1992 in Canada
See also: 1991 in Canada, other events of 1992, 1993 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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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
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.
- February 8–February 23: 1992 Winter Olympics are held in Albertville, France. Canada finishes ninth in the medal count.
- 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
- July 25–August 9: Canada competes in the 1992 Summer Olympics
- 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 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-US team to win the World Series
- 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
- 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
- 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.
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 prestigious 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
Births
- May 18: Jordan Manners, school shooting victim
- September 14: Holly Jones, murder victim
Deaths
- February 1: Gary Lautens, newspaper humourist
- February 5: Maxwell Meighen, son of Prime Minister Arthur Meighen
- March 14: Bill Allum, hockey player
- March 26: Barbara Frum, CBC Television news anchor (The Journal])
- July 30: Joe Shuster, comedian
- September 6 to September 8 (exact time unknown): Corrine Gustavson, rape and murder victim
- September 14: Paul Joseph James Martin, politician
- Greg Curnoe: artist
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