Toronto Blue Jays)(born 1942). * May 29 ** Henry Morgentaler, 90, Polish-born physician, abortion advocate, Holocaust survivor, heart attack (born 1923). ** William Earl Reid, 78, politician,

MLA for Surrey (electoral district), Surrey (19831986) and Surrey-White Rock-Cloverdale (19861991), cancer (born 1934).

June

* June 1 ** Frank Dempsey, 88, American-born football player (born 1925). ** James Kelleher, 82, politician, MP for Sault Ste. Marie (electoral district), Sault Ste. Marie (19841988), member of Senate of Canada (19902005), heart failure (born 1930). ** Ian P. Howard, 85, psychologist and researcher in visual perception (born 1927) ** Jane Purves, 63, politician and newspaper editor (''Halifax Chronicle Herald''),

Nova Scotia House of Assembly, MLA for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island, Halifax Citadel (1999–2003), cancer (born 1950 or 1949). * June 2 ** Mario Bernardi, 82, conductor and composer (born 1930)"NAC Orchestra founding conductor Mario Bernardi dies"
CBC News, June 3, 2013. ** Marco Frascari, 68, Italian-born architect (born 1945). * June 3 ** Howard Grief, 60, lawyer (born 1940) ** Chris Levoir, 31, musician (The Mark Inside) (born 1982 or 1981). * June 4 – Gaston Isabelle, 92, politician, MP for Hull (electoral district), Hull electoral district (19791984) (born 1920) * June 8 ** Paul Cellucci, 65, American-born politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Canada, Ambassador to Canada (2001–2005), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (born 1948). ** Kyle Miller (lacrosse), Kyle Miller, 31, lacrosse player, cancer (born 1981). ** Philip White (mayor), Philip White, 90, mayor of the borough of York, Toronto, York, Ontario (1970–1978) (born 1923) * June 12 – Laslo Babits, 55, Olympic javelin thrower (Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw, 1984) (born 1958). * June 14 – Rod Bushie, 60, Anishinaabe elder, Grand Chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (19972000), lung cancer (born 1953). * June 16 – D. M. Schurman, 88, historian (born 1924). * June 17 – Pierre F. Côté, 85, civil servant, Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec (19781997) (born 1927). * June 18 ** Vernon Fougère, 70, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown, Charlottetown (19912009) (born 1943). ** Garde Gardom, 88, politician,

MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey (19661986), Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (19952001) (born 1924). ** Brian P. Goodman, civil servant, Chair of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. * June 24 – Andy Scott (politician), Andy Scott, 58, former federal Member of Parliament (born 1955) * June 29 – Jack Gotta, 83, American-born Canadian Football League, CFL and World Football League, WFL football player, coach and general manager (Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Birmingham Americans) (born 1929).

July

* July 2 ** Armand Gaudreault, 91, ice hockey player (Boston Bruins) (born 1921). ** Paul Lorieau, 71, national anthem singer (Edmonton Oilers) and optometrist, cancer (born 1942). * July 3 – Peter Torokvei, 62, actor, producer and screenwriter (born 1951). * July 4 – Tony Licari, 92, ice hockey player (born 1921). * July 5 ** James McCoubrey, 111, supercentenarian (born 1901) ** Daniel Wegner, 65, social psychologist (born 1948) * July 9 – Gaétan Soucy, 54, novelist, heart attack (born 1958). * July 13 – Cory Monteith, 31, actor (born 1982) * July 16 – Alex Colville, 92, artist (born 1920) * July 18 – Peter Appleyard, 84, British-born jazz musician and composer, natural causes (born 1918). * July 19 ** Paul Côté, 69, Olympic sailor (1972) (born 1944). ** Newton Tattrie, 82, professional wrestler (born 1931). * July 20 – Augustus Rowe, 92, physician and politician, Newfoundland and Labrador MLA for Carbonear (1971–1975), Health Minister (1972–1975). (born 1920) * July 25 – Nic Gotham, 53, jazz saxophonist and composer (''Nigredo Hotel''). * July 27 – Sammy Yatim, 18, murder victim (born 1995) * July 29 ** William F. Bell, 74, politician, mayor of Richmond Hill, Ontario (19882006) (born 1939). ** Rocky Jones, 71, social activist, heart attack (born 1941). * July 30 ** Harry Smith (American football), Harry Smith, 94, American-born football player (Detroit Lions) and coach (Saskatchewan Roughriders) (born 1918). ** Irene Uchida, 96, scientist and Down syndrome researcher (born 1917).

August

* August 4 – Charles-Omer Valois, 89, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint-Jérôme, Saint-Jérôme (1977–1997) (born 1924). * August 5 ** Shawn Burr, 47, ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Tampa Bay Lightning, San Jose Sharks), complications from fall (born 1966). ** Willie Dunn, 71, Mi'kmaq folk singer, film maker, songwriter and First Nations activist (born 1942). * August 7 ** Paul Mercier (Bloc Québécois MP), Paul Mercier, 89, politician, MP for Blainville—Deux-Montagnes (1993–1997) and Terrebonne—Blainville (1997–2000) (born 1924). ** Anthony Pawson, 60, British-born genetic researcher, expert in cell communication (born 1952). * August 8 – Les Ascott, 91, football player (Toronto Argonauts) (born 1921). * August 10 – Haji (actress), Haji, 67, actress (''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'') (born 1946). * August 13 – Paul O'Neill (author), Paul O'Neill, 84, actor, writer, historian and broadcaster (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC) (born 1928). * August 15 – ** August Schellenberg, 77, actor (born 1936) ** Robert R. Taylor (Canadian photographer), Robert R. Taylor, 73, wildlife photographer, cancer (born 1940). * August 16 – Roy Bonisteel, 83, journalist (born 1930)"Roy Bonisteel, former CBC television host, dies at 83"
''Toronto Star'', August 16, 2013. * August 23 – Red Burns, 88, academic (born 1925).

September

* September 4 ** Jules Paivio, 97, cartographer and teacher, last surviving Canadian veteran of the Spanish Civil War (born 1915). ** Michel Pagé, 63, politician (born 1949). * September 7 – Barry Smith (ice hockey b. 1955), Barry Smith, 58, ice hockey player (Boston Bruins) (born 1955). * September 8 – Don Reichert, 81, artist (born 1932). * September 10 ** Glen Skov, 82, ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings) (born 1931). ** Jack Vance (general), Jack Vance, 80, army general (born 1933). * September 13 – Jimmy Herman, 72, actor (''Dances with Wolves'', ''North of 60'') (born 1940). * September 14 – Phil A. Iafrati, 66, English–born Canadian soccer coach, multiple myeloma (born 1947). * September 16 – Howard Sheppard, 79, politician (born 1933). * September 17 – Larry Lake (musician), Larry Lake, 70, American–born broadcaster and musician (born 1943). * September 18 ** Arthur Lamothe, 84, French–born film director and producer (born 1928). ** Donald Low, 68, microbiologist, key figure in Toronto SARS outbreak, brain cancer (born 1945). * September 20 – Jim Charlton, 102, coin dealer and numismatic publisher (born 1911). * September 21 – Michel Brault, 85, film director (born 1928). * September 22 ** David H. Hubel, 87, neurologist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1981) (born 1926). ** Dave Nichol, 73, Loblaws product marketer (born 1940) ** Howard Riopelle, 91, ice hockey player (born 1922). * September 25 – Bennet Wong, 83, psychiatrist (born 1930). * September 26 – Denis Brodeur, 82, Olympic bronze-medalist ice hockey player (Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics, 1956) and photographer (born 1930). * September 29 – Roy Peterson, 77, editorial cartoonist (born 1936).

October

* October 5 – Fred Mifflin, 75, politician and naval officer, MP for Bonavista—Trinity—Conception (1988–2000) (born 1938. * October 6 – Ulysses Curtis, 87, American-born CFL football player (Toronto Argonauts) (born 1926). * October 8 ** Paul Desmarais, 86, businessman (born 1927). ** Metro Prystai, 85, ice hockey player, triple Stanley Cup winner (1952, 1954, 1955) (born 1927). * October 12 – Michelle Madoff, 85, politician, member of the Pittsburgh City Council (1978–1993) (born 1928). * October 16 – Bruno Bonamigo, 48, television director (''Le Téléjournal, Le Téléjournal Grand Montréal''), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (born 1965). * October 17 ** Arthur Maxwell House, 87, politician, lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1997–2002) (born 1926). ** Rene Simpson, 47, former professional tennis player, brain cancer (born 1966). * October 18 – Allan Stanley, 87, Hockey Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame ice hockey player (born 1926). * October 25 – Paul Reichmann, 83, Austria-born businessman and real estate mogul (Olympia and York) (born 1930). * October 30 – Leo Gravelle, 88, ice hockey player (born 1925). * October 31 – Murray Cardiff, 79, politician (born 1934).

November

* November 1 – Eugène Rhéaume, 80, politician, MP for Northwest Territories (UK Parliament constituency), Northwest Territories (1963–1965) (born 1932). * November 4 ** Betty Hill (politician), Betty Hill, 76, politician (born 1937). ** Ray Willsey, 85, football player and coach (born 1928). * November 11 – William Fyfe (geochemist), William Fyfe, 86, New Zealand-born geologist (born 1927). * November 12 – Steve Rexe, 66, ice hockey player (born 1947). * November 14 – Reg Sinclair, 88, ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings) (born 1925). * November 16 – William McDonough Kelly, 88, politician, List of Ontario senators, Senator (1982–2000 (born 1925). * November 18 – Peter Wintonick, 60, documentary filmmaker, cholangiocarcinoma (born 1953). * November 20 – Hellmuth Wolff (organ builder), Hellmuth Wolff, 76, Swiss–born organ builder (born 1937). * November 21 – Maurice Vachon, 84, professional wrestler, best known by his ring name "Mad Dog" Vachon. (1950–1986) (born 1929). * November 23 – Connie Broden, 81, ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens) (born 1932). * November 24 – Lou Hyndman, 78, politician, List of Alberta provincial ministers, Alberta provincial minister (born 1935).

December

* December 5 – John Alan Lee, sociologist * December 29 or December 30 – Christopher Peloso, husband of former Ontario deputy premier George Smitherman found dead * December 31 – Jim Coutts, political advisor

References

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