Events for the year 2020 in Canada.

Incumbents

The 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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Julie Payette Julie Payette (; born October 20, 1963) is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served from 2017 to 2021 as Governor General of Canada, the 29th since Canadian Confederation. Payette holds engineering degrees from McGill ...

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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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 ...

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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Lois Mitchell Lois Elizabeth Mitchell (née Boulding; June 22, 1939) is a Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist who was the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 2015 to 2020. Her appointment as Lieutenant Governor was made by Governor General of Cana ...

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Salma Lakhani Salma Lakhani (born 1951 or 1952) is the 19th lieutenant governor of Alberta. Her appointment as lieutenant governor became effective upon the swearing of the oath of allegiance and oath of office on August 26, 2020. She is the viceregal repre ...

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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Janet Austin Janet Edna Merivale Austin (born ) is a Canadian former nonprofit sector executive and public servant who is the 30th lieutenant governor of British Columbia, having served since 2018. She is the viceregal representative of King Charles III ...

* Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba –

Janice Filmon Janice Clare Filmon ( Wainwright; born ) is a Canadian former social worker who served as the 25th lieutenant governor of Manitoba from 2015 to 2022. Her appointment became effective June 19, 2015. She was the viceregal representative of Quee ...

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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Brenda Murphy Brenda Murphy (born 1958 or 1959) is a Canadian activist and politician, who is the 32nd lieutenant governor of New Brunswick, since September 8, 2019.Alexander Quon"Brenda Murphy officially sworn in as lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick" Glo ...

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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Judy Foote Judy May Foote ( Crowley; born June 23, 1952) is a Canadian former politician, 14th and current lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. She is the first woman to hold the position. Prior to her appointment as viceregal representative ...

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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Arthur LeBlanc Arthur Joseph LeBlanc (born 1943) is the 33rd and current lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia. Early life and education Born in West Arichat, Nova Scotia, LeBlanc attended St. Francis Xavier University, in 1964 with a Bachelor of Commerce Degre ...

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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Elizabeth Dowdeswell Violet Elizabeth Dowdeswell (née Patton; born November 9, 1944) is a Canadian public servant who currently serves as the lieutenant governor of Ontario, the 29th since Canadian Confederation. She is the viceregal representative of the King ...

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 ...

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Antoinette Perry Mary Antoinette "Tony" Perry (June 27, 1888June 28, 1946) was an American actress and director, and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing. She is the eponym of the Tony Awards. Early life Born in Denver, Colorado, she spent her childhood aspi ...

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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J. Michel Doyon Joseph Michel Doyon (born April 22, 1943) is a Canadian lawyer, historian and author who is the 29th and current lieutenant governor of Quebec. He assumed office on September 24, 2015. Doyon previously served as the 144th head of the Bar of Que ...

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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Russell Mirasty Russell Mirasty (born 1956 or 1957) is the 23rd and current lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan. He was appointed by Governor General Julie Payette, on the constitutional advice of the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, on July 17, 2019. ...

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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Jason Kenney Jason Thomas Kenney (born May 30, 1968) is a Canadian former politician who served as the 18th premier of Alberta from 2019 until 2022 and the leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) from 2017 until 2022. He also served as the member of ...

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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John Horgan John Joseph Horgan (born August 7, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 36th premier of British Columbia from 2017 to 2022, and also as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party from 2014 to 2022. Horgan has been the ...

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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Brian Pallister Brian William Pallister (born July 6, 1954) is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd premier of Manitoba from 2016 until 2021. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba from 2012 to 2021. He was previously a cab ...

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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Blaine Higgs Blaine Myron Higgs (born March 1, 1954) is a Canadian politician who is the 34th and current premier of New Brunswick since 2018 and leader of the New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) since 2016. Higgs graduated from the U ...

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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Dwight Ball Dwight Ball (born December 21, 1957) is a Canadian politician who was the 13th premier of Newfoundland and Labrador from December 14, 2015, to August 19, 2020, and an MHA. He represented the electoral district of Humber Valley in the Newfoundla ...

(until August 19), then

Andrew Furey Andrew John Furey (born July 1975) is a Canadian politician and surgeon who has served as the 14th premier of Newfoundland and Labrador since August 19, 2020. A member of the Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal Party, Furey represents Humber-Gros ...

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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Stephen McNeil Stephen McNeil (born November 10, 1964) is a Canadian politician who served as the 28th premier of Nova Scotia, from 2013 to 2021. He also represented the riding of Annapolis in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 to 2021 and was the le ...

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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Doug Ford Douglas Robert Ford Jr. (born November 20, 1964) is a Canadian politician and businessman who has served as the 26th and current premier of Ontario since June 2018 and leader of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party since March 2018. He ...

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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Dennis King Dennis King (born Dennis Pratt, 2 November 1897 – 21 May 1971) was an English actor and singer. Early years Born on 2 November 1897 in Coventry, Warwickshire, or Birmingham, England, King was the son of John and Elizabeth King Pratt. He ...

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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François Legault François Legault (; born May 26, 1957) is a Canadian politician serving as the 32nd premier of Quebec since 2018. A member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), he has led the party since its founding in 2011. Legault sits as a member of the ...

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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Scott Moe Scott Moe (born July 31, 1973) is a Canadian politician serving as the 15th and current premier of Saskatchewan since February 2, 2018. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the riding of Rosthern-Shellbrook, first elect ...

Territorial governments

Commissioners

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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Margaret Thom Margaret M. Thom DStJ (born 1951) is the commissioner of the Northwest Territories. She previously served as the deputy commissioner of the Northwest Territories, Canada, from June 2, 2005, until October 2011. In June 2022 she was appointed t ...

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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Nellie Kusugak Nellie Taptaqut Kusugak (born 1955) is a Canadian educator who served as the fifth commissioner of Nunavut from June 2015 to June 2020. Early life Kusugak is from Rankin Inlet. Kusugak received a BEd in 1996 through the Nunavut Teachers Educa ...

(until June 22), then

Rebekah Williams Rebekah Uqi Williams (born March 3, 1950) is a Canadian politician who served as the acting commissioner of Nunavut from June 22, 2020, when Nellie Kusugak's term ended, until January 14, 2021, when Eva Aariak took office. She has been the Deput ...

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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 ...

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Angélique Bernard Rose Marie Angélique Bernard (born 1972) is the current commissioner of Yukon, appointed on 12 March 2018. She is the youngest person to serve as commissioner for any of Canada's three northern territories and the first Franco-Yukonnais to serve ...

Premiers

Premier of Northwest Territories The premier of the Northwest Territories is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian territory of the Northwest Territories. The premier is the territory's head of government, although the powers of the office are considerably le ...

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Caroline Cochrane Caroline Cochrane (born December 5, 1960) is a Canadian politician, who is the 13th and current premier of the Northwest Territories. She is one of three currently serving female premiers in Canada and the second female premier of the Northwest ...

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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Joe Savikataaq Joe Savikataaq (born ) is a Canadian politician who served as the fifth premier of Nunavut from 2018 to 2021. He was elected premier on June 14, 2018 by the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, after his predecessor Paul Quassa lost a no-confidence ...

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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Sandy Silver Sidney Alexander "Sandy" Silver (born October 15, 1969) is a Canadians, Canadian politician, the ninth and current premier of Yukon since 2016. He was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 Yukon general election, 2011 electio ...

Events

January

*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 ...

raises its minimum

cannabis ''Cannabis'' () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae. The number of species within the genus is disputed. Three species may be recognized: ''Cannabis sativa'', '' C. indica'', and '' C. ruderalis''. Alternatively ...

age from 18 to 21, the highest minimum cannabis age in Canada. *January 5 –

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

defeats

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

4–3 to win gold at the

2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 2020 Ice Hockey World Junior Championships (''2020 WJC'') was the 44th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 26, 2019, and ended with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2020. Canada defeated Ru ...

. *January 8 – Fifty-seven Canadians, as well as approximately 80 others ultimately travelling to Canada, are killed after

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752/AUI752) was a scheduled international civilian passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines. On 8January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 flying the route was shot dow ...

was shot down by Iran shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport. *January 12 – A nuclear alert is erroneously sent out to all Ontario residents, after the

Pickering Nuclear Generating Station Pickering Nuclear Generating Station is a Canadian nuclear power station located on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Pickering, Ontario. It is one of the oldest nuclear power stations in the world and Canada's third-largest, consisting of eight ...

experiences anomalies. *January 17 – January 2020 North American storm complex:

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador St. John's is the capital and largest city of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, located on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. The city spans and is the easternmost city in North America ...

goes into a state of emergency after 76 centimetres of snow fell during a

bomb cyclone A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. Detonations inflict damage principally through ground- and atmosphere-transmitted mechanica ...

. The

Canadian Armed Forces } The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF; french: Forces armées canadiennes, ''FAC'') are the unified military forces of Canada, including sea, land, and air elements referred to as the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force. ...

were called in to help with the cleanup. *January 20 – Start of national pipeline protests across the country. *January 25 – The country confirms its first

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

case in Toronto.

February

*February 8 – The Quebec CAQ government pass Bill 40. The Bill abolish's The French and English

school boards A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or an equivalent institution. The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional are ...

and turns them into

school service centre The school service centre (french: centre de services scolaire) is the model of public french school self-governance, which replaced school boards in 2020, in the province of Québec (Canada), appointed by the Ministry of Education. Autonomy Each ...

s. *February 21 – Ontario teachers held a one-day province wide strike.

March

* March 6 – Canada's first

death is recorded in North Vancouver. *March 8 –

Yukon Yukon (; ; formerly called Yukon Territory and also referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It also is the second-least populated province or territory in Canada, with a population of 43,964 as ...

permanently ends

Daylight Saving Time Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or simply daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typicall ...

April

*April 18 – 19 – A series of shootings and arson attacks takes place in various Nova Scotia locations, with 23 people killed. *April 26 – A large flood hits

Fort McMurray Fort McMurray ( ) is an urban service area in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in Alberta, Canada. It is located in northeast Alberta, in the middle of the Athabasca oil sands, surrounded by boreal forest. It has played a significant ...

, forcing 13,000 people to evacuate.

May

* May 30 – Protests across Canada begin in solidarity with Americans protesting the

murder Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...

George Floyd George Perry Floyd Jr. (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African-American man who was murdered by a police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest made after a store clerk suspected Floyd may have used a counterfeit twe ...

, and against police issues and

racism in Canada Racism in Canada traces both historical and contemporary racist community attitudes, as well as governmental negligence and political non-compliance with United Nations human rights standards and incidents in Canada. Contemporary Canada is ...

August

*August 7 – A tornado in southern Manitoba kills two and causes damage near Virden and Scarth. *August 10 – Wildfire Red Lake 49 ignites near

Red Lake, Ontario Red Lake is a municipality with town status in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario, located northwest of Thunder Bay and less than from the Manitoba border. The municipality consists of six small communities� ...

which advances within 2 km of the west-end of the town, forcing the evacuation of 95 percent of the 4000 residents of the community. Though small by comparison to the

fire of 2016 which was 800 times the size of this fire, it is unusual in the fire's proximity to the community. *August 17 – The

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

cancels the

2020 CFL season The 2020 CFL season would have been the 67th season of modern-day Canadian football. Officially, it would have been the 63rd season of the Canadian Football League. It was originally scheduled to begin on June 11; on April 7, the start of the s ...

. *August 26 – Quebec's Minister of Justice and French Language

Simon Jolin-Barrette Simon Jolin-Barrette is a Canadian lawyer and politician in Quebec, Jolin-Barrette (born 1987) was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 Quebec election. He represents the riding of Borduas as a member of the Coalition Avenir ...

announced plans for 2021 that he will be strengthening

Bill 101 The ''Charter of the French Language'' (french: link=no, La charte de la langue française), also known in English as Bill 101, Law 101 (''french: link=no, Loi 101''), or Quebec French Preference Law, is a law in the province of Quebec in Canada ...

, the French language in the province of Quebec.

September

*September 14 – New Brunswick general election is held, resulting in a Progressive Conservative majority government. *September 10 – 21 –

2020 Toronto International Film Festival The 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, the 45th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held from September 10 to 21, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, the festival took place primarily on an online stream ...

. *September 20 – Yukon stops the twice yearly changing of clocks, committing to UTC−07:00. This puts solar noon around 14:00, effectively double

daylight saving time Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time or simply daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), and summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typicall ...

year-round. *September 28 – The

Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. They play th ...

win the

Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...

in Edmonton after defeating the

Dallas Stars The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference, and were founde ...

in Game 6 of the

2020 Stanley Cup Finals The 2020 Stanley Cup Final was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 2019–20 season and the culmination of the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs. This series was between the Eastern Conference champion Tampa Bay Lightning a ...

October

*October 19 –

2020 Polaris Music Prize The 2020 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on October 19, 2020. The longlist was announced on June 15, 2020, with the shortlist following on July 15, 2020 and the winner announced on October 19, 2020. Due to the COVID-19 ...

awarded. *October 21 – Trudeau minority government survives confidence vote 180 to 146, in the

House of Commons The House of Commons is the name for the elected lower house of the bicameral parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada. In both of these countries, the Commons holds much more legislative power than the nominally upper house of parliament. ...

. *October 24 – British Columbia general election is held, resulting in a New Democratic majority government. *October 26 – Saskatchewan general election is held, resulting in a fourth consecutive

Saskatchewan Party The Saskatchewan Party is a centre-right political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Since 2007, it has been the province's governing party; both the party and the province are currently led by Premier Scott Moe. The party was esta ...

majority government. *October 31 – Two people are killed and five injured in the Quebec City stabbing.

November

*November 1 – Daylight saving time ends *November 24/25 –

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI; ) is one of the thirteen Provinces and territories of Canada, provinces and territories of Canada. It is the smallest province in terms of land area and population, but the most densely populated. The island has seve ...

and

Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

will temporarily leave the

Atlantic Bubble The Atlantic Bubble (french: Bulle de déplacement des provinces de l'Atlantique) was a special travel-restricted area created on July 3, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The area was an agreement between the four Atlantic Canadian ...

, due the latest wave in the pandemic.

December

*December 1 –

officials announce a

mask mandate During the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks or coverings, including N95, FFP2, surgical, and cloth masks, have been employed as public and personal health control measures against the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In com ...

and urges people to stay home amid a rise of cases. *December 3 **

COVID-19 pandemic in Canada The COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (). It is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). Most cases over the course of the pandemic have been in Ontario, Que ...

***The

Quebec government 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 thirteen p ...

cancels a plan to allow Christmas gatherings of up to 10 people amid a rise of cases. ***

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

reports 1,854 new COVID-19 cases, a single-day record. *December 7 – Prime Minister Trudeau says that the country will receive 240,000 doses of

Pfizer Pfizer Inc. ( ) is an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered on 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. The company was established in 1849 in New York by two German entrepreneurs, Charles Pfizer ...

and

BioNTech BioNTech SE ( ; or short for Biopharmaceutical New Technologies) is a German biotechnology company based in Mainz that develops and manufactures active immunotherapies for patient-specific approaches to the treatment of diseases. It develops ...

’s vaccine candidate by the end of the year. *December 30 – The 2021 Canadian Honours List is announced.

Events cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

15th Canadian Folk Music Awards The 15th Canadian Folk Music Awards were scheduled to presented on April 3 and 4, 2020 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.Sally Cole"Charlottetown to host 2020 Canadian Folk Music Awards, April 3-4" ''The Guardian'', December 12, 2019. This re ...

*61st

public duties Public duties are performed by military personnel, and usually have a ceremonial or historic significance rather than an overtly operational role. Armenia Since September 2018, the Honour Guard Battalion of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia has ...

season of the

Ceremonial Guard The Ceremonial Guard (CG; french: Garde de cérémonie) is an ''ad hoc'' military unit in the Canadian Armed Forces that performs the Changing the Guard ceremony on Parliament Hill and posts sentries at Rideau Hall, with the National War Memo ...

of the

Anime North Anime North (AN) is a non-profit, fan-run anime convention, held every year in Etobicoke, a Amalgamation of Toronto, district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its major attractions, activities and events include a Masquerade ball, Masquerade, a D ...

2020 *All

bowling Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...

national championships covering both five pin and tenpin. *

Animethon Animethon is a three-day anime convention held annually at Edmonton Convention Centre in Edmonton, Alberta. It is Canada's longest-running anime convention, the first being held in 1994. History Animethon was formed back in 1994 by the Banzai ...

2020 *

Calgary Expo Calgary Expo, known in full as the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, is an annual fan convention held at Stampede Park in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Originally taking place in the BMO Centre, the show began in 2005 as a comic book conventio ...

2020 *

Calgary Stampede The Calgary Stampede is an annual rodeo, exhibition, and festival held every July in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The ten-day event, which bills itself as "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", attracts over one million visitors per year and featu ...

Canada Reads ''Canada Reads'' is an annual "battle of the books" competition organized and broadcast by Canada's public broadcaster, the CBC. The program has aired in two distinct editions, the English-language ''Canada Reads'' on CBC Radio One, and the Frenc ...

* 2020 Canadian Football League season *2020

Canadian Junior Hockey League The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) is an association of Canadian junior A ice hockey leagues and teams and was formed in November 1993, emerging from the Canada West Association of Junior 'A' Hockey. The champion of the Canadian Junior H ...

playoffs, including the 2020 Memorial Cup *

Canadian National Exhibition The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), also known as The Exhibition or The Ex, is an annual event that takes place at Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on the third Friday of August leading up to and including Canadian Labour Day, ...

and the

Canadian International Air Show The Canadian International Air Show (CIAS) is an annual air show in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show is an aeronautical display of military, government and civilian aircraft, primarily from Canada and the United States. The show takes place a ...

Celebration of Light The Honda Celebration of Light (formerly known as ''Benson & Hedges Symphony of Fire'' and The HSBC Celebration of Light) is an annual musical fireworks competition in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The first "Symphony of Fire" was held ...

Cirque du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (, ; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 Ju ...

Esso Cup The Esso Cup is the Canadian national women's under-18 ice hockey club championship, sponsored by Esso. It is an annual event, sanctioned by Hockey Canada, that takes place each April. The current champions are the Durham West Lightning, who w ...

FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals The FIS Cross-Country World Cup Finals is a cross-country skiing event held annually since the 2007–08 season in various places in Europe or Canada. The World Cup Finals is a Stage World Cup event in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, and are hel ...

in Canmore *All

Golf Canada The Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA), branded as Golf Canada, is the governing body of golf in Canada. Beginnings Golf Canada was founded on June 6, 1895, as the ''Canadian Golf Association'' at the Royal Ottawa Golf Club. The Royal prefix ...

national championships (most provincial events proceeded under no-touch golf rules). *

Honda Indy Toronto The Grand Prix of Toronto (known for sponsorship reasons as the Honda Indy Toronto) is an annual Indy Car race, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally known as the Molson Indy Toronto, it was part of the Champ Car World Series from 1986 t ...

2020 *

2020 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship was scheduled to be an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was scheduled to be contested in Halifax and Truro, Canada, from 31 March to 10 April 2020. On ...

(ice hockey) in Halifax and Truro *Labour Day parades *

Montreal Comiccon The Montreal Comiccon (French: ''Le Comiccon de Montréal''), under its current form, was launched in 2006 as "Montreal Comic-Con". The event features comic books, toys, games, science-fiction, horror, anime, non-sport cards and collectibles. It ...

2020 *

Northern Lights Festival Boréal Northern Lights Festival Boréal is an annual summer music festival in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It is one of Canada's oldest music festivals in continuous operation, having been staged every year since 1972 until the Covid-19 pandemic.

Otafest Otafest is an annual anime convention held in May (and previously September, mid-June, or early July), at the Telus Convention Centre, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The first Otafest was held 1999 and has expanded each year, including a move in 20 ...

2020 *

Pacific National Exhibition The Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) is a nonprofit organization that operates an annual 15-day summer fair, 10-day winter fair, a seasonal amusement park, and indoor arenas in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The PNE fair is held at Hastings ...

2020 *Pride parades *Most Santa Claus parades * Shaw Charity Classic *

Stratford Festival The Stratford Festival is a theatre festival which runs from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Founded by local journalist Tom Patterson in 1952, the festival was formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival ...

* 2020 Toronto Caribbean Carnival (Caribana) *

Telus Cup The Telus Cup is Canada's national under-18 ice hockey club championship. It is an annual event, held by Hockey Canada each April. From 1979 to 2003, the national championship was sponsored by Air Canada. The current champions are the Monct ...

Toronto Comicon Toronto Comicon (currently stylized as ''Toronto Comicon'', previously as ''Toronto ComiCon'') is an annual comic book and pop culture convention held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre since 2001. It is owned and ...

2020 *

Toronto Waterfront Marathon The Toronto Waterfront Marathon is an annual marathon held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in October. The race day also includes a half marathon and 5 km race. The race has quickly become an elite level marathon and is one of just five World A ...

*All university sports administered by

Atlantic University Sport Atlantic University Sport (AUS; french: Sport universitaire de l'Atlantique) is a regional membership association for universities in Atlantic Canada which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and pr ...

Canada West Universities Athletic Association Canada West is a regional membership association for universities in Western Canada which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases abo ...

Ontario University Athletics Ontario University Athletics (OUA; french: Sports universitaires de l'Ontario) is a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providin ...

, and

U Sports U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is the Ca ...

*2020 Royal Winter Fair *Most school events *

Juno Awards of 2020 The Juno Awards of 2020, the 49th Juno Awards, was an awards presentation that was to be held at SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on 15 March 2020. The awards and associated events were cancelled due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pan ...

Deaths

January

* January 1 ** János Aczél, mathematician (b. 1924) ** Peter Neumann, gridiron football player (b. 1931) * January 2 ** Bill Graham, gridiron football player (b. 1935) ** Tom Hickey, politician (b. 1933) * January 3 ** Harvey Reti, boxer (b. 1937) **

Douglas N. Walton Douglas Neil Walton (2 June 1942 – 3 January 2020) was a Canadian academic and author, known for his books and papers on argumentation, logical fallacies and informal logic. He was a Distinguished Research Fellow of the Centre for Research in ...

, academic and author (b. 1942) * January 4 **

Russell Bannock Russell William Bannock (born Bahnuk; November 1, 1919 – January 4, 2020) was a Canadian fighter ace during the Second World War and a chief test pilot for de Havilland Canada. Early years Bannock was born in Edmonton in 1919, and worked as ...

, test pilot and World War II fighter ace (b. 1919) **

Bonnie Burstow Bonnie Burstow (March 6, 1945 – January 4, 2020) was a Canadian psychotherapist, author, and anti-psychiatry scholar. She was a professor in the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Burstow argued th ...

, psychotherapist (b. 1945) ** John R. Cunningham, medical physicist (b. 1927) * January 5 **

Peter Dyck Peter George Dyck (November 22, 1946 – January 5, 2020) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1995 to 2011. Before entering provincial politics, Dyck was a public school music teacher (one of ...

, Manitoba politician (b. 1946) **

Walter Learning Walter John Learning (November 16, 1938 – January 5, 2020) was a Canadian theatre director, actor, and founder of Theatre New Brunswick. Biography Walter Learning was born in 1938 in the small village of Quidi Vidi in the Dominion of Newfound ...

, actor and theatre director (b. 1938) ** John Migneault, ice hockey player (b. 1949) * January 6 –

Reva Gerstein Reva Appleby Gerstein (born Reva Appleby; 27 March 1917 – 6 January 2020) was a Canadian psychologist, educator, and mental health advocate. She was the first woman Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario, serving from 1992 to 1996. ...

, psychologist and educator (b. 1917) * January 7 –

Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart OC (; September 12, 1952 – January 7, 2020) was a Canadian-American musician, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist of the rock band Rush. Peart earned numerous awards for his musical performances, including an ...

, drummer and lyricist for

Rush Rush(es) may refer to: Places United States * Rush, Colorado * Rush, Kentucky * Rush, New York * Rush City, Minnesota * Rush Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary), Illinois * Rush Creek (Marin County, California), a stream * Rush Creek (Mono Cou ...

(b. 1952) * January 9 –

Leo Kolber Ernest Leo Kolber, (January 18, 1929 – January 9, 2020) was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and Senator, serving from 1983 to 2004. Early life and career Kolber was born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Luba (Kahan) and Moses Kolber, ...

, businessman and former Senator (b. 1929) * January 10 **

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 pr ...

, provincial and federal politician (b. 1931) **

Bud Fowler Bud Fowler (March 16, 1858 – February 26, 1913), born "John W. Jackson", was an American baseball player, manager (baseball), manager, and club organizer. He is the earliest known African-American player in organized professional baseball. He ...

, gridiron football player (b. 1925 or 1926) **

Michael Posluns Michael Posluns (1941 - January 10, 2020) was a journalist and researcher in Canada. While a student at Carleton University, Posluns got involved in social justice issues, later joining the Company of Young Canadians. He went to Akwesasne where he ...

, journalist (b. 1941) * January 14 –

Eville Gorham Eville Gorham (October 15, 1925 — January 14, 2020) was a Canadian-American scientist whose focus has been understanding the chemistry of fresh waters and the ecology and biogeochemistry of peatlands. In the process, Gorham made a number of pr ...

, scientist (b. 1925) * January 15 –

Rocky Johnson Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles; August 24, 1944 – January 15, 2020) was a Canadian professional wrestler. Among many National Wrestling Alliance titles, he was the first Black Georgia Heavyweight Champion as well as the NWA Televisio ...

, wrestler (b. 1944) * January 16 – William J. Samarin, linguist (b. 1926) * January 17 **

Thérèse Dion Thérèse Tanguay-Dion, (20 March 1927 – 17 January 2020), popularly known as ''Maman Dion'' ("Mommy Dion" in French), was a Canadian television personality and the mother of singer Celine Dion. She was born on the Gaspé Peninsula, in Sain ...

, television personality (b. 1927) ** Rhona Wurtele, skier (b. 1922) **

Bobby Kay Romeo Cormier (January 5, 1950 – January 17, 2020) was a Canadian professional wrestler best known by the ring name Bobby Kay. He was a member of the Cormier wrestling family, a group of four brothers who were all successful professional wrestl ...

, wrestler (b. 1950) * January 18 ** John Burke, composer (b. 1951) **

Steve Gillespie Steve Gillespie (born August 2, 1985 in Brecksville, Ohio) is an American soccer player who most recently played on the Cleveland Freeze in the Professional Arena Soccer League, PASL. Gillespie has experience playing in the Major League Soccer, ...

, wrestler (b. 1963) **

Norm Hill Norman Charles Hill (November 8, 1928 – January 18, 2020) was a Canadian football player who played for the Calgary Stampeders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He won the Grey Cup with the Stampeders in 1948. He previously played football at and ...

, football player (b. 1928) **

Roger Nicolet Roger Nicolet (18 December 1931 – 18 January 2020) was a Belgian engineer. He oversaw several major building projects, including Place Bonaventure, Le Village Olympique, Place Montreal Trust, Royal Bank Plaza, the CN Tower, King Abdulaziz Unive ...

, engineer (b. 1931) ** Gordon A. Smith, artist (b. 1919) ** Jim Smith, politician (b. 1935) * January 18 – John Gibson, ice hockey player (b. 1959) * January 20 –

Kit Hood Christopher Hood (24 March 1943 – 20 January 2020) was a Canadian television editor, director, writer and producer. He is best known as the director and co-creator of the ''Degrassi'' franchise alongside Linda Schuyler, including the series ' ...

, television editor (b. 1943) * January 21 –

Norman Amadio Albert Norman Benedict "Norm" Amadio (April 14, 1928 – January 21, 2020) was a Canadian jazz pianist, piano teacher, music coach, composer, arranger, session player, band leader and accompanist. For a span of fifty years he worked for the ...

, jazz pianist (b. 1928) * January 23 ** Fernand Daoust, trade unionist (b. 1926) **

Jean-Noël Tremblay Jean-Noël Tremblay, (7 June 1926 – 23 January 2020) was a Canadian politician, who made career at both the federal and the provincial levels. Member of Parliament Tremblay was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1958 Canadian ...

, politician (b. 1926) * January 25 **

Siegfried Enns Siegfried John Enns (26 April 192425 January 2020) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a social worker by career. He was first elected at the Portage—Neepawa riding in the 1962 general elec ...

, politician (b. 1924) **

Clifford Wiens Clifford Donald Wiens (27 April 1926 – 25 January 2020) was a Canadian writer, poet, designer and architect.Atter, Heidi. "Sask. Architect Clifford Wiens Dies at 93 , CBC News." CBC news. CBC/Radio Canada, 4 February 2020. https://www.cbc. ...

, architect (b. 1926) * January 26 –

Louis Nirenberg Louis Nirenberg (February 28, 1925 – January 26, 2020) was a Canadian-American mathematician, considered one of the most outstanding mathematicians of the 20th century. Nearly all of his work was in the field of partial differential equat ...

, mathematician (b. 1925) * January 29 –

Alfred John Ellis Alfred John Ellis, (May 27, 1915 – January 29, 2020) was a Canadian banker. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he graduated Lower Canada College in 1932. He was a vice-chairman and director of the Bank of Montreal. He was made an Officer of the ...

, banker (b. 1915) * January 30 **

Jake MacDonald Jake MacDonald (1949 – January 30, 2020) was a Canadian author. MacDonald produced eight books and several hundred articles in Canadian magazines. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, MacDonald was an alumnus of St. Paul's High School, Winnipeg, Class ...

, writer (b. 1949) **

Raymond Reierson Raymond Reierson (October 7, 1919 – January 30, 2020) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1952 to 1971 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government. Reierson held numerous portf ...

, politician (b. 1919)

February

* February 1 –

Roger Landry Roger D. Landry (January 26, 1934 – February 1, 2020) was a Canadian businessman who was president and publisher of '' La Presse''. Born in Montreal, he was educated in Montreal, Paris, and London. He started his career with Bell Canada work ...

, businessman (b. 1934) * February 2 –

Bernard Ebbers Bernard John Ebbers (August 27, 1941 – February 2, 2020) was a Canadian businessman, the co-founder and CEO of WorldCom and a convicted fraudster. Under his management, WorldCom grew rapidly but collapsed in 2002 amid revelations of accounting ...

, businessman and convicted fraudster (b. 1941) * February 3 – John Edward Brockelbank, instrument technician and politician (b. 1931) * February 4 **

Peter Hogg Peter Wardell Hogg (12 March 1939 – 4 February 2020) was a New Zealand-born Canadian legal scholar and lawyer. He was best known as a leading authority on Canadian constitutional law, with the most academic citations in Supreme Court jurispru ...

, legal scholar and lawyer (b. 1939) ** L. Jacques Ménard, businessman (b. 1946) **

Frank Plummer Francis Allan Plummer (2 December 1952 – 4 February 2020) was a Canadian scientist, academic and HIV/AIDS researcher. He was "a recognized specialist in infectious diseases whose work influenced public health policy in Canada and abroad". He was ...

, scientist (b. 1952) * February 5 ** Diane Cailhier, filmmaker and director (b. 1947) **

Ian Cushenan Ian Robertson Cushenan (November 29, 1933 – February 5, 2020) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played 129 games in the National Hockey League between 1957 and 1962. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1954 to 1966, was mainly spen ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1933) * February 7 ** Ron Calhoun, executive (b. 1933) **

Brian Glennie Brian "Blunt" Glennie (August 29, 1946 – February 7, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1969 until 1979. Glennie was a master of the hip-check. Amateur career Glennie was ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1946) **

Larry Popein Lawrence Thomas "The Pope" Popein (August 11, 1930 – February 7, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Playing career Popein began his career with the Moose Jaw Canucks of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. He then ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1930) * February 8 –

Bill Robinson Bill Robinson, nicknamed Bojangles (born Luther Robinson; May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949), was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid African-American entertainer in the United States during the f ...

, basketball player (b. 1949) * February 11 **

Maurice Byblow Maurice John Byblow (June 23, 1946 – February 11, 2020) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Faro in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1985 and from 1989 to 1996. Originally elected as an independen ...

, politician (b. 1946) **

Louis-Edmond Hamelin Louis-Edmond Hamelin, (21 March 1923 – February 11, 2020) was a Canadian geographer, professor, and author born in Saint-Didace, Quebec, Canada, best known for his studies of Northern Canada. Hamelin created the Centre for Northern Studies ...

, geographer (b. 1923) ** Timothy Porteous, administrator (b. 1933) * February 12 **

Christie Blatchford Christie Marie Blatchford (May 20, 1951 – February 12, 2020) was a Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster. She published four non-fiction books. Blatchford was Canada's first female sports columnist, reporting on sports betwe ...

, newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (b. 1951) ** Charles Hubbard, politician (b. 1940) * February 13 – Ralph Mercier, politician (b. 1937) * February 14 –

Masao Takahashi Masao Takahashi (June 24, 1929 – February 14, 2020) was a Canadian judoka, author, coach, and founder of the Takahashi School of Martial Arts (Est. 1969) in Ottawa, Ontario. He was involved in judo for more than 70 years, and was ranked ''hachi ...

, judoka (b. 1929) * February 17 – Georges Villeneuve, politician (b. 1922) * February 19 **

Pete Babando Pete or Petes or ''variation'', may refer to: People * Pete (given name) * Pete (nickname) * Pete (surname) Fictional characters * Pete (Disney), a cartoon character in the ''Mickey Mouse'' universe * Pete the Pup (a.k.a. 'Petey'), a character ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1925) **

Robert H. Lee Robert H. Lee (25 June 1933 – 19 February 2020) was a Canadian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of Prospero, a real estate firm in Vancouver, British Columbia. Biography Lee was born and raised in Vanco ...

, businessman (b. 1933) ** Hubert B. MacNeill, physician and politician (b. 1922) **

John Robertson John, Jon, or Jonathan Robertson may refer to: Politicians United Kingdom politicians * J. M. Robertson (John Mackinnon Robertson, 1856–1933), British journalist and Liberal MP for Tyneside 1906–1918 *John Robertson (Bothwell MP) (1867–1926) ...

, sailor (b. 1929) * February 21 **

Phil Maloney Philip Francis Anthony Maloney (October 6, 1927 – February 21, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs">Boston_Bruins.html" ;"title ...

, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1927) ** Ouida Ramón-Moliner, anaesthetist (b. 1929) * February 22 –

Mark Zanna Mark Zanna, FRSC (March 4, 1944 – February 22, 2020) was a social psychologist at the University of Waterloo. He was well known for his work on attitudes and intergroup relations. He earned his Ph.D. from Yale University. Research A major debat ...

, social psychologist (b. 1944) * February 23 –

Norene Gilletz Norene Lynn Gilletz (; 29 May 1940 – 23 February 2020) was a Canadian Jewish cookbook writer, food consultant, and food writer. Biography Norene Gilletz was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Belle () and Max Rykiss. She spent her formative years ...

, author and cooking instructor (b. 1940) * February 25 – Bob Steiner, football player (b. 1946) * February 26 – David Smith, senator (b. 1941) * February 26 – Craig Mackay, speed skater (b. 1927)

March

* March 1 –

William MacEachern William Malcolm (Bill) MacEachern (July 26, 1930 – March 1, 2020) was a politician in Nova Scotia, Canada. He was born in Judique, Inverness County, Nova Scotia. In 1974, MacEachern was elected to represent the electoral district of Inverne ...

, politician (b. 1930) * March 2 ** René Coicou, politician (b. 1935) ** William Johnson, author (b. 1931) **

Laird Stirling R. Laird Stirling (August 22, 1938 – March 2, 2020) was a Canadian politician and minister. He represented the electoral district of Dartmouth North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1988. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Prog ...

, politician (b. 1938) * March 3 –

Réginald Bélair Réginald Bélair (April 6, 1949 – March 3, 2020) was a Canadian politician. Bélair was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2004, representing the riding of Cochrane—Superior until 1997 and subsequently Timmins ...

, politician (b. 1949) * March 4 **

Serge Deslières Serge Deslières (April 14, 1947 – March 4, 2020) was a Quebec politician and teacher. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Beauharnois in the Montérégie region south of Montreal. He represented the Parti Québ ...

, politician and teacher (b. 1947) **

Jean Payne Jean Payne (12 May 1939 – 4 March 2020) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 1997. She was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, and was a businessperson by career. She was elected in the 1993 federal election at the St. ...

, politician (b. 1939) * March 6 **

Norm Fieldgate William Norman "Mouse" Fieldgate (January 12, 1932 – March 6, 2020) was a professional Canadian football player. Fieldgate played defensive end and linebacker with the Canadian Football League BC Lions for his entire 14-year career. Born in ...

, football player (b. 1932) **

Henri Richard Joseph Henri Richard (February 29, 1936 – March 6, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975. He was nicknamed "Pocket Rocket" after ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1936) * March 7 **

Earl Pomerantz Earl Pomerantz (February 4, 1945 – March 7, 2020) was a Canadian-born screenwriter, who spent almost the entirety of his career working in U.S. television comedy. He was born to a Jewish family. Career Pomerantz wrote a weekly column for the ' ...

, screenwriter (b. 1945) ** Laura Smith, singer-songwriter (b. 1952) * March 9 –

John Havelock Parker John Havelock Parker, OC (February 2, 1929 – March 9, 2020) was the commissioner of the Northwest Territories from April 15, 1979 to July 31, 1989. He had previously been Deputy Commissioner of Northwest Territories from 1967 to 1979. Biograp ...

, politician (b. 1929) * March 11 –

Ken King Kenneth Paul King (born December 28, 1971), is an American businessman and politician. He is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 88 in the Texas Panhandle. King is a businessman engaged in the oil and natural ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1952) * March 13 –

Dorothy Maclean Dorothy Maclean (January 7, 1920 – March 12, 2020) was a Canadian writer and educator on spiritual subjects who was one of the original three adults at what is now the Findhorn Foundation in northeast Scotland. Biography Maclean was born in Gue ...

, educator and writer (b. 1920) * March 14 –

Galen Head Galen Russell Head (April 16, 1947 – March 14, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who spent the majority of his career, which lasted from 1967 to 1976, with the Johnstown Jets of the Eastern Hockey League and North American Hock ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1947) * March 15 – Phil Olsen, athlete (b. 1957) * March 18 –

Wray Downes Wray Downes (January 14, 1931 – March 19, 2020) was a Canadian jazz pianist. Downes was born in Toronto. He was classically trained, having studied at Trinity College, London, but began playing jazz in 1952 as a student at the Paris Conservat ...

, jazz pianist (b. 1931) * March 19 – Herbert Marx, politician (b. 1932) * March 20 –

Claude Bennett Claude Frederick Bennett (September 19, 1936 – March 20, 2020) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1971 to 1987, and as cabinet minister in the governments of Bill Davis and Frank Miller. ...

, politician (b. 1936) * March 23 **

JR Shaw James Robert Shaw (August 14, 1934 – March 23, 2020) was a Canadian businessman. He founded Alberta-based Shaw Communications in 1966 and was the executive chairman of the company. As of 2016, Shaw and other members of his family controlled 85 ...

, businessman (b. 1934) **

Giles Walker Giles Walker (January 17, 1946 - March 23, 2020) was a Scottish-born Canadian film director. Biography Giles Walker, born in 1946 in Dundee, Scotland, received a B.A. from the University of New Brunswick and an M.A. from Stanford University ...

, film director (b. 1946) * March 30 **

Joe Clark Charles Joseph Clark (born June 5, 1939) is a Canadian statesman, businessman, writer, and politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980. Despite his relative inexperience, Clark rose quickly in federal polit ...

, businessman (b. 1941) ** Tim Petros, football player (b. 1961)

April

* April 4 ** Barry Allen, musician (b. 1945) **

Marguerite Lescop Marguerite Lescop (Birth name, née Marguerite Geoffrion; 8 November 1915 – 3 April 2020) was a Canadian author, editor, and public speaker. Biography After the death of her husband, René Lescop, she attended writing workshops and wrote her au ...

, writer (b. 1915) * April 5 –

Shirley Douglas Shirley Jean Douglas (April 2, 1934 – April 5, 2020) was a Canadian actress and activist. Her acting career combined with her family name made her recognizable in Canadian film, television and national politics. Early life Douglas was born A ...

, actress and activist (b. 1934) * April 6 **

John Dossetor John Beamish Dossetor, (19 July 1925 – 6 April 2020) was a Canadians, Canadian physician and bioethicist who is notable for co–coordinating the first kidney transplant in Canada and the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth. Biography Bor ...

, physician (b. 1925) **

Jean Little Jean Little, CM (January 2, 1932 – April 6, 2020) was an award-winning Canadian writer of over 50 books. Her work mainly consisted of children's literature, but she also wrote two autobiographies: ''Little by Little'' and ''Stars Come Out Wit ...

, author, primarily of children's fiction (b. 1932) * April 7 **

Peter Cory Peter deCarteret Cory, (October 25, 1925 – April 7, 2020) was a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, from 1989 to 1999. Early life and education Born in Windsor, Ontario, the son of Andrew and Mildred (Beresford Howe) Cory, he was educ ...

, Supreme Court of Canada judge (b. 1925) **

Ghyslain Tremblay Ghyslain Tremblay (April 29, 1951 – April 7, 2020) was a Canadian actor and comedian. Tremblay was married to actress Danielle Brassard-Leduc. They had two sons before divorcing. He died at age 68 from COVID-19 in the Montreal borough of Verdun ...

, actor and comedian (b. 1951) * April 8 ** John Hughes, ice hockey player (b. 1954) ** Pat Stapleton, ice hockey player (b. 1940) * April 9 **

Jim Conacher James Conacher (May 5, 1921 – April 9, 2020) was a Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, and New York Rangers between 1945 and 1952. Conacher was bor ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1921) **

Mark Golden Mark Golden (August 6, 1948 – April 9, 2020) was a Canadian academic. At the time of his death he was professor emeritus in the Department of Classics at the University of Winnipeg. Golden received his BA, MA, and PhD all from University of ...

, historian (b. 1948) **

Ho Kam Ming Ho Kam-ming (, 12 December 1925 – 9 April 2020) was a Macanese-born Canadian martial artist. He was one of the students of martial arts teacher Ip Man in the discipline of Wing Chun. Life He was born in Macau in 1925. When he was 30, he star ...

, martial artist (b. 1925) **

Jean-Pierre St-Louis Jean-Pierre St-Louis (1951 – 9 April 2020) was a Canadian photography director and videographer. Biography St-Louis began his feature film career in 1987 alongside Robert Morin and Lorraine Dufour as a photography director for ''Tristesse modè ...

, cinematographer (b. 1951) * April 10 ** Marke Raines, politician (b. 1927) ** Tom Webster, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1948) * April 11 **

Colby Cave Colby Alexander Cave (December 26, 1994 – April 11, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins and the Edmonton Oilers. Cave was born in North Battleford, Saskatch ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1994) **

Paul Haddad Paul Haddad (May 20, 1963 – April 11, 2020) was a Canadian actor. He was the original voice-actor of Leon S. Kennedy in the ''Resident Evil'' franchise, voicing the character in ''Resident Evil 2'' (1998). Other voice-over-roles included Uncle ...

, actor (b. 1963) * April 12 **

Claude Beauchamp Claude Beauchamp (July 9, 1939 – April 12, 2020) was a journalist, publisher, and political activist in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was born in Montreal. Journalist and publisher Beauchamp began his career as a financial writer for '' L ...

, journalist and political activist (b. 1939) **

Bill Langille Harold William Langille (January 18, 1944 – April 12, 2020) was a tree farmer, police officer and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Colchester North in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2006 as a Progressiv ...

, farmer and politician, (b. 1944) * April 16 –

Kenneth Gilbert Kenneth Albert Gilbert (December 16, 1931 – April 15, 2020) was a Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, and music educator. Biography Born in Montreal, Gilbert studied at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal under ...

, musician (b. 1931) * April 18 –

Allan Gotlieb Allan Ezra Gotlieb, (February 28, 1928 – April 18, 2020) was a Canadians, Canadian public servant and author who served as the List of ambassadors of Canada to the United States, Canadian Ambassador to the United States from 1981 to 1989. Li ...

, public servant and Ambassador (b. 1928) * April 19 **

Aileen Carroll Margaret Aileen Carroll ( O'Leary; June 1, 1944 – April 19, 2020) was a Canadian politician. She served as a member of the House of Commons from 1997 to 2006 who represented the ridings of Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford and Barrie. She served ...

, politician (b. 1944) **

Claude Lafortune Claude Lafortune (5 July 1936 – 19 April 2020) was a Canadian paper artist, set decorator, and television personality. Biography A graduate of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal, Lafortune collaborated on many graphic design projects befor ...

, television presenter (b. 1936) * April 20 – Hezakiah Oshutapik, politician (b. 1955 or 1956)

May

* May 2 **

Morris Belzberg Morris Belzberg (b. September 25, 1929 - d. May 2, 2020) was a Canadian born businessman, who lived in the United States since approximately 1966. He was the former owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. He won the Stanl ...

, Canadian-born American businessman and sports team owner (b. 1929) ** Jim Henderson, politician, Ontario MLA (b. 1940) * May 3 ** Selma Barkham, maritime historian (b. 1927) ** Paul Cholakis,

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player (b. 1928) **

Eugene Kostyra Eugene Michael Kostyra (June 19, 1947 – May 3, 2020) was a Canadian politician in Manitoba. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988 and a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Howard ...

, politician, Manitoba MLA (b. 1947) * May 4 ** Michael Lucas, Czechoslovakian-born Canadian political activist (b. 1926) **

Lorne Munroe Lorne Munroe (November 24, 1924 – May 4, 2020) was an American cellist.Gibson, Ronald and Winters, Kenneth"Munroe, Lorne*, ''Encyclopedia of Music in Canada''. Accessed March 12, 2009 He was principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from ...

, Canadian-born American cellist (b. 1924) * May 5 – George Henderson, politician, member of the

(b. 1935) * May 6 –

Nahum Rabinovitch Nachum Eliezer Rabinovitch ( he, נַחוּם אֱלִיעֶזֶר רָבִּינוֹבִיץּ׳; 30 April 1928 – 6 May 2020), born Norman Louis Rabinovitch, was a Canadian-Israeli Religious Zionist rabbi and ''posek''. He headed the London Sc ...

, Canadian-born Israeli

Orthodox Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to: Religion * Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...

rabbi and

posek In Jewish law, a ''Posek'' ( he, פוסק , pl. ''poskim'', ) is a legal scholar who determines the position of ''halakha'', the Jewish religious laws derived from the written and Oral Torah in cases of Jewish law where previous authorities a ...

, head of

Yeshivat Birkat Moshe Yeshivat Birkat Moshe is a hesder yeshiva located in the Mitzpeh Nevo neighborhood of Ma'ale Adumim in the West Bank. It was founded in 1977 by Rabbis Haim Sabato and Yitzchak Sheilat, then two young rabbis from Yeshivat HaKotel, in Jerusalem. Fo ...

(b. 1928) * May 7 **

Joyce Davidson Joyce Davidson (14 April 1931 – 7 May 2020) was a television personality in Canada and the United States. Early life She was born Joyce Inez Brock in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan during the Great Depression and was the eldest of four children of ...

, television presenter (b. 1931) **

Sylvia Ostry Sylvia Ostry (; June 3, 1927 – May 7, 2020) was a Canadian economist and public servant. Life Born Sylvia Knelman in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 3, 1927, she received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from McGill University in 1948, a Master ...

, economist (b. 1927) * May 8 – Nancy Morin,

goalball Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment. Participants compete in teams of three, and try to throw a ball that has bells embedded inside of it into the opponents' goal. The ball is thrown by hand a ...

player (b. 1975) * May 10 –

Martin Pasko Martin Joseph "Marty" Pasko (born Jean-Claude Rochefort; August 4, 1954– May 10, 2020) was a Canadian comic book writer and television screenwriter. Pasko worked for many comics publishers, but is best known for his superhero stories for DC Com ...

, Canadian-born American comic book writer and screenwriter (b. 1954) * May 11 ** Doug McKay, ice hockey player (b. 1929) **

Jean Nichol Jean Nichol (stage name of Louis Simoneau) (8 December 1944 – 11 May 2020) was a Canadian singer and songwriter. Biography Nichol performed with the group Les Commandeurs from 1962 to 1966. He also sang in bars under the name Maxime. He was ...

, singer (b. 1944) * May 12 –

Renée Claude Renée Claude (born Renée Bélanger; July 3, 1939 – May 12, 2020) was a Canadian actress and singer Denise Ménard, Suzanne Thomas and Benoît L'Herbier"Renée Claude" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', January 20, 2010. who was known as an inter ...

, actress and singer (b. 1939) * May 13 **

Gérard Dionne Gérard Dionne (19 June 1919 – 13 May 2020) was a Canadian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church and the oldest Roman Catholic Bishop of Canada. Biography Dionne was born in Saint-Basile, New Brunswick and ordained a priest in Edmundston Ed ...

, Roman Catholic prelate and former Bishop of

Edmundston Edmundston is a city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. On 1 January 2023, Edmundston will expanded, annexing the village of Rivière-Verte and parts of the local service districts of the parish of Saint-Jacques and the parish of Sai ...

(b. 1919) **

Daren Zenner Daren Tomas Zenner (May 30, 1971 – May 13, 2020) was a Canadian professional boxer that competed in the super middleweight and light heavyweight weight divisions. He challenged once for the WBO light heavyweight title in 1997. Zenner fought ...

, Canadian-American boxer (b. 1971) * May 15 **

Denny DeMarchi Denny DeMarchi (28 November 1962 – 15 May 2020) was a Canadian musician best known as a keyboardist and singer-songwriter. He was also a guitarist, backing vocalist, audio engineer and record producer. DeMarchi played with the Irish band the C ...

, multi-instrumentalist (b. 1962) **

John Palmer John Palmer may refer to: People Politicians * John Palmer (fl. 1377–1394), English politician *Sir John Palmer, 5th Baronet (1735–1817), British politician *John Palmer (1785–1840), U.S. congressman from New York *John Palmer (1842–1905) ...

, theatre and film director (b. 1943) * May 16 **

Cliff Eyland Cliff Eyland (November 7, 1954 – May 16, 2020) was a Canadian painter, writer and curator. Career Born in Halifax and raised in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Eyland studied art at Holland College, Mount Allison University, and the Nova Scotia Col ...

, painter and writer (b. 1954) **

Monique Mercure Marie Lise Monique Émond (14 November 193016 May 2020), better known as Monique Mercure (), was a Canadian stage and screen actress. She was one of the country's great actors of the classical and modern repertory. In 1977, Mercure won a Cann ...

, actress (b. 1930) * May 18 **

Rae Johnson Rae Johnson (1953-2020) was a Canadian painter who lived in Toronto, Canada. Early life Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Johnson studied at the New School of Art in Toronto from 1975 to 1976 and at the Ontario College of Art from 1977 to 19 ...

, painter (b. 1953) **

Michelle Rossignol Michelle Rossignol, (4 February 1940 – 18 May 2020) was a Canadian film actress. She appeared in fifteen films between 1956 and 2010. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1991 and a Knight of the National Order of Quebec T ...

, actress (b. 1940) ** Craig Welch, animator"It's been six months since COVID-19 came to Canada. Here are some of the lives we've lost". ''

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 ...

'', July 20, 2020. * May 19 **

Ravi Zacharias Frederick Antony Ravi Kumar Zacharias (26 March 194619 May 2020) was an Indian-born Canadian-American Christian evangelical minister and apologist who founded Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM). He was involved in Christian apologet ...

, Indian-born Canadian-American Christian apologist (b. 1946) * May 20 –

Wilbur MacDonald Wilbur Bernard MacDonald (13 September 1933 – 20 May 2020) was a Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a farmer by career. The son of Leo R. MacDonald and He ...

, politician and former MP (b. 1933) * May 21 ** Merlin Nunn, judge and former chief justice of the

Nova Scotia Supreme Court The Nova Scotia Supreme Court is a superior court in the province of Nova Scotia. The Supreme Court consists of 25 judicial seats including the position of Chief Justice and Associate Chief Justice. At any given time there may be one or more addit ...

(b. 1930) **

Douglas Tyndall Wright Douglas Tyndall Wright, (October 4, 1927 – May 21, 2020) was a Canadians, Canadian civil engineer, civil servant, and university administrator. Wright was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Etta Frances Tyndall and George Charles Wright. He ...

, engineer and academic administrator, former President of the

University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo (UWaterloo, UW, or Waterloo) is a public research university with a main campus in Waterloo, Ontario Waterloo is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is one of three cities in the Regional Municipality ...

(b. 1927) * May 22 ** André Cartier, actor (b. 1945) ** Denise Cronenberg, costume designer (b. 1938) * May 25 **

Francis Dufour Francis Dufour (March 28, 1929 – May 25, 2020) was a Canadian Quebec politician. He served as the member for Jonquière in the National Assembly of Quebec as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1985 until 1996, when he relinquished his ...

, politician and former Quebec MNA (b. 1929) ** Louise Feltham, politician (b. 1935) **

Marv Luster Marvin Luster (November 27, 1937 – May 25, 2020) was an American football defensive back and end. He played college football at UCLA and professional football in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for from 1961 to 1974. He was inducted into ...

, American

Hall of Fame A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...

CFL The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

football player (b. 1937) * May 26 **

Floyd Hillman Floyd Arthur "Bud" Hillman (November 19, 1933 – May 26, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played six games in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins during the 1956–57 season. The rest of his career, which last ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1933) ** Cliff Pennington, ice hockey player (b. 1940) * May 27 **

Wally Gacek Walter Frank Gacek (June 26, 1926 – May 27, 2020) was a Canadian ice hockey player who was a member of the Michigan Wolverines team that won the first NCAA ice hockey championship in 1948. He played four years of hockey at Michigan from 1946 t ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1926) ** Regis Korchinski-Paquet (b. 1990) ** Arthur L. Thurlow, politician and judge, former Nova Scotia MLA (b. 1913) * May 28 – Reed Scowen, politician (b. 1931) * May 30 **

Michel Gauthier Michel Gauthier (; February 18, 1950 – May 30, 2020) was a Canadian politician, who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 1996 to 1997. As the party was the Official Opposition in the Parliament of Canada, Gauthier was also the Le ...

, politician, former

Leader of the Opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

, MP, and Quebec MNA (b. 1950) ** Edward O. Phillips, writer (b. 1931)

June

*June 1 **

Silver Donald Cameron Silver Donald Cameron (June 21, 1937 – June 1, 2020) was a Canadian journalist, author, playwright, and university teacher whose writing focused on social justice, nature, and the environment. His 15 books of non-fiction dealt with everything ...

, journalist and author (b. 1937) **

Garth Dawley Garth Dawley (1933 - 2020) was most known for reading the news on CBWT's supper-hour news program '' 24Hours'' from October 5, 1970 – 1983. Prior to his role at ''24Hours'' he co-hosted the local morning show on CBW-AM in the 1960s. At th ...

, journalist (b. 1933) *June 2 **

Yvon Lamarre Yvon Lamarre (2 February 1935 – 2 June 2020) was a Canadian politician and a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec. Lamarre was born and brought up in the Cote St. Paul district of Montreal. He graduated from the École des Hautes Études commerc ...

, politician (b. 1935) ** Muriel Kent Roy, demographer (b. 1921) *June 3 –

Gary Potts Gary Potts (Dec. 1, 1944 – June 3, 2020) was a chief of the Temagami First Nation and the Teme-Augama Anishnabai in Temagami, Ontario, Canada. He was chief in August 1973 when the Temagami Land Caution began with land claims being filed with tit ...

, Temagami First Nation chief (b. 1940s) *June 4 –

Walt Elliot Robert Walter Elliot (October 17, 1933 – June 4, 2020) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990. He represented the riding of Halton North. Background Elliot was ...

, politician (b. 1933) *June 5 –

Andrée Champagne Andrée Champagne (July 17, 1939June 6, 2020) was a Canadian actress, pianist and politician.Lisa Fitterman"Quebec TV star Andrée Champagne became a household name as ‘la belle Donalda'" ''The Globe and Mail'', June 24, 2020. Born in Saint ...

, actress (b. 1939) *June 6 –

Jean-Marc Chaput Jean-Marc Chaput (6 November 1930 – 6 June 2020) was a Canadian public speaker and author. Biography The son of Robert Chaput and Gladys Reid, Jean-Marc Chaput spent his childhood on 4e Avenue, between Rue Masson and Saint Joseph Boulevard. He ...

, author and public speaker (b. 1930) *June 7 –

Hubert Gagnon Hubert Gagnon (September 29, 1947 – June 7, 2020) was a Canadian actor from Quebec. He was noted for being the voice-over of Homer Simpson and Grampa Simpson in the Canadian French-version of ''The Simpsons''. He also acted in television and ...

, actor and voice dubber (b. 1946) *June 10 ** Joan Ferner, women's rights advocate (b. 1933) ** Paul Owen, cricketer (b. 1969) **

Stuart Lyon Smith Stuart Lyon Smith (May 7, 1938 – June 10, 2020) was a politician, psychiatrist, academic and public servant in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1982, and led the Ontario Liberal Party for most of ...

, politician (b. 1938) **

Eppie Wietzes Egbert "Eppie" Wietzes (28 May 1938 – 10 June 2020) was a racing driver from Canada. Formula One Wietzes was born in Assen, Netherlands in 1938, and emigrated with his family to Canada when he was 12 years old. He participated in two Formula ...

, Dutch-born racing driver (b. 1938) *June 11 ** Roy Little Chief, First Nations rights activist, politician, and Chief of the

Siksika Nation The Siksika Nation ( bla, Siksiká) is a First Nation Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, ...

(b. 1938) ** Cy Strulovitch, Olympic basketball player (b. 1925) *June 15 ** Winston Backus, politician (b. 1920) **

Phil Takahashi Philip Masato Takahashi (June 12, 1957 – June 15, 2020) was a judoka from Canada, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics (1984 and 1988). He twice won a bronze medal at the Pan American Games during his car ...

, Olympic judoka (b. 1957) *June 17 **

Victor Feldbrill Victor Feldbrill, (April 4, 1924 – June 17, 2020) was a Canadian conductor and violinist. Early life and education Feldbrill was born in Toronto,Hugh Fraser, musician (b. 1958) *June 19 ** Thomas Brzustowski, engineer and academic (b. 1937) ** Ralph Haas, engineer and academic (b. 1933) **

Regan Russell On June 19, 2020, Canadian animal rights activist and protester Regan Russell was run over and killed by an animal transporter after a demonstration outside Sofina Foods Inc. subsidiary Fearman's Pork Inc., a pig slaughterhouse in Burlington, On ...

, animal rights activist (b. 1955) *June 21 –

Anthony J. Naldrett Anthony James "Tony" Naldrett, FRSC (1933 – 21 June 2020) was an English and Canadian geologist. He was an authority on the geology and origin of nickel-copper-platinum group element deposits, the tectonic setting in which they occur, the petr ...

, geologist (b. 1933) *June 24 – David MacLennan, biochemist (b. 1937) *June 26 ** Ed Conroy, politician (b. 1946) ** Madeleine Juneau, museologist (b. 1945) **

Don Seymour Donald J. Seymour (1961 – 26 June 2020) was a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who is the only jockey in history to win two Canadian Triple Crowns. Born in Hamilton, Ontario and raised in Etobicoke, Ontario, Don Seymour began his ...

, jockey (b. 1961) *June 27 – Bob Warner, ice hockey player (b. 1950) *June 28 –

Bill McFarlane William McLean McFarlane (March 30, 1930 – June 28, 2020) was a professional Canadian football end who played for the Toronto Argonauts The Toronto Argonauts (officially the Toronto Argonaut Football Club and colloquially known as the Argos ...

, gridiron football player (b. 1930) *June 29 **

James Douglas Henderson James Douglas Henderson (January 2, 1927 – June 29, 2020) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1963 to 1975, first as a member of the Social Credit Party and later as an independent. He ...

, politician (b. 1927) ** Gene Lakusiak, gridiron football player (b. 1942) *June 30 –

John Metras John George Metras (August 29, 1940 – June 30, 2020) was a Canadian football player who played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1965. He previously played football at the University of Western Ontario, where his fat ...

, gridiron football player (b. 1940)

July

* July 3 **

Neil Erland Byers Neil Erland Byers (December 7, 1928 – July 3, 2020) was a Canadian educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kelvington from 1969 to 1975 and Kelvington-Wadena from 1975 to 1982 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan a ...

, politician (b. 1928) **

Len Cunning Len Cunning (November 1, 1950 – July 3, 2020) was an ice hockey player who played for the Johnstown Jets of the Eastern Hockey League. His career ended in one game after taking a skate to the face. Life facts Len was born November 1, 1950, in ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1950) * July 5 **

Bill Barlow William Walter Barlow (February 20, 1931 – July 5, 2020) was a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987, as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. Background Barlow w ...

, politician (b. 1931) **

Nick Cordero Nicholas Eduardo Alberto Cordero (September 17, 1978 – July 5, 2020) was a Canadian actor and singer. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his role as Cheech in the 2014 Broadway musical ''Bullets Over ...

, actor (b. 1978) **

Aubert Pallascio Aubert Pallascio (August 19, 1937 – July 5, 2020) was a Canadian actor. Pallascio trained at the CNSAD and for a period of time worked under the pseudonym Luis Aubert. He has performed on the stages of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, Théâtre ...

, actor (b. 1937) * July 6 –

Deborah Zamble Deborah Beth Zamble (October 5, 1971 – July 6, 2020) was a Canadian chemist and Canada Research Chair in Biological Chemistry at the University of Toronto. Her research considered how bacteria processed metal nutrients. Early life and educati ...

, chemist (b. 1971) * July 7 ** George Boyd, playwright and news anchor (b. 1952) **

Yves Lever Yves Lever (1942 – July 7, 2020) was a Canadian film critic and historian from Quebec. He was historically most noted for his 2016 biography of film director Claude Jutra, which addressed allegations that Jutra had sexually abused underage childr ...

, film historian and academic (b. 1936)André Duchesne
"L’historien du cinéma Yves Lever est décédé"
'' La Presse'', July 8, 2020. * July 9 –

Bob Sabourin Robert Patrick Sabourin (March 17, 1933 – July 9, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and general manager. A left winger, he played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL), for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1 ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1933) * July 10 **

Robert Curtis Clark Robert Curtis "Bob" Clark (July 2, 1937 – July 10, 2020) was a teacher, civil servant and politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1960 to 1981 including time as a Cabinet Minister in Premier Ernest Manning's governme ...

, politician (b. 1937) **

Genevieve Westcott Genevieve Patricia Westcott (195410 July 2020) was a Canadian-born New Zealand journalist and television presenter. Biography Westcott was born in 1954 in Stratford, Ontario, the fourth of nine children of Virginia (née McNamara) and political ...

, journalist and television presenter (b. 1965) * July 11 – Rich Priske, bassist (b. 1967) * July 12 –

Ignat Kaneff Ignat Kaneff ( bg, Игнат Христов Кънев; 6 October 1926 – 12 July 2020) was a Bulgarian Canadians, Bulgarian-Canadian business magnate and philanthropist. Biography Ignat Hristov Kaneff was born on 6 October 1926 in Gorno A ...

, construction executive and philanthropist (b. 1926) * July 13 –

Daniel David Moses Daniel David Moses (February 18, 1952 - July 13, 2020) was a First Nations poet and playwright from Canada. Moses was born in Ohsweken, Ontario, and raised on a farm on the Six Nations of the Grand River near Brantford, Ontario, Canada.Colin Boy ...

, poet and playwright (b. 1952) * July 16 **

Ken Chinn Kendall Steven Chinn (October 19, 1962 – July 16, 2020), known under the stage name Mr. Chi Pig, was a Canadian punk rock vocalist and artist born in Edmonton and long residing in Vancouver. He fronted the hardcore punk band SNFU from 1981 unt ...

, punk rock vocalist (b. 1962) **

Roger Côté Regent "Roger" Côté (December 22, 1939 – July 16, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 155 games in the World Hockey Association for the Edmonton Oilers and Indianapolis Racers The Indianapolis Racers were a ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1939) **

Ted Gerela Theodore Gerela (March 12, 1944 – July 16, 2020) was an award-winning kicker in the Canadian Football League. Life Gerela, a graduate of Washington State University, joined the British Columbia Lions in 1967 and played with them for 7 seasons. ...

, gridiron football player (b. 1944) **

Marie-Christine Lévesque Marie-Christine Lévesque (1958 – 16 July 2020) was a Canadian art director, author and editor. As an art director she won the 2005 Applied Arts Award for the cover design of ''9 Vues''. Her partner was Serge Bouchard and she co-authored books ...

, author (b. 1958) * July 17 –

J. I. Packer James Innell Packer (22 July 192617 July 2020) was an English-born Canadian evangelical theologian, cleric and writer in the low-church Anglican and Calvinist traditions. He was considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North Amer ...

, evangelical theologian (b. 1926) * July 18 **

Ray Hannigan Raymond James Hannigan (July 14, 1927 — July 18, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. He played 3 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League during the 1948–49 season. The rest of his career, which ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1927) **

Hubert Kitchen Hubert William Kitchen (September 16, 1928 – July 18, 2020) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a member of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. He also served in cabinet as Mini ...

, politician (b. 1928) * July 19 **

David Cliche David Cliche (July 10, 1952 – July 19, 2020) was a Quebec politician. He represented Vimont in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 2002, as a member of the Parti Québécois. He was the son of lawyer and former head of the New De ...

, politician (b. 1952) **

Louis Dicaire Louis Dicaire (29 August 1946 – 19 July 2020) was a Canadian Roman Catholic bishop. He was the auxiliary bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil. Life Born in Montreal, Dicaire was educated at the Collège André-Grasset and Collège Saint-Jean-Vianne ...

, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1946) **

Jack McIlhargey John Cecil McIlhargey (March 7, 1952July 19, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, and Hartford Whalers from ...

, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1952) * July 20 ** Doug Rogers, judoka (b. 1941) ** Harry Smith ice hockey player (b. 1935) * July 24 –

Claude Beausoleil Claude Beausoleil (16 November 1948 – 24 July 2020) was a Canadian writer, poet, and essayist. Biography Beausoleil studied literature at the Université du Québec à Montréal and earned a master's degree with a thesis on Hubert Aquin. He the ...

, writer and poet (b. 1948) * July 25 **

Eddie Shack Edward Steven Phillip Shack (February 11, 1937July 25, 2020), also known by his nicknames "the Entertainer" and "the Nose", was a Canadian professional ice hockey player of Ukrainian descent who played for six National Hockey League (NHL) teams ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1937) **

Richard L. Weldon Richard Laurence Weldon (December 26, 1932 – July 25, 2020) was a Canadian politician. He represented the Electoral district (Canada), electoral district of Dartmouth East in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1978 to 1984. He is a member o ...

, politician (b. 1932) * July 26 **

Jim Abbott James Anthony Abbott (born September 19, 1967) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the California Angels, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, and Milwaukee Brewers, from 1989 to 1999. He w ...

, politician (b. 1942) ** Brian Chewter, Olympic cyclist (b. 1954) ** Robert Smith, actor (b. 1966) * July 27 –

Bernard Cleary Bernard Cleary (May 8, 1937 – July 27, 2020) was a Canadians, Canadian politician. Cleary was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2004 Canadian federal election. He was the ''Bloc Québécois'' member of parliament for the ...

, politician (b. 1937) * July 28 – John Loxley, economist (b. 1942) * July 29 – David Ramsay, politician (b. 1948)

August

*August 1 –

Douglas Wiseman Douglas Jack Wiseman (July 21, 1930 – August 1, 2020) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from 1971 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Bill ...

, politician (b. 1930) *August 3 **

Ralph Klassen Ralph Leo Klassen (September 15, 1955 – August 3, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 497 games in the National Hockey League. In Klassen's ten-year career, he played for the California Golden Seals, Cleveland Barons ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1955) ** Sean Martin, cartoonist (b. 1950) *August 4 –

Brent Carver Brent Carver (November 17, 1951 – August 4, 2020) was a Canadian actor best known internationally for performances in both London's West End and on Broadway in '' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' as Molina, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Le ...

, actor (b. 1951) *August 7 **

Tim Irwin Timothy Edward Irwin (born December 13, 1958) is a former American football offensive tackle. He played college football at Tennessee and played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 years. Most of his professional career was with the ...

, sailor (b. 1940) ** Mike Yaschuk, ice hockey player (b. 1922) *August 8 **

Salome Bey Salome Bey (October 10, 1933 – August 8, 2020)While ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' gives her year of birth as 1939, other sources say she was born in 1933 or 1944. was an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter, composer, and actress who liv ...

, blues singer (b. 1933) **

Adam Comrie Adam Comrie (July 31, 1990 – August 8, 2020) was a Canadian-American professional ice hockey defenceman. Comrie was selected by the Florida Panthers in the 3rd round (80th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career As a youth Comrie ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1990) *August 9 – Robert Fischer, politician (b. 1937) *August 11 –

Marcel Adams Marcel Adams (2 August 1920 – 11 August 2020) was a Canadian real estate investor, billionaire, and Holocaust survivor.

, real estate investor (b. 1920) *August 13 **

Michel Dumont Michel Dumont (29 January 1941 – 13 August 2020) was a Canadian actor. He served as the artistic director for the Théâtre Jean-Duceppe in Montreal from 1991 to 2018. Filmography *''Picotine'' (1972-1975) *''Du tac au tac'' (1976) *''Race de ...

, actor (b. 1941) ** Irene Piotrowski, track and field athlete (b. 1941) **

Lorraine Thomson Lorraine Thomson (12 July 1931 – 13 August 2020) was a Canadian dancer, television host, television producer and one of the co-founders, with Pierre Berton, of the ACTRA Awards. She was the first dancer hired by the CBC for their first televis ...

, dancer and television host (b. 1931) *August 14 – Joe Norton, politician (b. 1949) *August 15 **

Richard Gwyn Richard Gwyn (ca. 1537 – 15 October 1584), also known by his anglicised name, Richard White, was a Welsh teacher at illegal and underground schools and a Bard who wrote both Christian and satirical poetry in the Welsh language. A Roman ...

, writer (b. 1934) ** Francis O'Brien, politician (b. 1927) **

Lefty Reid Maurice H. "Lefty" Reid (25 September 1927 – 15 August 2020) was a curator of the Hockey Hall of Fame (1967-1992), based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was raised in Blytheswood (now Leamington, Ontario), and Reid worked at the ''Peterbo ...

, museum curator (b. 1927) *August 16 –

Cathy Smith Catherine Evelyn Smith (25 April 1947 – 16 August 2020) was a Canadian occasional backup singer, rock groupie, drug dealer, and legal secretary. Smith served 15 months in the California state prison system for injecting original ''Saturday ...

(b. 1947) *August 18 ** Joseph Gosnell, Nisga'a indigenous leader (b. 1936) **

Dale Hawerchuk Dale Martin Hawerchuk (April 4, 1963 – August 18, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Drafted first overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, Hawerchuk played in the National Hockey League (NHL) fo ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1963) ** Rick Pugliese, water polo player (b. 1952) *August 19 **

Cora Etter Cora Helena Etter (née Brown; October 10, 1924 – August 19, 2020) was a Canadian politician in Nova Scotia. She served in the 54th General Assembly of Nova Scotia as a Progressive Conservative member for Hants East. In the 1988 election, ...

, politician (b. 1924) **

Allan Fotheringham Allan Fotheringham (August 31, 1932August 19, 2020) was a Canadian newspaper and magazine journalist. He styled himself Dr. Foth and "the Great Gatheringfroth". He was described as "never at a loss for words". Early life Fotheringham was born ...

, journalist (b. 1932) *August 21 –

Chris Kooy Christopher John Kooy (June 11, 1982 – August 21, 2020) was a Canadian soccer player who played for FC Edmonton in the North American Soccer League. Career Professional In 2004, Kooy played a championship season with Mount Royal College (Vote ...

, association football player (b. 1982) *August 22 – Jean-Marie Brochu, Roman Catholic priest and founder of Le Noël du Bonheur (b. 1926) *August 23 **

Peter Borwein Peter Benjamin Borwein (born St. Andrews, Scotland, May 10, 1953 – 23 August 2020) was a Canadian mathematician and a professor at Simon Fraser University. He is known as a co-author of the paper which presented the Bailey–Borwein–Plo ...

, mathematician (b. 1953) ** Bill Burega, ice hockey player (b. 1932) *August 24 **

Nancy Guptill Nancy Evelyn Guptill (April 28, 1941August 24, 2020) was a Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island (PEI). She served in its Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 2000. A member of the provincial Liberal Party, she represented the electoral ...

, politician (b. 1941) ** P. B. Waite, historian (b. 1922) *August 25 –

Tommy Joe Coffey Tommy Joe Coffey (November 18, 1936 – August 25, 2020) was an American-born Canadian Football League (CFL) player who was an end, wide receiver and place kicker for the Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts. CFL In his f ...

, gridiron football player (b. 1936) *August 26 – Gaston Roberge, priest and film historian (b. 1935) *August 30 **

Ralph Ferguson Ralph Ferguson, (September 13, 1929August 30, 2020) was a Canadian farmer and politician. Ferguson was a farmer in south-western Ontario, and co-founder of the Lambton Pork Producers Association. In the late 1950s, he was chairman of the Lambto ...

, politician (b. 1929) **

Jacques Galipeau Jacques Galipeau (22 September 1923 – 30 August 2020) was a Canadian actor. Filmography *''Beau temps, mauvais temps'' (1955) *''Le Survenant'' (1957) *''Marie-Didace'' (1958) *''Filles d'Ève'' (1960) *''Ti-Jean Caribou'' (1963) *''Le Paradi ...

, actor (b. 1923) *August 31 –

Norm Spencer Norman Spencer (23 February 1958 – 31 August 2020) was a Canadian voice and television actor best known for his work on Saturday-morning cartoons in the 1990s. He performed several roles for Marvel Comics characters, most famously Cyclops in '' ...

, voice actor (b. 1958)

September

*September 1 ** Moose Lallo, ice hockey player (b. 1924) ** James A. Taylor, politician (b. 1928) *September 2 – Stephen M. Drance, ophthalmologist (b. 1925) *September 4 **

Vince Agro Vince Agro (October 20, 1936 – September 4, 2020) was born in the North End of Hamilton. He was acting mayor of Hamilton, in the Canadian province of Ontario from 1976 to 1977. He assumed the position after Victor Copps had a heart attack. He r ...

, politician and novelist (b. 1936 or 1937) ** Bryan Anderson, politician (b. 1942) **

Lucille Starr Lucille Marie Raymonde Savoie (May 13, 1938September 4, 2020), known professionally as Lucille Starr, was a Canadian singer, songwriter, and yodeler originally from Saint Boniface, Manitoba. She was best known for her 1964 hit single, "The Frenc ...

, singer (b. 1938) *September 10 –

Terry Buckle Terrence Owen Buckle (24 August 1940 – 10 September 2020) was a Canadian Anglican bishop. He was Archbishop of Yukon from 1995 to 2010 and Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon from 2005 until 2010, in the Anglican Church of Canada. Ec ...

, Canadian Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Yukon (b. 1940) *September 12 –

Aline Chrétien Aline Chrétien (née Chaîné; May 14, 1936September 12, 2020) was a Canadian academic administrator who was the wife of Canada's 20th prime minister, Jean Chrétien. She previously worked as a secretary, payroll manager, and model. In her l ...

, spouse of former prime minister (b. 1936) *September 17 –

Harvey Hodder Harvey Hodder (1943 – 17 September 2020) was a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador. Hodder was the Progressive Conservative Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for the riding of Waterford Valley (later renamed Mount Pearl North ...

, politician (b. 1943) *September 19 **

Al Langlois Joseph Albert Oliver "Junior" Langlois (November 6, 1934 – September 19, 2020) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League with four teams between 1958 and 1966. Langlois started his NHLcareer with the Montrea ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1934) **

John Turner John Napier Wyndham Turner (June 7, 1929September 19, 2020) was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Canada from June to September 1984. He served as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and leader of t ...

, politician and 17th

Prime Minister of Canada The prime minister of Canada (french: premier ministre du Canada, link=no) is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority the elected Hou ...

(b. 1929) *September 20 –

Marian Packham Marian Aitchison Packham (December 13, 1927 – September 20, 2020) was Professor Emerita in biochemistry at University of Toronto. She researched biochemical and physiological activities of blood platelets. Education Packham studied Bioche ...

, biochemist (b. 1927) *September 21 –

Bob Nevin Robert Frank Nevin (March 18, 1938 – September 21, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right wing who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1957–58 and 1975–76. Career Nevin scored 21 goals as a rookie w ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1938) *September 23 –

Brenda Robertson Brenda Mary Robertson (née Tubb, May 23, 1929 – September 23, 2020) was a Canadian politician who served as Senator. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and the first woman to become a cabinet ministe ...

, politician (b. 1929) *September 25 – George Sayliss, ice hockey player (b. 1931) *September 26 –

Suzanne Tremblay Suzanne Tremblay (; January 24, 1937 – September 26, 2020) was a Canadian politician from Quebec who served as a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2004. Early life Born in Montreal, Tremblay received a Quee ...

, politician (b. 1937) *September 28 – Joyce Echaquan,

Atikamekw The Atikamekw are the Indigenous inhabitants of the subnational country or territory they call ('Our Land'), in the upper Saint-Maurice River valley of Quebec (about north of Montreal), Canada. Their current population is around 8,000. One o ...

woman (b. 1983 or 1982)

October

*October 1 **

Gord Brooks Gordon John Brooks (11 September 1950 – 1 October 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played parts of three seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals. Personal life Br ...

, ice hockey player (b. 1950) **

Glen Despins Glen Despins (April 19, 1964 – October 1, 2020) was a Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan. Despins was a two-time Saskatchewan men's champion, representing his province at the 1996 and 1998 Labatt Briers, Canada's national men's curling c ...

, curler (b. 1964) *October 2 –

Alan Abraham Alan Rockwell Abraham (1 February 1931 – 2 October 2020) was the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Career Abraham, an engineering graduate from Saint Mary's University was involved in federal politics and helped with the organization ...

, politician and

(b. 1931) *October 4 –

Louis Fortier Louis Fortier (25 October 1953 – 4 October 2020) was a biologist and oceanographer from Québec, Canada. Career Fortier studied at the Laval and McGill Universities. He was project manager for the Amundsen Arctic research project, and sci ...

, biologist and oceanographer (b. 1953) *October 8 **

Helmut Giesbrecht Helmut Giesbrecht (February 18, 1943 – October 9, 2020) was an educator and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Skeena in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1991 to 2001 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member. ...

, politician (b. 1943) **

Geoff Peddle Geoffrey Curtis Ralph Peddle (1 January 1963 – 8 October 2020) was the bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador from 2014 to 2020. Early life and family Peddle was born in Bonavista and grew up in Trinity, Lethbridge and W ...

, Canadian Anglican prelate and

Bishop of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador The Anglican Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador is one of seven dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada in the Anglican Church of Canada. As of 2012 the diocese had 50,000 members in 81 congregations organised in 35 parishes. T ...

(b. 1963) *October 10 –

Stanley Schumacher Stanley Stanford Schumacher (12 June 1933 – 10 October 2020) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He was speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and a member of the House of Commons of Canada. Early life Stanley Stanford Schuma ...

, politician (b. 1933) *October 12 –

Ezra Schabas Ezra Schabas, (April 24, 1924 – October 12, 2020) was a Canadian musician, educator and author. He was active in Canada's musical life beginning in 1952, when he emigrated from Cleveland with his family. During his time in Canada, he was a lead ...

, musician and educator (b. 1924) *October 13 **

Dean Bandiera Dean "Dino" Bandiera (1 January 1926 – 13 October 2020) was a Canadian football player who played for the Montreal Alouettes, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders. He was an alumnus of St. Michael's College, Tor ...

, gridiron football player (b. 1926) **

Percy Schmeiser Percy Schmeiser (5 January 193113 October 2020) was a Canadian businessman, farmer, and politician. In 1954, he took over the operations of the family owned farm, gas station, and farm equipment dealership. He renamed the farm equipment dealersh ...

, farmer and politician (b. 1931) *October 14 –

William Keir Carr Lieutenant General William Keir "Bill" Carr, CMM, DFC, OStJ, CD (March 19, 1923 – October 14, 2020) was a Canadian Air Force officer. As the first commander of Air Command, he has been described as the father of the modern Canadian Air Forc ...

, military officer and

Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force The Commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force ( French: ''commandant de l'Aviation royale canadienne'') is the institutional head of the Royal Canadian Air Force. This appointment also includes the title Chief of the Air Force Staff and is based ...

(b. 1923) *October 19 – Louise Renaud, painter and dancer (b. 1922) *October 20 –

James Randi James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge; August 7, 1928 – October 20, 2020) was a Canadian-American stage magician, author and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. Rodrigues 2010p. ...

, magician and skeptic (b. 1928) *October 23 –

R. M. Vaughan Richard Murray Vaughan (March 2, 1965 – October 2020) was a Canadian writer and artist. Biography Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Vaughan graduated from the creative writing program at the University of New Brunswick. He was playwright-in-res ...

, writer (b. 1965) *October 26 **

David Braley David Osborn Braley (31 May 1941 – 26 October 2020) was a Canadian businessman and politician who was the owner of the BC Lions and previously owner of the Toronto Argonauts and Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in ...

, politician (b. 1941) **Peter Cardew, architect (b. 1939) **Jacques Godin, actor (b. 1930) **Joey Moss, dressing room attendant (b. 1963) *October 27 – Don Mazankowski, politician and the 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1935) *October 28 – Robert Wells (Canadian politician), Robert Wells, politician (b. 1933) *October 28 – Margaret Birch, politician (b. 1921) *October 31 – Michel Auger, journalist (b. 1944)

November

*November 2 – Max Ward (aviator), Max Ward, aviator (b. 1921) *November 3 – Anne Covell, sprinter (b. 1950) *November 5 – Robert Peterson (Canadian politician), Robert Peterson, politician (b. 1937) *November 6 **Ray Daviault, baseball player (b. 1934) **Jim Neilson, ice hockey player (b. 1940) *November 8 **Howie Meeker, ice hockey player and sports announcer (b. 1923) **Alex Trebek, host of ''Jeopardy!'' (b. 1940) *November 9 – Lê Dinh, songwriter (b.1934) *November 11 **Michel Mongeau (actor), Michel Mongeau, actor (b. 1946) **Reg Morelli, ice hockey player (b. 1935) **Faye Urban, tennis player (b. 1945) *November 11 – Pierre Mercier (politician), Pierre Mercier, politician (b. 1937) *November 13 – Max Gros-Louis, politician and businessman (b. 1931) *November 16 **Rick Fraser (ice hockey), Rick Fraser, ice hockey player (b. 1954) **David Hemblen, actor (b. 1941) **Bill Morgan (producer), Bill Morgan, producer (b. 1940) *November 18 **Claire Boudreau, genealogist and historian (b. 1965) **Kirby Morrow, actor (b. 1973) *November 20 **Patricia Beatty, choreographer and dancer (b. 1936) **Ken Schinkel, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1932) *November 23 – Christian Mistral, novelist, poet, and songwriter (b. 1964) *November 24 – Fred Sasakamoose, ice hockey player (b. 1933) *November 25 – Marc-André Bédard (politician), Marc-André Bédard, politician (b. 1935) *November 27 – Lou Nistico, ice hockey player (b. 1953)

December

*December 1 – Sol Tolchinsky, basketball player (b. 1929) *December 2 **Jean René Allard, politician (b. 1930) **Pat Patterson (wrestler), Pat Patterson, wrestler (b. 1941) *December 3 **Bill Fitsell, sports journalist and historian (b. 1923) **André Gagnon, composer and conductor (b. 1936) **William King (Canadian politician), William King, politician (b. 1930) *December 4 **Goldie Hershon, activist (b. 1941) **Larry Mavety, ice hockey player (b. 1942) *December 5 – Ron Irwin, politician and diplomat (b. 1936) *December 6 – Neil Armstrong (ice hockey), Neil Armstrong, ice hockey referee (b. 1932) *December 7 **Joseph Arvay, lawyer (b. 1949) **Sheila A. Hellstrom, military officer (b. 1935) *December 10 – Cal Hockley, ice hockey player (b. 1931) *December 12 **Ronald James Baker, academic administrator (b. 1924) **Claude Castonguay, politician and educator (b. 1929) **Alfonso Gagliano, politician (b. 1942) *December 13 **Pierre Lacroix (ice hockey, born 1948), Pierre Lacroix, ice hockey player (b. 1948) **Barry Sonshine, Olympic equestrian (b. 1948) *December 12 – Alpha Boucher, actor (b. 1943) *December 15 **Awesome Again, racehorse (b. 1994) **Jim Gorst, politician (b. 1922) *December 16 – John Martin Crawford, serial killer (b. 1962) *December 17 **Lorraine Monk, photographer (b. 1922) **Bill Sveinson, politician and poker player (b. 1946) *December 18 **Charlie Brooker (ice hockey), Charlie Brooker, ice hockey player (b. 1932) **Joan Dougherty, politician (b. 1927) *December 19 – Leo Panitch, political scientist (b. 1945) *December 23 – Joel Yanofsky, writer (b. 1955) *December 26 – Derek Aucoin, baseball player (b. 1970) *December 27 – Ed Finn, politician and trade unionist, (b. 1926) *December 28 – Wilma Pelly, actress (b. 1937) *December 29 – Elaine McCoy, politician (b. 1946)

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