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Incumbents

• Monarch - Queen 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

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

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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

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Births

• January 10 — Guylaine Cloutier, breaststroke swimmer
• January 11 — Andrew Griffiths, field hockey player
• January 29 — Brendan Shanahan, ice hockey player
• February 16 — Claude Lambert, boxer
• April 3 — Lance Evers, wrestler
• April 7 — Gary Anderson, medley swimmer
• May 6 — Raymond Brown, backstroke swimmer
• May 19 — Rochelle Low, field hockey player
• June 12 — Kelvin Goertzen, politician
• July 7 — Joe Sakic, ice hockey player
• July 7 — Cree Summer, actor
• July 16 — Turlough O'Hare, freestyle swimmer
• July 17 — Laurelee Kopeck, field hockey defender
• July 23 — Andrew Cassels, ice hockey player
• July 24 — Rick Fox, basketball player
• August 15 — Mark Heese, beach volleyball player
• August 19 — Matthew Perry, actor
• August 23 — Hari Kant, field hockey goalkeeper
• August 28 — Pierre Turgeon, ice hockey player
• September 23 — Donald Audette, ice hockey player
• October 8 — Dylan Neal, actor
• October 17 — Rick Mercer, comedian
• 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 — Debra Wurzburger, freestyle swimmer
• December 12 — Iain Sydie, badminton player
• December 15 — Chantal Petitclerc, wheelchair athlete
• December 22 — Myriam Bédard, biathlete

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Claude Lambert (born February 16, 1969 in Montréal, Quebec) is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed in the bantamweight (< 54 kg) division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... Lance Timothy Evers, also known as Lance Storm (born April 3, 1969 in Sarnia, Ontario), is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. ... April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Gary Anderson (born April 7, 1969 in Montréal, Quebec) is a former international medley swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (127th in leap years). ... Raymond Brown (born May 6, 1969 in Cambridge, Ontario) is a former backstroke swimmer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Image:RochelleLow. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kelvin Goertzen (born June 12, 1969) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... Joseph Steve Sakic (born July 7, 1969 in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a professional ice hockey center who has played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise. ... Cree Summer Cree Summer, or Cree Summer Francks (born July 7, 1969) is a Canadian-American actress, musician, and Emmy Award nominated voice actress. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... Turlough OHare (born July 16, 1969 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed in two Summer Olympics for his native country: in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea and four years later, in Barcelona. ... July 17 is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Laurelee Kopeck (born July 17, 1969 in Nelson, British Columbia) is a former field hockey defender from Canada, who earned a total number of 163 international caps for the Canadian National Team during her career. ... July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 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Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is a Canadian/American Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor who is best known for his role as Chandler Bing in the American television sitcom Friends, a part he played for 10 years. ... August 23 is the 235th day of the year (236th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Hari Kant (born on August 23, 1969 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from Canada, who started to play in the 1981 Ontario Summer Games, at age eleven, when opportunity to travel provided ample incentive to participate. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Pierre Turgeon (born 28 August 1969 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey player who plays for the National Hockey Leagues Colorado Avalanche. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... Donald Audette (born September 23, 1969 in Laval, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey forward in the National Hockey League. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (282nd in leap years). ... Dylan Neal (born October 8, 1969) is a Canadian actor best known as Doug Witter on the American television drama Dawsons Creek, which ran from 1998 to 2003. ... October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Vincent (Rick) Mercer (born October 17, 1969 in St. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... Tahir Tie Domi (born November 1, 1969 in Windsor, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... Tanya Dubnicoff (born November 7, 1969 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a retired track cyclist from Canada, who won a total number of four gold medals at the Pan American Games during her career. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Helen Kelesi (born November 15, 1969 in Victoria, BC) is a former tour professional tennis player. ... December 4th redirects here. ... Jacques Landry (born December 4, 1969 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a retired cyclist from Canada, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... Robert Bowlby Rob Blake (born December 10, 1969, in Simcoe, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey defenseman in the NHL, playing for the Los Angeles Kings. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ... Debra (Debby) Joanne Wurzburger (born December 12, 1969 in Burlington, Ontario) is a former international freestyle swimmer from Canada, who competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. ... Iain Sydie (born December 12, 1969 in North York, Ontario) is a badminton player from Canada, who won the silver medal in the inaugural mens singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Chantal Petitclerc (born December 15, 1969 in Quebec, Quebec) is a Canadian wheelchair athlete. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Myriam Bédard (born December 22, 1969) is a Canadian biathlete (retired), winner of two Olympic gold medals. ...

Deaths

• March 18 - John Bracken, Premier of Manitoba, Tory leader
• November 14 - Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld, track-and-field athlete