2007_in_Canada

2007 in Canada

Incumbents

Main article: 2007 Canadian incumbents

February 3: At a Calgary Flames game, young Cree singer Akina Shirt becomes the first person to perform "O Canada" in an Aboriginal language at a major league sporting event.
February 8: Ontario provincial by-election in Burlington; Markham; and York South–Weston electoral districts.
February 19: During a live interview on CKRS in Saguenay, Quebec, talk radio host Louis Champagne attacks Parti Québécois candidate Sylvain Gaudreault and leader André Boisclair, both openly gay, in an interview with PQ candidate Alexandre Cloutier, asking "In Jonquière, listen, aren’t you going to face the question, 'Is the Parti Québécois a club of fags?'"
February 20: The Canadian government, along with American billionaire Bill Gates, announce the Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative, a $139 million dollar plan to fight the AIDS virus.

March 13: Canada 2006 Census data is released; the population of Canada in 2006 was 31,612,897. Notably, the census also indicates that for the first time in Canadian history, the three territories (Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut) have a combined population of over 100,000.
March 26: Quebec general election.
March 30: Final concert by influential Canadian rock band Rheostatics.

April 3: Royal Assent is granted to the Veterans' Bill of Rights.
April 27: Three new Laval metro stations are inaugurated. (see Montreal Metro)
April 30: Prince Andrew, fourth in line to the Canadian throne, arrives in Canada to undertake duties in Halifax, Toronto and Cambridge

May 3: Fixed election dates introduced. The Prime Minister can no longer advise the Governor General to call an election unless a non-confidence motion is passed.
May 18: Governor General Michaëlle Jean appoints Pierre Duchesne as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
May 22: The general election in Manitoba is won by the governing New Democrats.
May 23: Jordan Manners is the first Torontonian killed in a school shooting.
May 28: Prince Edward Island election. Robert Ghiz's Liberals win a majority, defeating Premier Pat Binns's Conservatives

June 2: Prince Henry, third in line to the Canadian throne, arrives at CFB Suffield to train for a possible deployment to Afghanistan
June 2: Princess Anne arrives in Saskatchewan to undertake various official duties
June 7: Pierre Duchesne becomes Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, replacing Lise Thibault
June 12: Robert Ghiz becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Pat Binns
June 22: CTVglobemedia's takeover of CHUM Limited (excepting Citytv, which is slated for sale to Rogers Communications) is completed.
June 29: A national Aboriginal Day of Protest, including blockades of several major transportation routes in Ontario and Quebec, is held to protest the state of First Nations relations with the federal government.

July 13: Conrad Black is found guilty on three charges of fraud and one charge of obstruction of justice in Chicago.
July 19: Jesse Imeson begins a murderous rampage in Ontario, prompting an international manhunt.

August 23: Quebec Provincial Police admit to inserting "agents provocateurs" into the group protesting against the Montebello meeting.
August 28: Steven Truscott is acquitted by the Ontario Court of Appeal in a hearing to review his 1959 conviction for the murder of Lynne Harper.

October 1: General election in Northwest Territories.
October 1: The Governor General appoints Steven Point as Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, replacing Iona Campagnolo
October 9: The general election in Newfoundland and Labrador is won by the governing Progressive Conservatives.
October 10: The general election in Ontario is won by the governing Liberals.
October 13: Roger Duguay is chosen as the new leader of the New Brunswick New Democratic Party at the party's leadership convention.
October 14: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) taser a man, who died shortly thereafter, at the Vancouver Airport. The incident is videotaped and eventually released to the public.
October 17: Floyd Roland is selected as the new Premier of the Northwest Territories.
October 25: the Government of Canada announces the creation of the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area, the largest freshwater marine protected area in the world.
October 31: The Conservative Party of Canada drops Mark Warner as its candidate in the pending Toronto Centre byelection, citing unspecified differences.
October 31: Rogers Communications officially takes ownership of Citytv.

November 1: A provincewide Amber Alert is issued in Ontario after a newborn baby is abducted from the Sudbury Regional Hospital in Greater Sudbury. A Kirkland Lake resident, Brenda Batisse, is arrested later the same evening; the baby is recovered safely.
November 7: The general election in Saskatchewan is won by the opposition Saskatchewan Party.
November 21: Brad Wall is sworn in as Premier of Saskatchewan, succeeding Lorne Calvert.
November 30: A fire destroys much of the beachfront shopping area in the resort town of Wasaga Beach, Ontario.