Events from the year 2022 in Canada.
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January
- January 3–9 – The 2022 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts and 2022 Boston Pizza Cup are held in Grande Prairie, Alberta, with Laura Walker winning the former and Kevin Koe winning the latter.[citation needed]
- January 3 – An official death toll from COVID-19 in Canada exceeds 30,000 people.[citation needed]
- January 5–9 – The 2022 Saskatchewan Scotties Tournament of Hearts is held in Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, with Penny Barker winning the competition.[citation needed]
- January 7 – Conversion therapy becomes illegal in the country.[1]
- January 10 – The number of daily COVID-19 infections in Canada exceeds 55,350 people for the first time since the pandemic begin, fueled by highly transmissible Deltacron hybrid variant.[citation needed]
- January 13 – An explosion kills six people in an industrial suburb of Ottawa, Ontario.[2][3][4]
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- January 19 – The four members of the Patel family froze to death near Emerson, Manitoba.[6]
- January 22–February 23 – The Freedom Convoy, a series of protests over vaccination mandates, occurs throughout the country.[citation needed]
May
- May 6 – After a 23-game winning streak, Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, loses on Jeopardy! to Danielle Maurer. Roach won a total of $560,983 (US).[13] As of May 2022[update], she was the most successful Canadian to play on the show and ranks 5th in all-time regular season wins.[14][15]
- May 12 – An official death toll from COVID-19 in Canada exceeds 40,000 people since the start of the pandemic.
- May 14 – The Toronto Maple Leafs lose game 7, 2-1, to the Tampa Bay Lightning, extending the Stanley Cup championship drought to 55 years. The drought surpasses the New York Rangers 54-year drought.[16]
- May 15 – The Juno Awards of 2022 are held in Toronto, Ontario.[17]
- May 17–19 – Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall tour the country. The tour mainly focuses on reconciliation with Indigenous people.[18]
- May 19 – The first case of monkeypox was confirmed in Toronto.[19]
- May 21 – An extreme derecho formed in Sarnia, Ontario and continued through the Quebec City-Windsor corridor, causing widespread power outages and damage, affecting 900,000 people, and killing 11.[20]
- May 24 – Quebec's French Language Bill 96 is adopted, with 78 MNAs in favour (from the CAQ and Québec solidaire) and 29 against (from the Liberal Party and Parti Québécois).[21]
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January
- January 1 – Barbara Chilcott, actress (b. 1922)
- January 2 – John Efford, politician (b. 1944)
- January 4 – Darwin Semotiuk, football coach and professor of kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario (b. 1945)
- January 6
- January 7
- January 8 – Frank Hasenfratz, Hungarian-born businessman who founded and owned the car parts maker Linamar (b. 1935)
- January 10 – Ian Greenberg, businessman and media pioneer (b. 1942)
- January 11
- January 12 – William Hogan, politician (b. 1937)
- January 14
- January 15
- January 16 – Michael Brecher, political scientist and teacher (b. 1925)
- January 17 – Karim Ouellet, Senegalese-born singer-songwriter (b. 1984)
- January 19
- January 21 – Clark Gillies, ice hockey player (b. 1954)
- January 23 – Guy Saint-Pierre, politician and businessman (b. 1934)
- January 25 – Jean-Claude Corbeil, linguist and lexicographer (b. 1932)
- January 29
- January 30 – Jeffrey A. Hutchings, fisheries scientist (b. 1958)
- January 31 – Mike Nykoluk, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1934)
February
- February 1 – Remi De Roo, Catholic bishop (b. 1924)
- February 3
- February 4
- February 5
- February 7 – Bruce Owen, lawyer and politician (b. 1931)
- February 8 – Ricky Hunter, wrestler (b. 1936)
- February 9
- February 11 – Jean-Marc Piotte, philosopher and sociologist (b. 1940)
- February 12 – Ivan Reitman, Czechoslovakian-born film director and producer (b. 1946)
- February 14 – Elliott Leyton, social-anthropologist, educator, and author (b. 1939)
- February 15 – Charles Juravinski, businessman and philanthropist (b. 1929)
- February 17
- February 18
- February 19
- Emile Francis, ice hockey player, coach, and general manager (b. 1926)
- Latjor Tuel, South Sudanese immigrant to Canada (b. 1980 or 1981)
- February 20 – Robert Silverman, cycling activist (b. 1933)
- February 23 – Bernard Langer, surgeon and educator (b. 1932)
- February 25 – Gérard-Joseph Deschamps, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1929)
- February 27 – Brian Fawcett, writer and cultural analyst (b. 1944)
March
- March 2 – Evérard Daigle, politician (b. 1925)
- March 3
- March 4
- March 9 – Ron Hansen, politician (b. 1943)
- March 10 – Gerry Goyer, ice hockey player (b. 1936)
- March 14 – Eric Mercury, musician, singer, and composer (b. 1944)
- March 15
- Joan Langdon, American-born competitive swimmer and breaststroker (b. 1922)
- Jean Potvin, ice hockey player (b. 1949)
- March 18
- March 21 – Lawrence Dane, actor (b. 1937)
- March 23 – James Downey, academic (b. 1939)
- March 24
- March 26 – Claudette Bradshaw, politician (b. 1949)
- March 28 – Eugene Melnyk, businessman, philanthropist, owner of the Ottawa Senators, and founder of Biovail (b. 1959)
- March 29 – Joyce Fairbairn, politician and senator (b. 1939)
- March 30
June
- June 3
- June 4
- June 5
- June 8 – Myron Kowalsky, politician and teacher (b. 1941)
- June 9 – Matt Zimmerman, actor (b. 1934)
- June 11 – Loretta Rogers, English-born philanthropist and director of Rogers Communications (b. 1939)
- June 14 – Bearcat Murray, athletic trainer for the Calgary Flames (b. 1933)
- June 16 – Big Rude Jake, musician (b. 1963)
- June 25 – John Leefe, author, educator, and politician (b. 1942)
- June 27
- June 29 – Jim Pappin, ice hockey player (b. 1939)
- June 30 – Jean-Guy Gendron, ice hockey player (b. 1934)
July
- July 2
- July 3 – Irving Abella, historian who served as a professor at York University (b. 1940)
- July 4 – Patrick Watson, broadcaster, writer, and producer (b. 1929)
- July 6 – Bryan Marchment, ice hockey player (b. 1969)
- July 7
- July 8 – Alan Pope, Scottish-born politician (b. 1945)
- July 10 – Maurice Boucher, murderer, outlaw biker, and president of the Hells Angels' Montreal chapter (b. 1953)
- July 11 – Terence Macartney-Filgate, British-Canadian filmmaker (b. 1924)
- July 13 – Pat John, actor (b. 1953)
- July 16 – Paul Hannam, physician and sailor (b. 1971)
- July 18
- July 20
- July 26
- July 27
- July 28
- July 31 – A. Jean de Grandpré, president and chief executive officer of Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. (b. 1921)
August
- August 2
- August 3 – Terry Caffery, ice hockey player (b. 1949)
- August 6 – Bob Skelly, politician (b. 1943)
- August 7
- August 8 – Tom Hedderson, politician (b. 1954)
- August 10 – Julian Klymkiw, ice hockey player (b. 1933)
- August 12 – Lyle Bradley, ice hockey player (b. 1943)
- August 16 – Alex Polowin, Lithuanian-born World War II veteran (b. 1924)
- August 17 – Mabel DeWare, politician, curler, and senator (b. 1926)
- August 18 – Ellen Leonard, systematic theologian and Roman Catholic religious sister (b. 1933)
- August 19 – Harrison Gray, ice hockey player (b. 1941)
- August 24 – Paul Knox, ice hockey player (b. 1933)
- August 25
- August 27 – Dave Bailey, track and field athlete (b. 1945)
- August 29
- Sam Glucksberg, professor (b. 1933)
- Pat McGeer, physician, professor, medical researcher, and basketball player (b. 1927)
- August 30 – Bob Russell, American-born politician (b. 1930)
- August 31 – Normand Chaurette, playwright (b. 1954)
September
- September 2 – Denis Berthiaume, academic and researcher (b. 1969)
- September 3 – Scott Campbell, ice hockey player (b. 1957)
- September 4 – John Till, musician (b. 1945)
- September 8 – Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (b. 1926)
- September 9 – Clive Tanner, English-born politician (b. 1934)[58]
- September 11 – Elias Theodorou, mixed martial artist (b. 1988)
- September 12 – Michael DeGroote, Belgian-born businessman and philanthropist (b. 1933)
- September 15 – Jeanne Renaud, dancer, choreographer, and artistic director (b. 1928)
- September 18 – Diane Guérin, actress and singer (b. 1948)
- September 19 – Harry Langford, football player (b. 1929)
- September 21 – Tom Benner, sculptor, painter, and installation artist (b. 1950)
- September 22 – Dave Barrow, Mayor of Richmond Hill, Ontario (b. 1947)
- September 24
- September 25
- September 28 – Andre Payette, ice hockey player (b. 1976)
- September 29 – Gilles Loiselle, politician (b. 1929)
October
- October 1
- October 4
- October 7 – Brenda MacGibbon, mathematician, statistician, decision scientist, and professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal (b. 1944)
- October 8 – André Chagnon, businessman, philanthropist, and founder of Vidéotron (b. 1928)
- October 11
- October 13 – Jeff Barnaby, filmmaker (b. 1976)
- October 14
- October 15 – Simon Roy, author and professor at the Collège Lionel-Groulx (b. 1968)
- October 16
- October 20
- October 21 – Cynthia Lai, Chinese-Canadian politician (b. 1954)
- October 22 – Rodney Graham, artist and musician (b. 1949)
- October 23 – Michael Kopsa, actor (b. 1956)
- October 24 – Myer Horowitz, academic and president of the University of Alberta (b. 1932)
- October 26 – Mike Birch, navigator (b. 1931)
- October 28 – Larry South, politician (b. 1925)
- October 30 – Andrew Dawes, violinist (b. 1940)
November
- November 1 – Brent Pope, ice hockey player (b. 1973)
- November 4 – Alvin Segal, American-born businessman and philanthropist (b. 1933)
- November 5
- November 10 – Alan Park, comedian and political satirist (b. 1962)
- November 12 – Pierre Fournier, comic book writer, artist, editor, promoter, and publisher (b. 1949)
- November 15 – Gudrun Parker, filmmaker (b. 1920)
- November 18
- Myriam Cliche, poet, illustrator, artisan, and linguist (b. 1961)
- Jean Lapointe, actor, comedian, singer, and politician (b. 1935)
- November 21
- Josef Svoboda, Czechoslovakian-born Arctic tundra scientist and botanist (b. 1929)
- Peter Trynchy, businessman, farmer, and politician (b. 1931)
- November 26
- November 27 – Murray Waxman, Olympic basketball player (b. 1925)
- November 28 – Rob Armitage, curler (b. 1957)
December
- December 2
- December 4
- December 5
- John Beckwith, composer, writer, pianist, teacher, and administrator (b. 1927)
- Sam Wakim, lawyer and politician (b. 1937)
- December 8
- December 9 – Pedro Miguel Arce, Nicaraguan-born actor (b. 1976)
- December 12
- December 15
- December 16
- December 17 – Albert Reichmann, Austrian-born businessman (b. 1929)
- December 18
- December 24 – Jean Paré, caterer and author (b. 1927)
- December 27 – Maximilien Polak, Dutch-born judge and politician (b. 1930)
- December 29 – Ian Tyson, musician (b. 1933)