See also:
1999 in Canada, other events of 2000, 2001 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
Incumbents
See also: 2000 Canadian incumbents
Estimated Canadian population: 30,790,834
Events
- January 19 - Stephen Kakfwi becomes premier of the Northwest Territories, replacing James Antoine
- February 7 - Rogers Communications buys Quebec's Vidéotron
- 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
- March 25 - The Reform Party of Canada is dissolved and replaced with the Canadian Alliance
- 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, 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: Minister 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 21 - launch of Anik F1 Canada's most powerful Communications satellite to date
- November 27 - In the 2000 Canadian election Jean Chrétien'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
- New Plays
- Awards
- Television
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Canadian Edition shows for two episodes
Births
Deaths
- January 22 - Anne Hébert, writer
- January 26 - A. E. van Vogt, author
- February 7 - Sid Abel, hockey player
- February 7 - Doug Henning, magician
- February 7 - Wilfred Cantwell Smith, scholar
- March 3 - Sandra Schmirler, curler
- March 5 - Daniel Yanofsky, chess player
- March 16 - Michael Starr, politician
- March 20 - Gene Eugene, actor
- May 22 - E. Davie Fulton, politician and jurist
- May 27 - Maurice Richard, hockey player
- August 1 - Hugh Hood, author
- September 10 - Ben Wicks, cartoonist
- September 21 - Jacques Flynn, politician
- September 24 - Marcel Lambert, politician
- September 28 - Pierre Trudeau, Prime Minister
- Michael Smith, chemist
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