2001 in Canada

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See also: 2000 in Canada, other events of 2001, 2002 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

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

Incumbents

Events

January 1 - The Ontario cities of Ottawa, Hamilton and Sudbury officially merge with their suburban municipalities to create new "megacities" (Sudbury, now Greater Sudbury, was the only one of the three to change its name. Toronto had been similarly merged in 1998.)
January 17 - The Bank of Canada unveils a new $10 bill with enhanced security features.
January 18 - MafiaBoy pleads guilty to 56 of 66 mischief charges in a Montreal courtroom. The other 10 charges were withdrawn.
January 21 - Chris Jericho wins Intercontinental Championship from Chris Benoit
January 27 - Lorne Calvert becomes the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party after winning the fourth ballot at the party's 2001 leadership convention.
January 29 - Peter Milliken is elected as the new Speaker of the House of Commons after five rounds of voting.
January 29 - The Toronto Stock Exchange allows stocks greater than $5 in value to trade at 1-cent increments instead of at 5-cent increments.
January 30 - The Speech from the Throne was read by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson at the beginning of the 37th Canadian parliament. [1]
January 30 - An envelope mailed to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Elinor Caplan containing a mysterious blue powder caused the Immigration Canada building to be sealed off. A Winnipeg laboratory on February 1 said the powder posed no health risk.
January 31 - George N. Gillett Jr. buys 80% of the Montreal Canadiens and 100% of the Molson Centre in Montreal for USD $275 million.
February 2 - Canada begins banning imports of beef and beef products from Brazil due to concerns of mad cow disease.
February 2 - Ontario Minister of Finance Ernie Eves quits to become vice-chair and senior adviser at Credit Suisse First Boston Canada.
February 3 - Roger Grimes becomes leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador after winning the second ballot at the party's leadership convention.
February 3 - Catriona LeMay Doan wins gold in the 500m and 1000m speed skating races in Heerenveen, Netherlands.
February 5 - Prime Minister Jean Chrétien becomes the first foreign leader to visit the newly elected President of the United States George W. Bush in Washington, D.C.
February 8 - Lorne Calvert becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Roy Romanow
February 13 - Roger Grimes becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Beaton Tulk
March 8 - Bernard Landry becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Lucien Bouchard
March 12 - Alberta election: Ralph Klein's PCs win a ninth consecutive majority
April 20 - Summit of the Americas is held in Quebec City to discuss the FTAA; the city, which has been divided by a high fence around much of the downtown core, also hosts the People's Summit and is wracked by the Quebec City protests.
May 4 - Chrétien's longtime Chief of Staff, Jean Pelletier, is made the head of VIA Rail
May 16 - British Columbia election: Gordon Campbell's BC Liberals win a landslide victory over Premier Ujjal Dosanjh's NDP.
May 18 - Conrad Black renounces his Canadian citizenship
May 21 - Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit win WWF Tag Team Championship
May 23 - Federal Ethics Commissioner releases a report which clears Alfonso Gagliano of any wrongdoing in the sponsorship scandal
June 5 - Gordon Campbell becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Ujjal Dosanjh
July - Canada becomes the first country in the world to legalize medical marijuana
July 17 - Infighting in the Canadian Alliance forces out leader Stockwell Day
August 24 - Conrad Black sells The National Post to Izzy Asper's CanWest

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September 11 - Canada's border with the United States is on high alert in the aftermath of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks in the United States. Canadian government initiates both "Operation Support" and "Operation Yellow Ribbon."
September 14 - Three days after the September 11 terrorist attacks, while the rest of the world sees the memorial service for the victims at the Washington National Cathedral, Canadians see the similar service on Parliament Hill--the largest single vigil ever seen in the nation's capital.
October 7 - the 2001 Attack on Afghanistan begins. Canadian fighter pilots and ground troops are involved in the war
December 9 - Chris Jericho becomes first to unify WWE and the WCW Championships hence becoming first undisputed Champion
Chris Hadfield becomes the first Canadian to perform a spacewalk
CTV purchases The Globe and Mail