See also:
2000 in Canada, other events of 2001, 2002 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
Incumbents
See also: 2001 Canadian incumbents
Estimated Canadian population: 31,110,565
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 21 - Chris Jericho wins Intercontinental Championship from Chris Benoit
- 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
- 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."
- 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
Arts and literature
Events
New Literature
Literary Awards
New Music
Film
Television
Births
Deaths
- January 31 - Gordon R. Dickson, author
- February 28 - Gildas Molgat, politician
- March 23 - David McTaggart, environmentalist
- April 2 - Charles Daudelin, painter, sculptor
- May 5 - Aba Bayefsky, artist
- June 7 - Charles Templeton
- June 23 - Yvonne Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets
- July 3 - Mordecai Richler, author
- September 18 - Ernie Coombs, children's entertainer
- November 19 - Marcelle Ferron, sculptor
- Jack Harman, sculptor
- Louis Dudek, poet
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