1992 in Canada
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Events from the year 1992 in Canada.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
- Governor General: Ray Hnatyshyn
- Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney
- Premier of Alberta: Don Getty then Ralph Klein
- Premier of British Columbia: Mike Harcourt
- Premier of Manitoba: Gary Filmon
- Premier of New Brunswick: Frank McKenna
- Premier of Newfoundland: Clyde Wells
- Premier of Nova Scotia: Donald Cameron
- Premier of Ontario: Bob Rae
- Premier of Prince Edward Island: Joe Ghiz
- Premier of Quebec: Robert Bourassa
- Premier of Saskatchewan: Roy Romanow
- Premier of the Northwest Territories - Nellie Cournoyea
- Premier of Yukon - Tony Penikett then John Ostashek
See also: 1992 Canadian incumbents
Events
- January: CBC Television's documentary series The Valour and the Horror is criticized by Canadian veterans' groups for reportedly misrepresenting Canadian military conduct during World War II.
- January 22: On STS-42, Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space.
- May: Geological Survey of Canada expedition sets official elevation of Mount Logan to 5,959m.
- May 7: Three employees are murdered and one permanently disabled during a robbery at a McDonald's restaurant in Sydney River, Nova Scotia
- May 9: 26 miners are killed in the Westray Mine Disaster
- July 1: The Vandoos launch a successful operation to secure control of Sarajevo's airport
- July 2: a two-year shutdown of the cod fishery is announced
- August 12: the details of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are released
- August 22: The final draft of the Charlottetown Accord, a proposed package of constitutional amendments, is released
- August 24: A mechanical engineering professor, Valery Fabrikant, opens fire at Concordia University in Montreal killing four people
- September 18: Nine workers at the Giant Mine are killed after striking employee Roger Warren detonates a bomb in the mine shaft.
- October 26: The Charlottetown Accord is rejected in a nationwide referendum
- October: The ban on homosexuals in the Canadian military is lifted, following a legal challenge by Michelle Douglas.
- November 7: John Ostashek becomes government leader of the Yukon, replacing Tony Penikett
- November 12: A referendum endorsing the creation of Nunavut is successful in the Northwest Territories
- December 15: The first members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment arrive in Somalia on an ill-fated humanitarian mission
- December 16: Ralph Klein succeeds Don Getty as Premier of Alberta
- December 17: Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signs the NAFTA deal
Full date unknown
- Rudolph A. Marcus wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
- Agriculture Canada introduces a national BSE prevention program
- Delwin Vriend, an Alberta teacher, wins a court case against the Alberta Human Rights Commission regarding the status of LGBT persons under the province's human rights legislation. The case was appealed to the Alberta Court of Appeal; see 1994 in Canada.
- Charles de Gaulle Obelisk, Montreal unveiled
Arts and literature
New books
- The English Patient: Michael Ondaatje
- Tales from Firozsha Baag: Rohinton Mistry
- Inkorrect thots: bill bissett
- Mother, not mother: Di Brandt
Awards
- Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient wins the Booker Prize, the first Canadian to do so.
- See 1992 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Books in Canada First Novel Award: Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey
- Gerald Lampert Award: Joanne Arnott, Wiles of Girlhood
- Pat Lowther Award: Kate Braid, Covering Rough Ground
- Marian Engel Award: Joan Barfoot
- Stephen Leacock Award: Roch Carrier, Prayers of a Very Wise Child
- Trillium Book Award: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Kevin Major
Music
- Alanis, Now Is the Time
- Barenaked Ladies, Gordon
- Beau Dommage, Beau Dommage au Forum
- Blue Rodeo, Lost Together
- Bootsauce, Bull
- La Bottine Souriante, Jusqu'aux p'tites heures
- Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Superior Cackling Hen
- The Box, Decade of the Box
- Change of Heart, Smile
- Leonard Cohen, The Future
- Cowboy Junkies, Black Eyed Man
- 54-40, Dear Dear
- Front Line Assembly, Tactical Neural Implant
- Hart-Rouge, Le dernier mois de l'année
- hHead, Fireman
- Intermix, Intermix
- Jr. Gone Wild, Pull the Goalie
- Lava Hay, With a Picture in Mind
- Leslie Spit Treeo, Book of Rejection
- Martha and the Muffins, Modern Lullaby
- Moxy Früvous, Moxy Früvous
- Sarah McLachlan, Live EP
- The Northern Pikes, Neptune
- The Nylons, Live to Love
- The Rankin Family, Fare Thee Well Love
- Rheostatics, Whale Music
- Jane Siberry, A Collection 1984–1989 and Summer in the Yukon
- Skydiggers, Restless
- Sloan, Peppermint and Smeared
- The Tragically Hip, Fully Completely
- The Waltons, Lik My Trakter
- The Watchmen, mclarenfurnaceroom
Sport
- February 8–February 23 - 1992 Winter Olympics are held in Albertville, France. Canada finishes ninth in the medal count.
- July 25–August 9 - Canada competes in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
- October 8 - The modern-day Ottawa Senators play their first game in the National Hockey League, defeating the Montreal Canadiens.
- October 24 - The Toronto Blue Jays become the first non-United States team to win the World Series.
- Grey Cup - Calgary Stampeders win 24–10 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
- Vanier Cup - Queen's Golden Gaels win 31–0 over the St. Mary's Huskies.
Births
- June 4 — Savannah King, swimmer
- June 23 — Louis-Philippe Dury, actor
Deaths
January to June
- February 1 - Gary Lautens, humorist and newspaper columnist (b.1928)
- February 5 - Maxwell Meighen, financier (b.1908)
- March 3 - Robert Beatty, actor (b.1909)
- March 14 - Bill Allum, ice hockey player (b.1916)
- March 26 - Barbara Frum, radio and television journalist (b.1937)
- April 10 - Cec Linder, actor (b.1921)
- April 19 - Kristen French, murder victim (b.1976)
- May 9 - James Allan, politician (b.1894)
July to December
- July 5 - Pauline Jewett, politician and educator (b.1922)
- July 11 - Munroe Bourne, swimmer (b.1910)
- July 30 - Joe Shuster, comic book artist (b.1914)
- September 8 - Corrine Gustavson, rape and murder victim (b.1986)
- September 14 - Paul Joseph James Martin, politician (b.1903)
- September 27 - Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside, diplomat and civil servant (b.1898)
- December 13 - K. C. Irving, entrepreneur and industrialist (b.1899)
- December 28 - Pudlo Pudlat, artist (b.1916)
Full date unknown
- Greg Curnoe, painter (b.1936)
