1987 in Canada explained
Events from the year 1987 in Canada.
Incumbents
See main article: 1987 Canadian incumbents.
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
Undated
- ElderTreks, Canadian adventure travel company is founded.
Arts and literature
New works
Metal Head
A Rose-Red City
The Russian Album
Fortunate Exile
This One's on Me
Evoba
Margot la folle
Virunga: The Passion of Dian Fossey
Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur
Awards
Karen Lawrence, The Life of Helen Alone
Rosemary Sullivan, The Space a Name Makes
Audrey Thomas
Heather Spears, How to Read Faces
W.P. Kinsella, The Fencepost Chronicles
Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion
Robert Munsch
Music
Sport
Births
- January 1
- January 15
- January 16 - Jake Epstein, actor
- January 19 - Alexandra Orlando, rhythmic gymnast
- January 21 - Andrew Forde, engineering graduate student and musician[10]
- February 12 - Anna Hopkins, actress
- February 21 - Elliot Page, actor[11]
- February 25
- March 31 - Winston Venable, American football player
- April 1 - Mackenzie Davis, actress
- April 4 - Sarah Gadon, actress
- April 9 - Felix Cartal, DJ and producer
- April 10 - Shay Mitchell, actress, model, entrepreneur, and author
- April 11 - Lights (Valerie Poxleitner), singer and songwriter
- April 27
- April 30 - Jeremy Bordeleau, canoeist
- May 1 - Marissa Ponich, fencer[12]
- May 16 - Kylie Stone, artistic gymnast
- May 17 - Con Kudaba, water polo player
- May 29 - Noah Reid, actor and musician
- June 18 - Niels Schneider, French-Canadian actor
- June 22 - Melanie Banville, artistic gymnast
- July 7
- August 7 - Sidney Crosby, ice hockey player
- August 8 - Jenn Proske, actress
- August 16 - Carey Price, ice hockey goaltender
- August 25
- September 2
- September 13 - G.NA, singer
- September 16 - Christina Schmidt, actress and model
- September 23 - Shannon Chan-Kent, actress and voice actress
- September 29 - Kyle Riabko, pop singer and guitarist
- October 6 - Kia Byers, canoeist
- October 15
- October 16 - Pascal Wollach, swimmer
- October 29 - Jessica Dubé, figure skater
- November 12 - Bryan Little, ice hockey player
- November 15 - Ludi Lin, Chinese-Canadian actor
- December 12 - Kate Todd, actress and singer-songwriter
Deaths
January to June
July to December
- September 11 - Lorne Greene, actor (b.1915)
- September 19 - Ralph Steinhauer, native leader, first Aboriginal to become the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b.1905)
- October 5 - Conrad Bourcier, ice hockey player (b.1915)
- October 13 - Hugh Alexander Bryson, politician (b.1912)
- October 15 - Juda Hirsch Quastel, biochemist (b.1899)
- November 1 - René Lévesque, politician, Minister and 23rd Premier of Quebec (b.1922)
- November 6 - George Laurence, nuclear physicist (b.1905)
- November 18 - George Ryga, playwright and novelist (b.1932)
- November 29 - Gwendolyn MacEwen, novelist and poet (b.1941)
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Queen Elizabeth II The Canadian Encyclopedia . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . 4 December 2022.
- Book: Lentz . Harris M. . Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 . 4 February 2014 . Routledge . 978-1-134-26490-2 . 144 . en.
- Bilan du Siècle
- Web site: 10 April 2013 . Abolition upheld . CBC Archives . July 28, 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20130115070057/http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/society/crime-justice/the-death-penalty-debate/abolition-upheld.html . January 15, 2013.
- Web site: The death penalty in Canada: facts, figures and milestones . Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty . 2012-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111019091212/http://ccadp.org/deathpenalty-canada.htm . 2011-10-19 .
- Web site: Majority of Canadians support return of death penalty, poll finds . 8 February 2012 . thestar.com.
- Web site: Canada Considers Restoring Death Penalty . tribunedigital-sunsentinel.
- Web site: Chartwell Technology Inc. . www.sec.gov . 3 January 2021.
- Web site: Kelleigh Ryan . Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website . 17 April 2019 . en . 25 October 2011.
- Web site: Jerome award winner accomplished on many levels | Share News . 2012-04-05 . 2012-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120926051543/http://sharenews.com/jerome-award-winner-accomplished-on-many-levels/ . dead .
- Web site: Elliot Page The Canadian Encyclopedia . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . 19 December 2020.
- Web site: Marissa Ponich . Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website . 19 December 2020 . 11 June 2015.