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Events from the year '''2000 in Canada'''.

==Incumbents==
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[[List of population of Canada by years|Estimated Canadian population]]: 30,790,834

=== Crown ===
* [[List of Canadian monarchs|Monarch]] – [[Elizabeth II]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Queen Elizabeth II {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/queen-elizabeth-ii |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref>

=== Federal government ===
* [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] &ndash; [[Adrienne Clarkson]]{{cn|date=September 2023}} 
* [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] &ndash; [[Jean Chrétien]]{{cn|date=September 2023}}
* [[Chief Justice of Canada|Chief Justice]] &ndash; [[Antonio Lamer]] ([[Quebec]]) (until January 6){{cn|date=September 2023}} then [[Beverley McLachlin]] ([[British Columbia]]){{cn|date=September 2023}}
* [[Parliament of Canada|Parliament]] &ndash; [[36th Canadian Parliament|36th]] (until October 22){{cn|date=September 2023}}

=== Provincial governments ===
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==== Lieutenant governors ====
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Alberta]] &ndash; [[Bud Olson]] (until February 10) then [[Lois Hole]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia]] &ndash; [[Garde Gardom]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba]] &ndash; [[Peter Liba]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick]] &ndash; [[Marilyn Trenholme Counsell]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland]] &ndash; [[Arthur Maxwell House]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] &ndash; [[James Kinley]] (until May 17) then [[Myra Freeman]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Ontario]] &ndash; [[Hillary Weston]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] &ndash; [[Gilbert Clements]]
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] &ndash; [[Lise Thibault]] 
*[[Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan]] &ndash; [[Jack Wiebe]] (until February 21) then [[Lynda Haverstock]]

==== Premiers ====
*[[Premier of Alberta]] &ndash; [[Ralph Klein]] 
*[[Premier of British Columbia]] &ndash; [[Dan Miller (Canadian politician)|Dan Miller]] (until February 24) then [[Ujjal Dosanjh]]
*[[Premier of Manitoba]] &ndash; [[Gary Doer]] 
*[[Premier of New Brunswick]] &ndash; [[Bernard Lord]] 
*[[Premier of Newfoundland]] &ndash; [[Brian Tobin]] (until October 16) then [[Beaton Tulk]] 
*[[Premier of Nova Scotia]] &ndash; [[John Hamm]]
*[[Premier of Ontario]] &ndash; [[Mike Harris]] 
*[[Premier of Prince Edward Island]] &ndash; [[Pat Binns]] 
*[[Premier of Quebec]] &ndash; [[Lucien Bouchard]]
*[[Premier of Saskatchewan]] &ndash; [[Roy Romanow]]

=== Territorial governments ===
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==== Commissioners ====
* [[Commissioner of Yukon]] &ndash; [[Judy Gingell]] (until October 1) then [[Jack Cable (politician)|Jack Cable]] 
* [[Commissioner of Northwest Territories]] &ndash; [[Daniel Joseph Marion]] (until March 31) then [[Glenna Hansen]] 
* [[Commissioner of Nunavut]] &ndash; [[Helen Maksagak]] (until April 1) then [[Peter Irniq]]

==== Premiers ====
*[[Premier of the Northwest Territories]] &ndash; [[Jim Antoine]] (until January 17) then [[Stephen Kakfwi]]
*[[Premier of Nunavut]] &ndash; [[Paul Okalik]] 
*[[Premier of Yukon]] &ndash; [[Piers McDonald]] (until May 6) then [[Pat Duncan]]

==Events==
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===January to June===
*[[January 1]] &ndash; The magnitude 5.2 [[2000 Kipawa earthquake|Kipawa earthquake]] occurs in [[Ontario]] and [[Quebec]].
*[[January 7]] &ndash; [[Beverley Mclachlin]] is sworn in as the 17th [[chief justice of Canada]], and first woman to be appointed to that role.
*[[January 15]] &ndash; [[CTV News Channel (Canada)|CTV News Channel]] mistakenly airs tape of [[Avery Haines]] flubbing a line and joking about it in terms many viewers find offensive.
*[[January 19]]
** [[Stephen Kakfwi]] becomes [[premier of the Northwest Territories]], replacing [[James Antoine]].
** [[HRDC]] scandal hits the public as a result of an internal audit.
*[[February 7]] &ndash; [[Rogers Communications]] buys Quebec's [[Vidéotron]].
*[[February 15]] &ndash; [[Thomson Corp]] sells all its newspaper holdings other than ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''.
*[[February 24]] &ndash; [[Ujjal Dosanjh]] becomes [[premier of British Columbia]], replacing [[Dan Miller (Canadian politician)|Dan Miller]].
*[[March 15]] &ndash; The House of Commons passes the ''[[Clarity Act]]'' outlining conditions for another Quebec separation referendum.
*[[March 25]] &ndash; The [[Reform Party of Canada]] is dissolved and replaced with the [[Canadian Alliance]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introduction of Mr. Preston Manning |url=https://www.stfx.ca/department/political-science/introduction-mr-preston-manning |access-date=7 April 2024 |website=St. Francis Xavier University}}</ref>
*[[April 19]] &ndash; [[Wiebo Ludwig]] is found guilty of a 1998 oil well bombing.
*[[May 6]] &ndash; [[Pat Duncan]] becomes premier of Yukon, replacing [[Piers McDonald]].
*[[May 11]] 
** Effective date of the first modern-day treaty between a First Nation and Canada: the [[Nisga'a Final Agreement]].<ref name="nisga-a-lisims_2000">{{cite web |date=nd |title=Nisga'a Lisims Government |url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/natural-resource-stewardship/consulting-with-first-nations/first-nations-negotiations/first-nations-a-z-listing/nisga-a-lisims-government |access-date=24 October 2017 |work=Government of British Columbia}}</ref>
** The [[Alberta legislature]] passes a bill allowing the private sector to play a larger role in health care.
*[[May 12]] &ndash; The [[Bank of Canada]] withdraws the [[Banknotes of the Canadian dollar|$1,000 bill]] from circulation to fight against [[money laundering]] and [[organized crime]].
*[[May 24]] &ndash; [[Walkerton E. coli outbreak|''E. coli'' outbreak in Walkerton, Ontario]]. It will eventually kill nine people.
*[[May 25]] &ndash; The remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier killed in France in [[World War I]] are brought back to Canada and buried in the [[Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Canada)|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]] in [[Ottawa]].
*[[June 17]] &ndash; [[Seagram]] announces plans to merge with France's [[Vivendi]].
*[[June 29]] &ndash; Canada passes the ''[[Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act]]'', which extends full benefits and obligations to persons in homosexual relationships, excluding the right to marry.

===July to December===
*[[July 8]] &ndash; [[Stockwell Day]] is elected the first leader of the [[Canadian Alliance]] party.
*[[July 12]] &ndash; [[Matthew Coon Come]] is elected leader of the [[Assembly of First Nations]].
*[[July 14]] &ndash; A [[tornado]] near [[Pine Lake, Alberta]], kills eleven people.
*[[July 31]] &ndash; [[Conrad Black|Conrad Black's]] [[Hollinger Inc.|Hollinger]] sells almost all its Canadian newspaper holdings to [[Izzy Asper|Izzy Asper's]] [[CanWest]].
*August &ndash; The [[Cannabis legalization in Canada|prohibition of marijuana]] is ruled illegal by an Ontario court.
*[[August 15]] &ndash; [[Michael Cowpland]] resigns as CEO of [[Corel]].
*[[August 26]] &ndash; [[Liberal Party of Canada sponsorship scandal|Sponsorship scandal]]: [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|Minister of Public Works]] [[Alfonso Gagliano]] is criticized for giving contracts to a firm that employs his son.
*[[September 9]] &ndash; [[Star Ray TV]], a [[pirate television]] station in [[Toronto]], begins broadcasting.
*[[September 26]] &ndash; Long-serving Saskatchewan Premier [[Roy Romanow]] announces his plans to retire.
*[[September 28]] to October 3 &ndash; [[Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau]], former prime minister.
*[[October 16]] &ndash; [[Beaton Tulk]] becomes [[premier of Newfoundland]], replacing [[Brian Tobin]].
*[[October 27]] &ndash; The [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] arrest [[Ripudaman Singh Malik]] and [[Ajaib Singh Bagri]] in connection with the bombing of [[Air India Flight 182]].
*[[November 21]] &ndash; Launch of ''[[Anik F1]]'' Canada's most powerful [[communications satellite]] to date.
*[[November 27]] &ndash; In the [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000 Canadian election]] [[Jean Chrétien|Jean Chrétien's]] [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberals]] increase their majority in the House of Commons.
*[[November 30]] &ndash; [[Marc Garneau]] returns to space for a third time.
*December &ndash; The federal government opens a [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] growing operation in an abandoned mine in [[Manitoba]].

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==Arts and literature==
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===New works===

*''[[The Blind Assassin]]'': [[Margaret Atwood]]
*''Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond'': [[Michael Ignatieff]]
*''Star-Spangled Canadians'': [[Jeffrey Simpson]]
*''[[Island (short story collection)|Island]]'': [[Alistair MacLeod]]
*''The Farfarers, Before the Norse'': [[Farley Mowat]]
*''[[No Logo]]'': [[Naomi Klein]]
*''[[City of Glass (Douglas Coupland book)|City of Glass]]'': [[Douglas Coupland]]
*''Before You're a Stranger'': [[Raymond Fraser]]

===Plays===
*''Elizabeth Rex'' &ndash; [[Timothy Findley]]

===Literary awards===
*[[Margaret Atwood]] wins the [[Booker Prize]] for ''[[The Blind Assassin]]''
*[[Michael Ondaatje]] wins the [[Prix Médicis]] for ''Anil's Ghost''
*[[Giller Prize|Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction]]: [[Michael Ondaatje]]: ''Anil's Ghost'' and [[David Adams Richards]]: ''Mercy Among the Children''
*See [[2000 Governor General's Awards]] for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
*[[Nega Mezlekia]]'s non-fiction win for ''Notes from the Hyena's Belly'' becomes a subject of controversy when poet [[Anne Stone (writer)|Anne Stone]] alleges that she [[ghostwriting|ghostwrote]] the majority of the book. Stone was subsequently sued for defamation by Mezlekia, who stated that Stone's role in the book's publication was strictly that of a [[copy editor]].
*[[Books in Canada First Novel Award]]: [[Arthur Black (humorist)|Arthur Black]], ''Black Tie and Tales''
*[[Gerald Lampert Award]]: [[Shawna Lemay]], ''All the God-Sized Fruit''
*[[Griffin Poetry Prize]]: [[Margaret Avison]], ''Concrete and Wild Carrot''
*[[Marian Engel Award]]: [[Anita Rau Badami]]
*[[Norma Fleck Award]]: [[Simon Tookoome]] and [[Sheldon Oberman]], ''The Shaman's Nephew: A Life in the Far North''
*[[Pat Lowther Award]]: [[Esta Spalding]], ''Lost August''
*[[Stephen Leacock Award]]: [[Arthur Black (humorist)|Arthur Black]], ''Black Tie and Tales''
*[[Trillium Book Award]] English: [[Don Coles]], ''Kurgan''
*[[Trillium Book Award]] French: [[Didier Leclair]], ''Toronto, je t'aime''
*[[Vicky Metcalf Award]]: [[Sheree Fitch]]

===Television===
{{Main|2000 in Canadian television}}
*''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Canadian Edition]]'' shows for two episodes

===Music===
*[[Barenaked Ladies]], ''[[Maroon (Barenaked Ladies album)|Maroon]]''
*[[Nelly Furtado]], ''[[Whoa, Nelly!]]''
*[[Sarah Harmer]], ''[[You Were Here]]''
*[[King Cobb Steelie]], ''[[Mayday (King Cobb Steelie album)|Mayday]]''
*[[The Tragically Hip]], ''[[Music at Work]]''
*[[The Weakerthans]], ''[[Left and Leaving]]''

==Sport==
*May 28 &ndash; [[Rimouski Océanic]] wins their first [[Memorial Cup]] by defeating the [[Barrie Colts]] 6 to 2. The entire tournament is played at [[Halifax Metro Centre]] in [[Halifax Urban Area|Halifax, Nova Scotia]]
*June 10 &ndash; [[Kitchener, Ontario]]'s [[Scott Stevens]] of the [[New Jersey Devils]] is awarded the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]]
*November 26 &ndash; [[BC Lions]] win their fourth [[Grey Cup]] by defeating the [[Montreal Alouettes]] 28 to 26 in the [[88th Grey Cup]] played at [[McMahon Stadium]] in [[Calgary]]. [[Vancouver]]'s [[Sean Millington]] is awarded the game's [[Dick Suderman Trophy|Most Valuable Canadian]]
*December 2 &ndash; [[Ottawa Gee-Gees]] win their second [[Vanier Cup]] by defeating the [[Regina Rams]] 42 to 39 in the [[36th Vanier Cup]] played at [[Skydome]] in Toronto

==Births==
[[File:Sophie Nélisse on Dulce Osuna.jpg|thumb|133x133px|[[Sophie Nélisse]]]]
[[File:Alphonso Davies 2018.jpg|thumb|133x133px|[[Alphonso Davies]]]]
*February &ndash; [[Erika Nordby]] 
*[[February 8]] &ndash; [[Chase Wouters]], ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chase Wouters - Stats, Contract, Salary & More |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/282350/chase-wouters |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=www.eliteprospects.com |language=en}}</ref>
*[[February 23]] &ndash; [[Christian Martyn]], actor<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3299784/?ref_=tt_cl_t15 Christian Martyn]</ref>
*[[February 25]] &ndash; [[Chris Benoit double-murder and suicide#Murder of Daniel Benoit|Daniel Benoit]], [[Canadian Americans|Canadian-American]] son of [[Chris Benoit]] (died [[2007 in professional wrestling|2007]])
*[[March 27]] &ndash; [[Sophie Nélisse]], actress
*[[May 18]] &ndash; [[Addison Holley]], actress<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=TheEmmys|author=NATAS|author-link=National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|number=732979066027057155 |date=May 18, 2016|title=Happy Birthday to 2016 #DaytimeEmmys Award nominated, @Addison_Holley! #Annedroids #LittleCharmers|retweet=Addison Holley}}</ref>
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Evan Bird]], actor
* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Leah John]], golfer
*[[June 13]] &ndash; [[Penny Oleksiak]], swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Penny Oleksiak Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ol/penny-oleksiak-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090225/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ol/penny-oleksiak-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=14 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[RJ Barrett]], Canadian basketball player
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Bianca Andreescu]], Canadian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325088/bianca-andreescu |title=Bianca Andreescu |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]}}</ref>
*[[July 15]] &ndash; [[Murder of Tori Stafford|Victoria Stafford]], murder victim (died [[2009 in Canada|2009]])
*[[July 17]] &ndash; [[Maria Aragon]], singer
* [[August 8]] &ndash; [[Félix Auger-Aliassime]], tennis player
*[[August 26]] &ndash; [[Noah Ryan Scott]], actor
*[[September 1]] &ndash; [[Jacob Ewaniuk]], actor
* [[November 2]] &ndash; [[Alphonso Davies]], football player
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Megan Roberts]], artistic gymnast
* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Twomad]], Youtuber (died [[2024 in Canada|2024]])

== Deaths ==

===January to March===
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[[File:Maurice richard profile.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Maurice Richard]] died [[May 27]]]]
*[[January 15]] &ndash; [[Georges-Henri Lévesque]], [[Dominican Order|Dominican]] priest and sociologist (b. [[1903 in Canada|1903]])
*[[January 22]] &ndash; [[Anne Hébert]], author and poet (b. [[1916 in Canada|1916]])
*[[January 26]] &ndash; [[A. E. van Vogt]], science fiction author (b. [[1912 in Canada|1912]])
*[[February 5]] &ndash; [[Barbara Pentland]], composer (b. [[1912 in Canada|1912]])
*[[February 7]]
**[[Sid Abel]], ice hockey player and coach (b. [[1918 in Canada|1918]])
**[[Doug Henning]], magician, illusionist and escape artist (b. [[1947 in Canada|1947]])
**[[Wilfred Cantwell Smith]], professor of comparative religion (b. [[1916 in Canada|1916]])
*[[February 11]] &ndash; [[Wilfred Sénéchal]], lawyer, a decorated [[World War II]] soldier, and politician (b. [[1918 in Canada|1918]])
*[[February 18]] &ndash; [[Sheldon Turcott]], journalist (b. [[1936 in Canada|1936]])
*[[February 21]] &ndash; [[Violet Archer]], composer, teacher, pianist, organist and percussionist (b. [[1913 in Canada|1913]])
*[[March 3]] &ndash; [[Sandra Schmirler]], curler, Olympic gold medallist and World Champion (b. [[1962 in Canada|1962]])
*[[March 5]] &ndash; [[Daniel Yanofsky]], chess player, Canada's first chess grandmaster (b. [[1925 in Canada|1925]])
*[[March 6]] &ndash; [[John Colicos]], actor (b. [[1928 in Canada|1928]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/mar/08/guardianobituaries3 |title=John Colicos |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=March 7, 2000 |access-date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>
*[[March 9]] &ndash; [[Jean Coulthard]], composer and academic (b. [[1908 in Canada|1908]])
*[[March 16]] &ndash; [[Michael Starr (politician)|Michael Starr]], politician and first [[Canadian cabinet]] minister of [[Ukrainian Canadian|Ukrainian]] descent (b. [[1910 in Canada|1910]])
*[[March 20]] &ndash; [[Gene Eugene]], actor, record producer, engineer, composer and musician (b. [[1961 in Canada|1961]])

===April to June===
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*[[April 23]] &ndash; [[Al Purdy]], poet (b. [[1918 in Canada|1918]])
*[[May 22]] &ndash; [[Davie Fulton]], politician and judge (b. [[1916 in Canada|1916]])
*[[May 27]] &ndash; [[Maurice Richard]], ice hockey player (b. [[1921 in Canada|1921]])
*[[June 21]] &ndash; [[Claude Bissell]], author and educator (b. [[1916 in Canada|1916]])

===July to December===
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[[Image:Pierre Trudeau.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Pierre Trudeau]] died [[September 28]]]]
*[[July 12]] &ndash; [[Charles Merritt]], recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]] and Member of Parliament (b. [[1908 in Canada|1908]])
*[[July 21]] &ndash; [[Frank Miller (Canadian politician)|Frank Miller]], politician and 19th [[Premier of Ontario]] (b. [[1927 in Canada|1927]])
*[[August 1]] &ndash; [[Hugh Hood]], novelist, short story writer, essayist and university professor (b. [[1928 in Canada|1928]])
*[[September 10]] &ndash; [[Ben Wicks]], cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author (b. [[1926 in Canada|1926]])
*[[September 21]] &ndash; [[Jacques Flynn]], politician and Senator (b. [[1915 in Canada|1915]])
*[[September 24]] &ndash; [[Marcel Lambert]], politician and [[Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada]] (b. [[1919 in Canada|1919]])
*[[September 28]] &ndash; [[Pierre Trudeau]], politician and 15th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (b. [[1919 in Canada|1919]])
*[[September 29]] &ndash; [[Myles Ferguson]], actor (b. [[1981 in Canada|1981]])
*[[October 4]] &ndash; [[Michael Smith (chemist)|Michael Smith]], biochemist, 1993 [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] laureate (b. [[1932 in Canada|1932]])
*[[October 27]] &ndash; [[Tim Ralfe]], journalist (b. [[1938 in Canada|1938]])

==See also==
* [[2000 in Canadian television]]
* [[List of Canadian films of 2000]]

==References==
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