2000 in Canada

See also: 1999 in Canada, other events of 2000, 2001 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.

Table of contents

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

Incumbents

Events

January 19 - Stephen Kakfwi becomes premier of the Northwest Territories, replacing James Antoine
February 7 - Rogers Communications buys Quebec's VidÃÂÃÂ©otron
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
April 17 - Chris Jericho Wins 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 breaks out, 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: Minsiter 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
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 27 - In the 2000 Canadian election Jean ChrÃÂÃÂ©tien'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

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
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

Births

Deaths

February 7 - Sid Abel, hockey player
February 7 - Doug Henning, magician
February 7 - Wilfred Cantwell Smith, scholar
March 3 - Sandra Schmirler, curler
March 20 - Gene Eugene, actor
May 27 - Maurice Richard, hockey player
September 28 - Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister
Hugh Hood, author