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Events from the year 1986 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

  • Monarch – Elizabeth II

Federal government

  • Governor General – Jeanne Sauvé
  • Prime Minister – Brian Mulroney
  • Chief Justice – Brian Dickson (Manitoba)
  • Parliament – 33rd

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

  • Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Helen Hunley
  • Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Robert Gordon Rogers
  • Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Pearl McGonigal (until December 11) then George Johnson
  • Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – George Stanley
  • Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – William Anthony Paddon (until September 5) then James McGrath
  • Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alan Abraham
  • Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Lincoln Alexander
  • Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Lloyd MacPhail
  • Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Gilles Lamontagne
  • Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Frederick Johnson

Premiers

  • Premier of Alberta – Don Getty
  • Premier of British Columbia – Bill Bennett (until August 6) then Bill Vander Zalm
  • Premier of Manitoba – Howard Pawley
  • Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
  • Premier of Newfoundland – Brian Peckford
  • Premier of Nova Scotia – John Buchanan
  • Premier of Ontario – David Peterson
  • Premier of Prince Edward Island – James Lee (until May 2) then Joe Ghiz
  • Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa
  • Premier of Saskatchewan – Grant Devine

Territorial governments

Commissioners

  • Commissioner of Yukon – Douglas Bell (until March 27) then John Kenneth McKinnon
  • Commissioner of Northwest Territories – John Havelock Parker

Premiers

  • Premier of the Northwest Territories – Nick Sibbeston
  • Premier of Yukon – Tony Penikett

Events

January to June

  • January 22 – An investigation determines that a bomb caused the crash of Air India flight 182.
  • January 31 – The Canadian dollar hits an all-time low of 70.2 U.S. cents on international money markets.
  • February 8 – Hinton train collision: 23 people are killed when the Super Continental passenger train collides with a Canadian National Railway freight train near Hinton, Alberta.
  • April 4 – Port Simpson, British Columbia, is renamed to Lax Kwʼalaams.
  • May 1 – Shirley Carr becomes the first female head of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
  • May 2
  • Joe Ghiz becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing James Lee.
  • The 1986 World Exposition (Expo 86) in Vancouver opens.
  • May 8 – Alberta election: The PCs, led by Don Getty, win a fifth consecutive majority, but a smaller majority than before.
  • May 9 – Roger Coles resigns as leader of Yukon Liberal Party and MLA for Tatchun after being arrested and charged with selling cocaine to an undercover police officer.
  • May 25 – In Vancouver an attempt is made to assassinate Malkiat Singh Sidhu, a cabinet minister in the Indian state of Punjab.
  • June 14 – An accident involving the Mindbender roller coaster at West Edmonton Mall kills three people and seriously injures a fourth.
  • June 19 – The new Competition Act comes into force.
  • June 20 – Jean Drapeau resigns as mayor of Montreal.

July to December

  • August 5 – Canada adopts sanctions against South Africa for its apartheid policies
  • August 6 – Bill Vander Zalm becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Bill Bennett
  • August 11 – Tamil refugees are found drifting off the coast of Newfoundland
  • September 16 – Elizabeth II augments the coat of arms of Saskatchewan with a crest and supporters
  • September 30 – MPs elect the speaker by secret ballot for the first time.
  • October 6 – Canada receives a United Nations award for sheltering refugees
  • October 20 – Saskatchewan election: Grant Devine's PCs win a second consecutive majority
  • November 13 – The announcement that the film producer Claude Jutra was reported missing for over one week. He had started to suffer the first symptoms of the Alzheimer's disease.
  • December 8 – The University of Toronto's John C. Polanyi shares the Nobel Prize for chemistry for the development of the chemical laser.

Full date unknown

  • Negotiators begin work on what would eventually be the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement
  • The birds series of Canadian banknotes is released
  • Supreme Court rules on the RWDSU v. Dolphin Delivery Ltd. case
  • Conrad Black buys The Daily Telegraph
  • Dinosaur fossils are found near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia

Arts and literature

New works

  • Margaret Atwood - Freeforall
  • W.P. Kinsella - The Fence Post Chronicles
  • Robert Munsch - Love You Forever
  • Alice Munro - The Progress of Love
  • Antonine Maillet - Garrochés en paradis
  • Hugh Hood - The Motor Boys in Ottawa
  • William Gibson - Count Zero

Awards

  • See 1986 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
  • Books in Canada First Novel Award: Wayne Johnston, The Story of Bobby O'Mally
  • Gerald Lampert Award: Joan Fern Shaw, Raspberry Vinegar
  • Marian Engel Award: Alice Munro
  • Pat Lowther Award: Erín Moure, Domestic Fuel
  • Stephen Leacock Award: Joey Slinger, No Axe too Small to Grind
  • Vicky Metcalf Award: Dennis Lee

New music

  • Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan
  • Neil Young - Landing on Water

New movies

  • James Cameron's Aliens is released
  • David Cronenberg's The Fly
  • Denys Arcand's The Decline of the American Empire

Sport

  • March 15 – In an international women's field hockey match at Wembley Stadium (England) Canada beats England 3 – 1.
  • May 17 – The Guelph Platers win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Hull Olympiques 6 to 2.
  • May 24 – The Montreal Canadiens win their 23rd Stanley Cup by defeating the Calgary Flames. The deciding Game 5 is played at Olympic Saddledome in Calgary
  • June 1 – Canada participates in the FIFA World Cup for the first time. They would not come back to a World Cup until 2022.
  • November 22 – The UBC Thunderbirds win their second championship by defeating the Western Ontario Mustangs by a score of 25–23.
  • November 30 – Hamilton Tiger-Cats win their 7th Grey Cup by defeating the Edmonton Eskimos 39 to 15 in the 74th Grey Cup played at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver

Unknown date

  • The Canadian Amateur Football Association is renamed Football Canada.
  • Montreal Concordes are re-branded as the "new" Montreal Allouettes

Births

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  • January 8 – Jaclyn Linetsky, actress (d. 2003)
  • January 13 - Joannie Rochette, figure skater
  • January 20 – Krystina Alogbo, water polo player
  • January 26 -
  • Taylor Wilde, wrestler
  • Johnny Griffin, voice actor
  • February 13 – Matthew Hawes, swimmer
  • February 19 – Jayde Nicole, model
  • February 26 - Jeff Berg voice actor
  • March 26 -
  • Jonny Craig, american singer
  • Carol-Anne Day, voice actor
  • April 4 – Cam Barker, ice hockey defenceman
  • April 8 - Jevohn Shepherd, basketball player
  • April 21 – Kevin Graham, water polo player
  • April 23 - Jessica Stam, model
  • April 28 – Brandon Jung, water polo player
  • May 6 - Tyler Hynes, actor and filmmaker
  • May 12 – Emily VanCamp, actress
  • May 31 – Melissa McIntyre, actress
  • June 5 – Amanda Crew, actress
  • June 9 - Adamo Ruggiero, actor
  • June 17 - Marie Avgeropoulos, Greek actress and model
  • June 18 – Meaghan Rath, actress
  • June 28 - Shadia Simmons, actress
  • July 15 - Mishael Morgan, actress
  • July 16 – Dustin Boyd, ice hockey player
  • July 18 - Brando Eaton, actor
  • July 19 – Jinder Mahal, pro wrestler
  • July 24 - Megan Park, actress and singer
  • July 28 - Nolan Gerard Funk, actor and singer
  • July 31 - Sean Eldrige, born American political and gay activist
  • August 6 - Bryan Young (ice hockey), south korean ice hockey player
  • August 16 – Sarah Pavan, volleyball player
  • August 19 – Marie-Christine Schmidt, canoeist
  • August 20 – Linus Sebastian, youtuber
  • August 29 – Lauren Collins, actress
  • September 8 – Leah LaBelle, singer (d. 2018)
  • September 19 – Carrie Finlay, voice actor
  • October 6 - Luisa D'Oliveira, actress
  • October 24 – Drake, Canadian-American actor and rapper
  • October 29 - Italia Ricci, actress
  • November 4 – Alexz Johnson, singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist
  • November 5 – Heather Purnell, artistic gymnast
  • November 8 – Kaniehtiio Horn, actress
  • November 16 – Will Stanhope, rock climber (b. 2026)
  • December 7 – Corey Vidal, online video content provider and digital media consultant
  • December 11 - Alex House, actor
  • December 12 – Marie-Pier Beaudet, archer
  • December 16 – Scott Tupper, field hockey player
  • December 19 – Annie Murphy, actress

Deaths

January to June

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  • January 4 - Wilbur R. Franks, scientist and inventor (b. 1901)
  • January 26 - Norman MacKenzie, author, lawyer, professor and Senator (b. 1894)
  • February 23 - Louis-Philippe Pigeon, judge of the Supreme Court of Canada (b. 1905)
  • February 24 - Tommy Douglas, politician and Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
  • February 27 - Jacques Plante, ice hockey player (b. 1929)
  • March 4 - Richard Manuel, composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist (b. 1943)
  • March 4 - Elizabeth Smart, poet and novelist (b. 1913)
  • June 13 - Wilfrid Eggleston, journalist and chief censor for Canada from 1942 until 1944 (b. 1901)

July to December

  • July 25 - Alison Parrott, murder victim (b. 1974)
  • August 20 - Milton Acorn, poet, writer and playwright (b. 1923)
  • September 28 – Howard Graham, army officer, Chief of the General Staff (b. 1898)
  • October 11 – Barker Fairley, painter (b. 1887 in the United Kingdom)
  • October 26 – John Henry Cates, businessman and political figure (b. 1896)
  • November 5 - Claude Jutra, actor, film director and writer (b. 1930)
  • November 8 - King Clancy, ice hockey player (b. 1903)
  • November 19 - Don Jamieson, politician, diplomat and broadcaster (b. 1921)
  • December 24 – John Damien, racing steward whose 1975 dismissal from his job for being gay ultimately led to the inclusion of sexual orientation in the Ontario Human Rights Code in 1986
  • December 31 - Donald Fleming, politician, International Monetary Fund official and lawyer (b. 1905)

See also

  • 1986 in Canadian television
  • List of Canadian films of 1986

References