See also: 1999 in Canada, other events of 2000, 2001 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. This article is about the year 2000. ... This is a brief timeline of the history of Canada. ...

Incumbents

• Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
• Governor General - Adrienne Clarkson
• Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien
• Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein
• Premier of British Columbia - Dan Miller then Ujjal Dosanjh
• Premier of Manitoba - Gary Doer
• Premier of New Brunswick - Bernard Lord
• Premier of Newfoundland - Brian Tobin then Beaton Tulk
• Premier of Nova Scotia - John Hamm
• Premier of Ontario - Mike Harris
• Premier of Prince Edward Island - Pat Binns
• Premier of Quebec - Lucien Bouchard
• Premier of Saskatchewan - Roy Romanow

See also: 2000 Canadian incumbents Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm, with Queen Elizabeth II as its reigning monarch, since February 6, 1952. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor) (born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen independent nations known as the Commonwealth Realms. ... The Governor General of Canada (French: Gouverneure générale du Canada or Gouverneur général du Canada) is the representative of the Canadian monarch. ... Adrienne Louise Clarkson (Chinese: 伍冰枝; Hanyu Pinyin: , Hakka: Ńg Pên-kî), PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, LL.D (born February 10, 1939) is an accomplished Canadian journalist. ... Stephen Harper is the current Prime Minister of Canada. ... Jean Chrétien (born January 11, 1934), was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003. ... Categories: Canada-related stubs | Alberta premiers ... Ralph Phillip Klein MLA (born November 1, 1942), leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives, is the current premier of the Canadian province of Alberta. ... Categories: Stub | British Columbia premiers ... Several notable people have been named Dan Miller: Dan Miller (Canadian politician) is a former Premier of British Columbia Dan Miller (U.S. politician) is a former member of the U.S. Congress Dan Miller (guitarist) is a member of the band They Might Be Giants Dan Miller (vocalist) is... Hon. ... Categories: Canada-related stubs | Manitoba premiers ... Gary Doer (March 31, 1948-) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. ... The Premier of New Brunswick (fr: Premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. ... Bernard Lord, LL.B. , BA (born September 27, 1965 in Roberval, Quebec) is a Canadian politician. ... Categories: Newfoundland and Labrador premiers | Stub ... Brian Vincent Tobin, PC (born October 21, 1954 in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian politician. ... Beaton Tulk (May 22, 1944 - ) is an educator and civil servant and a former Newfoundland politician and provincial premier. ... Categories: Stub | Nova Scotia premiers ... Dr. John Frederick Hamm, MLA , MD (born April 8, 1938) is the current premier of Nova Scotia, Canada. ... Dalton McGuinty The Premier of Ontario is the first minister for the Canadian province of Ontario. ... Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto, Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. ... The Premier of Prince Edward Island is the first minister for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island. ... Patrick George Binns (born October 8, 1948 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan), is a Canadian politician and the Premier of Prince Edward Island. ... The Premier of Quebec (in French Premier ministre du Québec, sometimes literally translated to Prime Minister of Quebec) is the first minister for the Canadian province of Quebec. ... Lucien Bouchard, PC , B.Sc , LL.B (born December 22, 1938 in Saint-Coeur-de-Marie, Quebec, Canada) is a Quebec lawyer, diplomat and politician. ... The Premier of Saskatchewan is the first minister for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. ... Roy Romanow, PC , OC , SOM , QC , LL.B. , DU (born August 12, 1939), Canadian politician and Premier of Saskatchewan (1991–2001), was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. ... See also: 1999 Canadian incumbents, Events in Canada in 2000, 2001 Canadian incumbents, Governmental leaders in 2000, Canadian incumbents by year Federal Government Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II Governor General - Adrienne Clarkson Cabinet Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien Deputy Prime Minister - Herb Gray Minister of Finance - Paul Martin Minister...

Estimated Canadian population: 30,790,834 A list of population of Canada by years 1867 - 3,463,000 1868 - 3,511,000 1869 - 3,565,000 1870 - 3,625,000 1871 - 3,689,000 1872 - 3,754,000 1873 - 3,826,000 1874 - 3,895,000 1875 - 3,954,000 1876 - 4,009,000 1877 - 4...

Events

• January 15 - CTV Newsnet 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
• February 7 - Rogers Communications buys Quebec's Vidéotron
• February 15 - Thomson Corp sells all its newspaper holdings other than the Globe and Mail.
• February 24 - Ujjal Dosanjh becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Dan Miller
• March 15 - The House of Commons passes the Clarity Act outlining conditions for another Quebec separation referendum
• March 25 - The Reform Party of Canada is dissolved and replaced with the Canadian Alliance
• April 17 - Chris Jericho Wins WWE (then called WWF) World Title only to have it stripped away 15 minutes later
• April 19 - Wiebo Ludwig is found guilty of a 1998 oil well bombing
• May 11 - The Alberta legislature passes a bill allowing the private sector to play a larger role in health care
• May 6 - Pat Duncan becomes premier of Yukon, replacing Piers McDonald
• May 24 - An E. coli outbreak in Walkerton, Ontario, it will eventually kill nine people.
• May 25 - The remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier, who died in France in World War I, are brought back to Canada and buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa
• June 17 - Seagram announces plans to merge with France's Vivendi
• July 8 - Stockwell Day is elected the first leader of the Canadian Alliance party.
• July 12 - Matthew Coon Come is elected leader of the Assembly of First Nations
• July 14 - A tornado near Pine Lake, Alberta, kills eleven
• July 31 - Conrad Black's Hollinger sells almost all of its Canadian newspaper holdings to Izzy Asper's CanWest
• August - The prohibition of Marijuana is ruled illegal by an Ontario court
• August 15 - Michael Cowpland resigns as CEO of Corel
• August 26 - Sponsorship scandal: Minister of Public Works Alfonso Gagliano is criticized for giving contracts to a firm that employs his son
• September 26 - Long-serving Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow announces his plans to retire
• September 28 to October 3 - Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau, former prime minister
• October 16 - Beaton Tulk becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Brian Tobin
• October 27 - The RCMP arrests Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri in connection with the bombing of Air India flight 182
• November 21 - launch of Anik F1 Canada's most powerful Communications satellite to date
• November 27 - In the 2000 Canadian election Jean Chrétien's Liberal increases its majority in the House of Commons
• November 30 - Marc Garneau returns to space for a third time
• December - the federal government opens a marijuana growing operation in an abandoned mine in Manitoba
• Canada passes Bill C-23 which extends full benefits and obligations to persons in homosexual relationships, excluding the right to marry.
• Grey Cup: B.C. Lions win 28-26 over the Montreal Alouettes
• Vanier Cup: Ottawa Gee Gees win 42-39 over the Regina Rams

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August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... The sponsorship scandal is an ongoing scandal that has affected the government of Canada, and particularly the ruling Liberal Party of Canada for a number of years, but rose to especially great prominence in 2004. ... Alfonso Gagliano The Dishonourable Alfonso Gagliano, PC (born January 25, 1942) is a Canadian accountant and Liberal Party politician. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... Roy Romanow, PC , OC , SOM , QC , LL.B. , DU (born August 12, 1939), Canadian politician and Premier of Saskatchewan (1991–2001), was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 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The Montreal Alouettes (French, Alouettes de Montréal) are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec. ... The Vanier Cup (French: Coupe Vanier) is the championship trophy of Canadian Interuniversity Sport mens football. ... The Regina Rams are the Canadian football team that represents the University of Regina in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. ...

Arts and literature

New Books

• The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
• Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond - Michael Ignatieff
• Star-Spangled Canadians - Jeffrey Simpson
• The Farfarers, Before the Norse - Farley Mowat
• No Logo - Naomi Klein
• City of Glass - Douglas Coupland
• Before You're A Stranger - Raymond Fraser

New Plays

• Elizabeth Rex - Timothy Findley

Awards

• Margaret Atwood wins the Booker Prize for The Blind Assassin
• Michael Ondaatje wins the Prix Médicis for Anil's Ghost
• 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.
• Books in Canada First Novel Award: 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, 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

• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Canadian Edition shows for two episodes

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is one of Canada’s most important contemporary writers. ... Michael Grant Ignatieff, M.P., (born May 12, 1947 in Toronto) is a Canadian scholar, novelist and Liberal Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons. ... Jeffrey Simpson, The Globe and Mails national affairs columnist, has won all three of Canadas leading literary prizes -- the Governor Generals Award for non-fiction book writing, the National Magazine Award for political writing, and the National Newspaper Award for column writing. ... Farley McGill Mowat OC , BA , D.Litt (born May 12, 1921 in Belleville, Ontario) is one of the most widely-read Canadian authors. ... Naomi Klein Naomi Klein (born 1970) is a Canadian journalist, author and activist. ... Douglas Coupland (born December 30, 1961) is a Canadian fiction writer, artist and cultural commentator. ... Raymond Fraser is a Canadian novelist and poet. ... Timothy Irving Frederick Findley, OC , O. Ont. ... Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Peggy Atwood, CC (born November 18, 1939) is one of Canada’s most important contemporary writers. ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in... The Blind Assassin The Blind Assassin is a novel published in 2000 by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood, set in Canada. ... Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC , MA , BA (born 12 September 1943) is a Canadian/Sri Lankan novelist and poet perhaps best known for his Booker Prize winning novel adapted into an Academy Award winning film, The English Patient. ... The Prix Médicis is a French literary award given each year in November. ... The Giller Prize is an annual award that goes to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English. ... Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC , MA , BA (born 12 September 1943) is a Canadian/Sri Lankan novelist and poet perhaps best known for his Booker Prize winning novel adapted into an Academy Award winning film, The English Patient. ... David Adams Richards (born 1950) is a Canadian author. ... The 2000 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were presented by Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, and Jean-Louis Roux, Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts, on November 14 at Rideau Hall. ... The Books in Canada First Novel Award has a tumultuous history. ... The Gerald Lampert Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets. ... The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canadas youngest and most lucrative poetry award. ... Margaret Avison (born April 23, 1918) is a Canadian poet. ... The Marian Engel Award is presented each year by the Writers Trust of Canada in memory of the Canadian writer Marian Engel. ... Anita Rau Badami is an Indo-Canadian novelist. ... The Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction is a lucrative literary award for childrens non-fiction. ... Simon Tookoome (b 1934) is an Inuit artist from the Baker Lake community. ... Sheldon Oberman (May 20, 1949 - March 26, 2004) was a Canadian childrens writer who lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets. ... Esta Spalding is a Canadian author and poet who won the Pat Lowther Award in 2000 for Lost August. ... The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour (usually the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour or just the Stephen Leacock Award) is an annual award presented to the best work of humorous literature written in English by a Canadian. ... The Trillium Award is given annually by the government of the Province of Ontario and is open to books in any genre: fiction, non-fiction, drama, childrens books, and poetry. ... The Trillium Award is given annually by the government of the Province of Ontario and is open to books in any genre: fiction, non-fiction, drama, childrens books, and poetry. ... The Vicky Metcalf Award is awarded to a writer whose body of work has been inspirational to Canadian youth. ... Sheree Fitch (December 3, 1956) is a Canadian childrens author who currently resides in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the United States. ...

Births

Deaths

• January 22 - Anne Hébert, writer
• January 26 - A. E. van Vogt, author
• February 7 - Sid Abel, hockey player
• February 7 - Doug Henning, magician
• February 7 - Wilfred Cantwell Smith, scholar
• March 3 - Sandra Schmirler, curler
• March 5 - Daniel Yanofsky, chess player
• March 16 - Michael Starr, politician
• March 20 - Gene Eugene, actor
• May 22 - E. Davie Fulton, politician and jurist
• May 27 - Maurice Richard, hockey player
• August 1 - Hugh Hood, author
• September 10 - Ben Wicks, cartoonist
• September 21 - Jacques Flynn, politician
• September 24 - Marcel Lambert, politician
• September 28 - Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister
• October 4 - Michael Smith, chemist