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Incumbents

Crown

Monarch – Elizabeth II^[1]

Federal government

Governor General – David Johnston^[2]
Prime Minister – Stephen Harper (until November 4), then Justin Trudeau
Chief Justice – Beverley McLachlin (British Columbia)
Parliament – 41st (until August 2), then 42nd (from December 3)

Provincial governments

Lieutenant Governors

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Donald Ethell (until June 12), then Lois Mitchell
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Judith Guichon
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Philip S. Lee (until June 19), then Janice Filmon
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Frank Fagan
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – John James Grant
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Frank Lewis
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Pierre Duchesne (until September 24), then J. Michel Doyon
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Vaughn Solomon Schofield

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – Jim Prentice (until May 24), then Rachel Notley
Premier of British Columbia – Christy Clark
Premier of Manitoba – Greg Selinger
Premier of New Brunswick – Brian Gallant
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Paul Davis (until December 14), then Dwight Ball
Premier of Nova Scotia – Stephen McNeil
Premier of Ontario – Kathleen Wynne
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Robert Ghiz (until February 23), then Wade MacLauchlan
Premier of Quebec – Philippe Couillard
Premier of Saskatchewan – Brad Wall

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Commissioner of Yukon – Doug Phillips
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – George Tuccaro
Commissioner of Nunavut – Edna Elias (until May 11), Vacant (May 11–June 23), then Nellie Kusugak

Premiers

Events

January to April

January 1 - A shooting results in the death of one person and injuries to six people in Killarney, Calgary with police making no arrests.^[3]
January 15 - Target Corporation announces they will discontinue operations in Canada. Over 130 stores and over 17,000 workers are affected.^[4]
February 14 - A 100-car train carrying crude oil derails approximately 30 kilometres from Gogama, Ontario.^[5]
February 15 - 50th anniversary of the National Flag of Canada^[6]
February 23 - A Fort McMurray, Alberta family was poisoned after attempting to kill bedbugs using illegally imported phosphine tablets. An eight-month-old child died and five others were hospitalized. A second child died in hospital.^[7]
February 25 - A house burned to the ground near Kane, which is about 25 km west of Morris, Manitoba. Four children under the age of 15 were killed in the fire.^[8]
March 8 - Three weeks after the February 14 train derailment near Gogama, Ontario, 35 Canadian National Railway cars derail at a site four kilometres from the town, spilling crude into the Makami River and igniting a fire that takes several days to extinguish.^[9] The two incidents spark renewed debate on the effectiveness of Canada's rail safety regulations in the wake of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013.^[10]
March 16 - John Baird, the former Conservative cabinet minister and the MP for Ottawa West—Nepean, resigns his seat.^[11]
March 26 - With the enactment of the United Kingdom's Succession to the Crown Act 2013, and assent from Canada's Succession to the Throne Act, 2013, the succession to the Canadian throne is changed from eldest son to eldest child for royals born after October 28, 2011.
March 30 - Canadian Parliament votes to extend the mission to targets in Syria.^[12]
March 31 - James Lunney, Conservative MP for Nanaimo—Alberni leaves the Conservative Party caucus to sit as an independent, citing concerns about religious freedom.^[13]
April 8 - Canadian airstrike operations in Syria begin, with an airstrikes on ISIL garrison near Raqqa.^[14]

May to November

May 4 - Prince Edward Island general election^[15] - won by the Liberals.
May 5 - Alberta general election^[16] - won by the NDP.
July 3 - A mail bomb detonates and injures a Winnipeg lawyer. A former client is charged in this incident as well as at least two other incidents.
September 15 - A two-year-old child and her father are murdered in Blairmore, Alberta. An acquaintance of both father and mother faced charges in the crime.
October 19 - Justin Trudeau and the Liberals win the 2015 federal election, gaining a majority of seats in the House of Commons.
October 20 - Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau informed President Barack Obama that Canada intended to withdraw its air units from the mission while keeping its ground forces in Iraq and Syria.^[17]
November 4 - Justin Trudeau is sworn in as the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada.
November 23 - Northwest Territories general election, was held.
November 26 - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau amended the Canadian withdrawal to just the fighter aircraft. All other aircraft already deployed would remain in theatre.^[18]
November 30 - Newfoundland and Labrador general election^[19] - won by the Liberals.

Sport

December 26, 2014, to January 5 – 2015 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Montreal and Toronto
January 19 to 25 – 2015 Canadian Figure Skating Championships – Kingston, Ontario
January 24 to February 1 – 2015 Canadian Junior Curling Championships – Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador
February 14 to 22 – 2015 Scotties Tournament of Hearts – Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
February 13 to March 1 – 2015 Canada Winter Games – Prince George, British Columbia
February 28 to March 8 – 2015 Tim Hortons Brier – Calgary, Alberta
March 28 to April 5 – 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship – Halifax, Nova Scotia
2015 CFL Draft
May 31 - Oshawa Generals won their Fifth Memorial Cup by defeating the Kelowna Rockets 2 to 1. The Tournament was played at the Colisée Pepsi in Quebec City, Quebec
2015 Canadian Grand Prix
June 6 to July 5 – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, and Winnipeg
June 15 - Winnipeg's Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
June 20 – David Lemieux becomes the first Canadian to win the International Boxing Federation middleweight Championship by defeating Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam
June 26 to July 5 – 2015 ISF Men's World Championship – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
July 10 to 26 – 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto amongst others
2015 SportsCar Grand Prix
July 26 – Canadian Open – Quebec
2015 Honda Indy Toronto
2015 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships – Edmonton
August 7 to 14 – 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto amongst others
August 22 to 30 – Canada at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China
November 28 - UBC Thunderbirds won their Fourth Vanier Cup by defeating the Montreal Carabins 31 to 26 in the 52nd Grey Cup played at Telus Stadium in Quebec City
November 29 – Edmonton Eskimos won their Fourteenth Grey Cup by defeating the Ottawa Redblacks 26 to 20 in the 103rd Grey Cup played at Investors Group Field in Winnipeg. Markham, Ontario's Shamawd Chambers is awarded Most Outstanding Canadian

Arts and literature

March 1 - 3rd Canadian Screen Awards
March 2 - Plum Johnson wins the RBC Taylor Prize for her memoir They Left Us Everything
March 11 - Joseph Heath wins the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for Enlightenment 2.0: Restoring Sanity to Our Politics, Our Economy, and Our Lives
March 14–15 - Juno Awards of 2015
March 15 - 17th Jutra Awards
March 19 - Kim Thúy's novel Ru wins the 2015 edition of Canada Reads^[20]
April 30 - Terry Fallis wins the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for No Relation, his second win of that award.^[21]
September 10–20 - 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
September 21 - Buffy Sainte-Marie wins the 2015 Polaris Music Prize for her album Power in the Blood
October 28 - 2015 Governor General's Awards winners are announced
November 10 - André Alexis wins the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel Fifteen Dogs

Deaths in 2015

January

January 1 - Eric Cunningham, 65, politician, Ontario MPP for Wentworth North (1975–1984) (born 1949).^[22]
January 5
- Jim Burton, 53, ice hockey player (Hershey Bears) and coach, heart attack (born 1951).^[23]
- Dan Held, 53, ice hockey player (born 1951).^[24]
January 7
- Gilbert Finn, 94, businessman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1987–1994) (born 1920).^[25]
- J. P. Parisé, 73, ice hockey player, (Minnesota North Stars), lung cancer (born 1941).^[26]
January 10 - Francis Simard, 67, revolution activist and criminal, aneurism (born 1947).^[27]
January 16 - Ted Harrison, 88, painter (born 1926).^[28]
January 17 - Don Harron, 90, comedian (born 1924).^[29]
January 24 - Link Byfield, Canadian journalist and author (born 1951)
January 27 - Joseph Rotman, 80, businessman and philanthropist
January 31 - Vic Howe, 85, ice hockey player (New York Rangers), dementia and cardiac arrest (born 1929).^[30]

February

February 9
- Claude Ruel, 76, ice hockey coach and executive (born 1938).^[31]
- Max Yalden, 84, civil servant and diplomat
February 13 - John Robert Evans, 85, academic and businessperson
February 15 - Steve Montador, 35, ice hockey player (born 1979).^[32]

March

March 20 - Bud Ings, 89, former member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
March 21 - Alberta Watson, 60, film and television actress (born 1955)
March 25 - Richard Butson, 92, mountaineer (born 1922)^[33]

April

April 4 - Elmer Lach, 97, ice hockey player (born 1918) ^[34]
April 6 - Dollard St. Laurent, 85, ice hockey player (born 1929) ^[35]
April 9 - Jurgen Gothe, 70 or 71, CBC Radio broadcaster (born 1944)^[36]
April 26 - Marcel Pronovost, 84, ice hockey player, Hockey Hall of Famer
April 30 - Steven Goldmann, 53, music video director and producer

May

May 11 - Alan Borovoy, 83, lawyer and activist
May 31 - Gladys Taylor, 97, writer and newspaper publisher

June

June 1 - Jacques Parizeau, 84, politician, Premier of Quebec 1994–1996 (born 1930)
June 6 - John Coleman Laidlaw, 94, endocrinologist
June 8 - Archie Alleyne, 82, jazz musician
June 15 - Jean Doré, 70, politician, 39th Mayor of Montreal
June 21 - Dave Godfrey, 76, writer and publisher
June 23 - Domenico Moschella, 67, Montreal City Councillor^[37]

July

July 7 - Stan Carew, 64, radio broadcaster, musician and actor
July 16 - Jim Mayne, former leader of the Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party
July 26 - Flora MacDonald, 85, Canada's first female foreign minister

August

August 2 - Phyllis Grosskurth, 91, biographer
August 4 - Chris Hyndman, 49, television talk show host (Steven and Chris)
August 14 - Joseph Reid, 97, politician
August 15 - Derwyn Shea, 77, former Ontario MPP
August 16 - Joan Fawcett, 78, former Ontario MPP
August 24 - Marguerite McDonald, 73, CBC radio and television journalist
August 28 - Al Arbour, ice hockey player, coach and executive, Hockey Hall of Famer
August 29
- Graham Leggat, Scottish-Canadian soccer player and manager (b. 1934)
- Ron Searle, English-Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician, 4th Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1919)

October

October 1 - Max Keeping, 73, television news anchor
October 9 - Ronald Lampman Watts, 86, academic, Companion of the Order of Canada
October 10 - Wes Funk, 46, novelist

November

November 15 - Bert Olmstead, 89, ice hockey player, Hockey Hall of Famer
November 19 - Ron Hynes, singer-songwriter
November 20 - Jim Perry, 82, television personality, game show host^[38]^[39]
November 23 - Manmeet Bhullar, politician

December

December 3 - Bill Bennett, 83, politician, Premier of British Columbia 1975–1986 (born 1932)
December 19 - Dickie Moore, 84, ice hockey player, two-time winner of Art Ross Trophy and Hockey Hall of Fame
December 30 - Howard Pawley, 81, politician, Premier of Manitoba 1981–1988 (born 1934)

References

^ "Queen Elizabeth II | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "The Right Honourable David Johnston". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
^ "Calgary shooting: 1 dead, 6 others injured at New Year's party". CBC News. January 1, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
^ "Target workers feel left in the dark as stores close". CBC. 24 January 2015.
^ "CN line reopened after train derailment". Vancouver Sun, February 19, 2015.
^ "National Flag of Canada Day". Heritage Canada. February 16, 2015. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
^ "Fort McMurray mother trying to kill bed bugs inadvertently poisoned her children: fire department". Edmonton Journal. February 24, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-02-26. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
^ "Four brothers killed in fire". Winnipeg Free Press. February 25, 2015. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
^ "Gogama derailment shows feds need to act on train safety, MPPs say". CBC Sudbury, March 8, 2015.
^ "Derailments cast doubt on new safety standards: Tank cars carrying crude oil catch fire in second incident near Gogama, Ont.". The Globe and Mail, March 9, 2015.
^ "John Baird, former foreign affairs minister, resigning as MP March 16". CBC News. March 11, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
^ "ISIS mission: MPs pass motion to support extension". CBC News. 30 March 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
^ "B.C. MP James Lunney leaving Conservative caucus". CTV News. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
^ "ISIS mission: Canada conducts 1st airstrike in Syria". CBC News. 8 April 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
^ PEI election called for May 4, 2015
^ Alberta election called for May 5, 2015
^ Berthiaume, Lee (January 11, 2015). "Justin Trudeau says he told Obama he will pull out of air war against ISIL. And Obama's OK with it". National Post. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
^ Barton, Rosemary (26 November 2015). "Justin Trudeau to pull fighter jets, keep other military planes in ISIS fight". CBC News. Retrieved January 11, 2016.
^ NL Votes 2015
^ "'Ru' by Montreal's Kim Thuy wins CBC's 'Canada Reads' competition". Brandon Sun, March 19, 2015.
^ "Terry Fallis wins second Leacock Medal for No Relation". Quill & Quire, April 30, 2015.
^ Eric Cunningham, former MPP, dead at 65 Archived 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ Former Augusta Lynx Coach Passes Away Archived 2015-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ Nachruf an einen lieben Trainer und Freund Archived 2015-01-16 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
^ "Former New Brunswick lieutenant-governor dies". Archived from the original on 2015-01-08. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
^ Former North Star J.P. Parise dies at 73
^ Former FLQ member Francis Simard dies at 67, according to a report
^ "Ted Harrison, famous for paintings of Canadian North, dies at 88". Archived from the original on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
^ Don Harron, Canadian entertainment icon, dead at 90
^ Gordie Howe's brother Vic dies
^ Former Habs coach Claude Ruel dies at 76
^ Former NHL player Steve Montador found dead at his Mississauga home
^ "Richard Butson, GC - obituary".
^ Canadiens great Lach dies at 97
^ Former Canadiens D St. Laurent passes away
^ "Former CBC Radio host Jurgen Gothe dead". CBC News, April 10, 2015.
^ "Montreal city councillor Domenico Moschella has died". Montreal Gazette, June 24, 2015.
^ "Jim Perry, game show 'king', dies at 82". CTV News. 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
^ "Jim Perry dies at 82; host of 'Card Sharks' and other TV game shows". Los Angeles Times. 2015-11-24. Archived from the original on 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2021-07-16.

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Incumbents

Crown

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant Governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Premiers

Events

January to April

May to November

Sport

Arts and literature

Deaths in 2015

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

October

November

December

See also

References