1969 in Canada

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Events from the year 1969 in Canada.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Elizabeth II
• Governor General - Roland Michener
• Prime Minister - Pierre Trudeau
• Premier of Alberta - Harry Strom
• Premier of British Columbia - W.A.C. Bennett
• Premier of Manitoba - Walter Weir then Edward Schreyer
• Premier of New Brunswick - Louis Robichaud
• Premier of Newfoundland - Joey Smallwood
• Premier of Nova Scotia - George Smith
• Premier of Ontario - John Robarts
• Premier of Prince Edward Island - Alexander B. Campbell
• Premier of Quebec - Jean-Jacques Bertrand
• Premier of Saskatchewan - W. Ross Thatcher

Events

The National Arts Centre opened in Ottawa on June 2

• January 29 - February 11 - The Sir George Williams Computer Riot occurs as students occupy the computer centre of Sir George Williams University to protest alleged racism on campus
• February 13 - FLQ terrorists bomb the Montreal Stock Exchange
• February 19 - An 18 month long strike by Quebec teachers comes to an end
• March 7 - Pierre-Paul Geoffroy pleads guilty to charges connected to 31 FLQ bombings
• May 2 - Telesat Canada formed
• June 2 - The National Arts Centre in Ottawa opens
• July 7 - The Official Languages Act makes French and English equal throughout the Canadian government
• July 15 - Edward Schreyer becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Walter Weir
• August 24 - The oil tanker Manhattan becomes the first such ship to travel through the Northwest Passage
• Homosexuality is decriminalized

Arts and literature

New works

• Margaret Atwood - The Edible Woman
• Timothy Findley - The Butterfly Plague
• Robert Kroetsch - The Studhorse Man
• Mordecai Richler - The Street
• Milton Acorn - I've Tasted My Blood
• Farley Mowat - The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
• Gilles Archambault - Le tendre matin
• Marshall McLuhan - Counterblast

Awards

• See 1969 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Stephen Leacock Award: Stuart Trueman, You're Only as Old as You Act
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Audrey McKim

Music

• Karel Ančerl replaces Seiji Ozawa as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Sport

• April 14 - The Montreal Expos baseball team plays their first home game.

Births

January to March

• January 3 - Tom Petryshen, wrestler
• January 11 - Andrew Griffiths, field hockey player
• January 23 - Brendan Shanahan, ice hockey player
• February 16 - Claude Lambert, boxer
• February 22 - Kathy Tough, volleyball player

April to June

• April 3 - Lance Storm, wrestler
• April 7 - Gary Anderson, swimmer
• May 6 - Raymond Brown, swimmer

Joe Sakic

• May 15 - Mark Jackson, hurdler
• May 16 - Yannick Bisson, actor (Murdoch Mysteries)
• May 19
  • Dan Lee, animator (d.2005)
  • Rochelle Low, field hockey player
• May 28 - Rob Ford, politician and 64th and current Mayor of Toronto
• June 12 - Kelvin Goertzen, politician

July to September

• July 7 - Joe Sakic, ice hockey player
• July 7 - Cree Summer, actress, musician and voice actress
• July 13 - Ewan Beaton, judoka
• July 16 - Turlough O'Hare, swimmer
• July 17 - Tom Glesby, boxer
• July 17 - Laurelee Kopeck, field hockey player
• July 23 - Andrew Cassels, ice hockey player
• July 24 - Rick Fox, basketball player and actor
• August 6 - Kristyn Dunnion, writer and performance artist
• August 15 - Mark Heese, beach volleyball player and Olympic bronze medalist
• August 19 - Matthew Perry, actor
• August 23 - Hari Kant, field hockey player
• August 28 - Pierre Turgeon, ice hockey player

Rick Mercer, September 2007

• September 16 - Andy Borodow, wrestler
• September 23 - Donald Audette, ice hockey player

October to December

• October 6 - Jeffrey Lay, rower and Olympic silver medalist
• October 8 - Dylan Neal, actor
• October 17 - Rick Mercer, comedian, television personality and political satirist
• November 1 - Tie Domi, ice hockey player
• November 7 - Tanya Dubnicoff, track cyclist
• November 15 - Helen Kelesi, tennis player
• December 4 - Jacques Landry, cyclist
• December 10 - Rob Blake, ice hockey player
• December 12 - Iain Sydie, badminton player
• December 12 - Debra Wurzburger, swimmer
• December 15 - Chantal Petitclerc, wheelchair racer and multiple Paralympic gold medalist
• December 22 - Myriam Bédard, biathlete and double Olympic gold medalist
• December 30 - Shane McConkey, extreme skier and base jumper (d.2009)

Deaths

January to June

• January 31 - Gail Miller, murder victim (b. circa 1948)
• February 27 - Marius Barbeau, ethnographer and folklorist (b.1883)
• March 18 - John Bracken, politician and 11th Premier of Manitoba (b.1883)
• March 23 - Arthur Lismer, painter and member of the Group of Seven (b.1885)
• June 16 - Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, military commander and Governor General of Canada (b.1891)

July to December

• September 8 - Frederick Varley, artist and member of the Group of Seven (b.1881)
• September 12 - Charles Foulkes, general and first Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff (b.1903)
• October 10 - Robert Winters, politician and businessman (b.1910)
• November 3 - Parr, artist (b.1893)
• November 11 - John Sissons, barrister, author, judge and politician (b.1892)
• November 14 - Bobbie Rosenfeld, athlete and Olympic gold medalist (b.1904)

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