1996 in Canada

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See also: 1995 in Canada, other events of 1996, 1997 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

1 Incumbents
2 Events
3 Arts and literature
4 Births
5 Deaths

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Incumbents

Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II
Governor General - Roméo LeBlanc
Prime Minister - Jean Chrétien
Premier of Alberta - Ralph Klein
Premier of British Columbia - Mike Harcourt then Glen Clark
Premier of Manitoba - Gary Filmon
Premier of New Brunswick - Frank McKenna then Raymond Frenette
Premier of Newfoundland - Clyde Wells then Brian Tobin
Premier of Nova Scotia - John Savage then Russell MacLellan
Premier of Ontario - Mike Harris
Premier of Prince Edward Island - Catherine Callbeck then Keith Milligan then Pat Binns
Premier of Quebec - Jacques Parizeau then Lucien Bouchard
Premier of Saskatchewan - Roy Romanow

Events

January 14 - a free trade agreement with Israel is announced
January 15 - the Corel Centre opens in Ottawa
January 25 - Jean Chrétien launches a major cabinet shuffle. Pierre Pettigrew and Stéphane Dion are brought in, despite not having seats in parliament.
January 26 - Brian Tobin becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Clyde Wells
January 29 - Lucien Bouchard becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Jacques Parizeau
February 7 - Bob Rae, former premier of Ontario leaves politics
February 14 - Mr. Dressup does his last show
February 15 - Chrétien throttles a protester in Ottawa, launching a small controversy over the "Shawinigan Handshake"
February 17 - Michel Gauthier is elected new leader of the Bloc Québécois
February 22 - Glen Clark becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Michael Harcourt
February 22 - Brian Tobin leads the Newfoundland Liberal Party to victory in the 1996 Newfoundland election
February 27 - the Los Angeles Kings trade Wayne Gretzky to the St. Louis Blues
March 6 - the federal budget continues the assault on the deficit
March 16 - the Montreal Canadiens play their first game at the Molson Centre against the New York Rangers
March 26 - the ANIK E-1 satellite malfunctions
March 27 - the Quebec budget proposes sweeping cuts to government funding
April 3 - all members of the Canadian Forces are ordered to spend the entire day searching for documents that may aid the Somalia inquiry
April 5 - a gunman in B.C. kills nine relatives and then himself
April 11 - the Ontario government announce a 15 per cent reduction in the civil service
April 22 - John Nunziata is expelled from the Liberal caucus for voting against the budget
April 23 - Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland agree to replace their provincial sales taxes and the GST with a Harmonized Sales Tax.
May 7 - the Ontario government cuts provincial income taxes by 30 per cent
May 10 - Jan Brown resigns from the Reform Party
May 19 - Marc Garneau flies on a second space mission
May 24 - Conrad Black's Hollinger takes over the Southam newspaper chain
May 28 - The British Columbia NDP wins a surprise re-election
May 29 - Six Taiwanese sailors are charged with the murder of three Romanian stowaways aboard the Maersk Dubai
June 10 - the Quebec government reintroduces the "Language police"
June 17 - Sheila Copps, who had resigned over the GST, wins back her Hamilton–Wentworth seat in a by-election
June 20 - Robert Thirsk flies aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia
June 24 - a riot in Quebec City causes a million dollars in damage
July 1 - the Winnipeg Jets leave Canada and become the Phoenix Coyotes
July 7-July 11 - a major AIDS conference is held in Vancouver
July 19 - the Atlanta Olympics open, Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey wins the 100-metre dash
July 20-July 21 - floods in Quebec kill ten
July 25 - Coach House Press closes
July 26 - Gretzky signs with the New York Rangers
August 8 - former Prime Minister Kim Campbell is named consul general to Los Angeles
August 8 - Jean-Louis Roux appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec
August 29 - former B.C. Premier W.R. Bennett is found guilty of insider trading
October 4 - Defence Minister David Collenette resigns
October 10 - Keith Milligan becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Catherine Callbeck
October 19 - Piers McDonald becomes government leader of Yukon, replacing John Ostashek
November - SaskTel becomes the first Canadian Internet Service Provider to rollout ADSL
November 5 - Jean-Louis Roux forced to resign as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec when pictures of him at Nazi rallies in the 1930s are published
November 27 - Pat Binns becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Keith Milligan
December 16 - Chrétien formally apologizes for lying about the GST
Karen Kain becomes the first Canadian to win the Cartier Lifetime Achievement Award
General Jean Boyle resigns over Somalia Inquiry controversy
Dalton McGuinty is elected leader of the Ontario Liberal Party
Canada sends over a thousand troops to take part in IFOR