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Events from the year 2025 in Canada.
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Incumbents
The Crown
Federal government
- Governor General – Mary Simon[2]
- Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau (until March 14);[3] then Mark Carney[4]
- Parliament – 44th (until March 23), then 45th (from May 26)
Provincial governments
Lieutenant Governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Salma Lakhani
- Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Janet Austin (until January 30); then Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Anita Neville
- Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Brenda Murphy (until January 22); then Louise Imbeault
- Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Joan Marie Aylward
- Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Michael Savage
- Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Edith Dumont
- Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Wassim Salamoun
- Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Manon Jeannotte
- Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Russell Mirasty (until January 31); then Bernadette McIntyre
Premiers
- Premier of Alberta – Danielle Smith
- Premier of British Columbia – David Eby
- Premier of Manitoba – Wab Kinew
- Premier of New Brunswick – Susan Holt
- Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Andrew Furey (until May 9); then John Hogan
- Premier of Nova Scotia – Tim Houston
- Premier of Ontario – Doug Ford
- Premier of Prince Edward Island – Dennis King (until February 21); then Rob Lantz
- Premier of Quebec – François Legault
- Premier of Saskatchewan – Scott Moe
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
- Premier of Northwest Territories – R.J. Simpson
- Premier of Nunavut – P.J. Akeeagok
- Premier of Yukon – Ranj Pillai (until June 27); then Mike Pemberton
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Events
January
- January 6 – Justin Trudeau announces his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party, effective following the selection of his successor.[5]
- January 28
- The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference publishes its final report, saying that it had found “no evidence of traitors” in the Parliament of Canada, while warning that foreign actors were generating disinformation in traditional and social media to threaten the democratic system.[6]
- Tanner Fox is sentenced to life imprisonment of the Supreme Court of British Columbia for the 2022 murder of Sikh businessman Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted of involvement in the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182, in Surrey.[7]
- January 29 – Ontario premier Doug Ford announces that a snap provincial election would be held on 27 February, citing the need for a stronger mandate to respond to threats of tariffs by US President Donald Trump.[8]
February
- February 1 – US President Donald Trump imposes a 10% tariff on energy imports from Canada and a 25% tariff for other Canadian goods, prompting Prime Minister Trudeau to declare a 25% on American imports in response.[9]
- February 3
- The provincial government of Ontario imposes a ban on American companies from bidding on government contracts and terminates an agreement with Starlink to provide internet to remote areas of northern Ontario in retaliation for US tariffs.[10]
- The US suspends its increased tariffs on Canadian imports for a month following last-minute calls between Prime Minister Trudeau and President Trump.[11]
- February 17 – A Bombardier CRJ900LR (N932XJ) operated by Endeavor Air as Delta Connection Flight 4819 from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport crashes and overturns on landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport, injuring at least 17 people.[12]
- February 19
- Prime Minister Trudeau officially announces the establishment of Alto, a high-speed rail plan that will connect Quebec City to Toronto.[13]
- Activist Pat King is sentenced to three months' house arrest on charges related to the Canada convoy protest in 2022.[14]
- February 20
- Canada wins the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off after defeating the United States 3–2 in Boston.[15]
- Canada designates the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, the Carteles Unidos, the Cártel del Noreste, the Gulf Cartel, La Nueva Familia Michoacana Organization, Tren de Aragua and MS-13, as terrorist organizations.[16]
- February 24 – Trudeau pledges to send $5 billion in aid to Ukraine, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, using funds from seized Russian assets.[17]
- February 25 – Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey announced his intentions to resign as both Premier and Leader of the Liberal Party, kicking off a leadership race.[18][19]
- February 27 – 2025 Ontario general election: Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives win a third straight majority, becoming the first party since 1959 to win three straight majorities in Ontario.[20]
March
- March 3 – Trudeau meets with King Charles III, at his Sandringham estate, to discuss "matters of importance to Canada."[21][22]
- March 4 – President Trump reimposes expanded tariffs on Canada.[23]
- March 7
- BC MLA Dallas Brodie is expelled from the Conservative Party of British Columbia caucus.[24]
- Twelve people are injured in a shooting at a bar in Scarborough, Ontario.[25]
- March 9 – The Liberal Party chooses Mark Carney as their new leader and next prime minister in an election.[26][27][28][29]
- March 11 – 2025 United States trade war with Canada and Mexico: Following Doug Ford's decision to respond to Trump's tariffs with a 25% receptional tariff on electricity exports to the United States, Trump imposes an additional 25% tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum, bringing total tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50%.[30]
- March 14
- Liberal leader Carney is sworn in as the 24th prime minister, following Trudeau's resignation.[31][32]
- Hudson's Bay Company announced it will be forced to close all stores but six in the Greater Toronto Area and Montreal, in addition to liquidating all inventory. The company later filed for creditor protection.[33]
- March 16 – Carney, in his first international prime ministerial trip, visits Emmanual Macron, the President of France in Paris. Following this, Carney visits Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and King Charles III.[34][35]
- March 17 – The 2025 Terrebonne provincial by-election in Quebec is held.
- March 18 – The 2025 Transcona provincial by-election in Manitoba is held.
- March 20 – Global Affairs Canada announces that four Canadian-Chinese nationals had been executed in China earlier in the year for drug offences.[36]
April
- April 3 – Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are convicted of mischief in their role as organizers of the Canada convoy protest in 2022.[37]
- April 4 – Global Affairs Canada announces that Canada will donate $9.75 million to the Canadian Red Cross, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the Humanitarian Coalition for humanitarian assistance in respond to the 2025 Myanmar Earthquake.[38]
- April 5 – A man is arrested for entering Parliament Hill in Ottawa and locking himself for hours inside the East Block.[39]
- April 24 – A man is shot dead by police following a security incident at Toronto Pearson International Airport.[40]
- April 26 – A car rams into pedestrians at a street festival in Vancouver, killing 11 people.[41]
- April 28 – 2025 Canadian federal election: The Liberals win a plurality of seats in the House of Commons, to form a minority government.[42]
May
- May 1 – Andrew Parsons announces that he would resign his seat of Burgeo-LaPoile and his portfolio of Industry, Energy and Technology. He had implied earlier in the year that he would stay on until the next election, and then not run again.[43]
- May 2 – Conservative MP Damien Kurek announces his intention to resign his seat of Battle River-Crowfoot to allow Pierre Poilievre to run in a by-election so he could return to Parliament after losing his seat.[44]
- May 3 – John Hogan wins the 2025 Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, becoming Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador on May 9.[45]
- May 5 – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announces that her government would hold a referendum on Alberta's separation from Canada if citizens gathered enough signatures to prompt a referendum.[46]
- May 13 – Carney announces a cabinet reshuffle for the 30th Canadian Ministry.[47] The cabinet consists of 38 members, including 24 new members.[48]
- May 16 – Carney and 13 other MPs travel to Vatican City to attend Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass.[49] Along the way, Carney holds bilateral meetings with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[50] He later has a brief audience with the pope, concluding his visit on May 18.[51][52]
- May 23
- Conservative candidate Jonathan Rowe wins the riding of Terra Nova—The Peninsulas in a judicial recount. Originally, it was believed he had lost to Liberal Anthony Germain by 12 votes. However, Rowe ended up winning by 12 votes after the recount.[53]
- A group of U.S. Senators visit Ottawa to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney in a effort to maintain the relationship between the two countries amidst Trump's tariffs on the country and calls to make it the 51st state.[54]
- May 26 – Jeffrey Wood is sentenced to two years' imprisonment by a court in Ottawa for stealing Yousuf Karsh's photograph of Winston Churchill, The Roaring Lion, from the Château Laurier in Ottawa in 2022.[55]
- May 27 – 2025 royal tour of Canada:
- King Charles III, in his capacity as King of Canada, visits Canada along with Queen Camilla on Prime Minister Mark Carney's advice. He also read the Speech from the Throne, the first reigning monarch to do so since 1977. The visit is seen as a reinforcement of Canadian sovereignty in light of US president Donald Trump's rhetoric on threatening to annex Canada.[56]
- The National Assembly of Quebec votes for a motion calling on Quebec to abolish all ties with the monarchy.[57][58]
- May 28 – 2025 Canadian wildfires:
- Wildfires near Flin Flon cause a declaration of a state of emergency in Manitoba and the evacuation of over 17,000 people.[59]
- A state of emergency is declared in Saskatchewan due to wildfires.[60]
June
- June 3 – Senator David Richards joins the Conservative caucus in the Senate.[61]
- June 10 – Senator Mary Jane McCallum joins the Conservative caucus in the Senate.[62]
- June 11 – Canada joins New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and Norway in banning and freezing the assets of two far-right Israeli government ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich for advocating violence and the displacement of Palestinians.[63]
- June 12
- Montreal Police arrest Leonardo Rizzuto, the alleged head of the Montreal Mafia.[64]
- Senator Larry Smith re-joins the Conservative caucus in the Senate.[65]
- June 16–17 – 51st G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.[66]
- June 17
- India and Canada announce an agreement to restore normal diplomatic relations following a dispute that began in 2023 over the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Vancouver.[67]
- Damien Kurek officially resigns his seat of Battle River-Crowfoot, triggering a by-election.[68]
- June 19 – A rockslide at Banff National Park, Alberta, kills two people and injures three others.[69]
- June 23 – Provincial by-elections are held in Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, Edmonton-Ellerslie, and Edmonton-Strathcona, Alberta.[70]
- June 29 – The federal government rescinds its digital services tax in response to President Trump suspending trade negotiations between Canada and the United States.[71]
July
- July 3 – MHA and former MP, Siobhan Coady, announced that she will not seek re-election in the 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election.[72]
- July 8
- Four people are arrested on suspicion of plotting to create an anti-government militia and "community" in the Quebec City area.[73]
- Two Cessna aircraft collide mid-air near Steinbach, Manitoba during a training flight, killing both pilots.[74]
- July 24
- Five former members of Canada men's national junior ice hockey team are acquitted of sexual assault in a 2018 case involving a woman in London, Ontario.[75]
- Three miners are rescued from the collapse of the Red Chris mine in the Tahltan Nation of British Columbia.[76]
- July 30 – Canada announces that it would recognize the State of Palestine effective September.[77]
August
- August 3 – Wildfires break out on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador. Evacuation orders were put in place for the towns of Holyrood, Conception Bay South, and many smaller communities in Northern Conception Bay.[78][79][80]
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Scheduled events
August
- August 18 – 2025 Battle River—Crowfoot federal by-election.
September
- September 4–14 – 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.
October
- October 14 – 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election.[81]
- October 27 – 2025 Nunavut general election.
November
- November 3 – 2025 Yukon general election.[82]
- November 16 – 112th Grey Cup in Winnipeg.
Art and entertainment
Holidays
- January 1 – New Year's Day
- February 17 – Family Day
- April 18 – Good Friday
- May 19 – Victoria Day
- July 1 – Canada Day
- September 1 – Labour Day
- September 30 – National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- October 13 – Thanksgiving Day
- November 11 – Remembrance Day
- December 25 – Christmas Day
Deaths
January
- January 1 – Gilbert Normand, physician and politician (b. 1943)
- January 3
- Andrew Pyper, author (b. 1968)
- Rod Sykes, politician and Mayor of Calgary (b. 1929)
- Thomas R. Williams, university professor and academic administrator (b. 1939)
- January 4 – Julien Poulin, actor, film director, screenwriter, and film producer (b. 1946)
- January 5 – Al MacNeil, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1935)
- January 6
- Dwight Foster, ice hockey player (b. 1957)
- John S. Hunkin, banker, chairman, and president of the CIBC (b. 1945)
- Dale Wilson, actor (b. 1950)
- January 8 – Jim Lawrence, baseball player (b. 1939)
- January 9
- Henry Beissel, German-born writer and editor (b. 1929)
- Mickey Roth, ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- John William Thomson, politician (b. 1928)
- January 12 – Kim Yaroshevskaya, Russian-born actress (b. 1923)
- January 14 – Nello Altomare, politician (b. 1963)
- January 16 – Dave Lucas, ice hockey player (b. 1932)
- January 17
- Stéphane Venne, musician, composer and record label executive (b. 1941)
- Robert Verrall, animator, director, and film producer (b. 1928)
- January 19
- Marcel Bonin, ice hockey player (b. 1931)
- George Faulkner, ice hockey player (b. 1933)
- Tom McVie, ice hockey coach (b. 1935)
- January 21
- Garth Hudson, musician (b. 1937)
- Doug Sneyd, cartoonist (b. 1931)
- January 23 – David G. A. McLean, lawyer and businessman (b. 1938)
- January 24
- Toby McDonald, curler, curling coach, and lawyer (b. 1951)
- Jane McGarrigle, musician and music publisher (b. 1941)
- January 25 – Bill Wilson, hereditary chief, politician, and lawyer (b. 1944)
- January 26 – Mary Hodder, politician (b. 1945)
- January 27 – Michel Cogger, lawyer, businessman, and politician (b. 1939)
- January 29 – Shawn Simpson, ice hockey player and radio personality (b. 1968)[85]
February
- February 2 – Claude Boileau, ice hockey player (b. 1933)
- February 6 – Paul Morris, public address announcer for the Toronto Maple Leafs and sound engineer at Maple Leaf Gardens (b. 1938)
- February 8 – Corey Crewe, musician and comedian (b. 1944)
- February 10
- Jerome Drayton, German-born Olympic long-distance runner (b. 1945)[86]
- Grégoire Girard, surveyor and politician (b. 1925)
- February 11 – Bernard Lagacé, organist and musicologist (b. 1930)
- February 12 – Al Valdes, football player (b. 1935)
- February 13 – Bernard Saladin D'Anglure, French-born anthropologist and ethnographer (b. 1936)
- February 14 – Kevyn Major Howard, actor and photographer (b. 1956)
- February 16 – Jean-Denis Gendron, linguist and academic (b. 1925)
- February 17 – Antonine Maillet, novelist, playwright, and scholar (b. 1929)
- February 19 – Olive Sturgess, actress (b. 1933)
- February 22 – Martin O'Malley, journalist and writer (b. 1939)
- February 26 – Jean Campeau, politician, economist, and business executive (b. 1931)
- February 27 – Allan Furlong, politician (b. 1942)
March
- March 2
- John Cummins, politician and leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia (b. 1942)
- Frank Maher, musician (b. 1934)
- March 3 – Victor Cicansky, sculptor (b. 1935)
- March 5 – Terry Wilson, football player (b. 1942)
- March 6 – Dick Cherry, ice hockey player (b. 1937)
- March 7 – Wally Ursuliak, curler (b. 1929)
- March 11 – Judy Bethel, politician (b. 1943)
- March 13 – Claude Verret, ice hockey player (b. 1963)
- March 14 – Broyce Jacobs, politician (b. 1940)
- March 18 – Denise Boucher, writer (b. 1935)
- March 20 – Pat Murphy, politician and Mayor of Alberton (b. 1962)
- March 25 – Edith Ballantyne, Czech-born activist (b. 1922)
- March 26 – Howie Hughes, ice hockey player (b. 1939)
- March 29 – Dick Damron, musician (b. 1934)
- March 31 – Mark Laforest, ice hockey player (b. 1962)
April
- April 2 – Peter Pearson, film director and screenwriter (b. 1938)
- April 5 – Colin Fox, actor (b. 1938)
- April 6 – Robert Corbett, politician (b. 1938)
- April 7 – Greg Millen, ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1957)
- April 9
- Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien, chairman and CEO of Telemedia (b. 1928)
- John Van Seters, Biblist and religious studies scholar (b. 1935)
- April 10
- Douglas John Hall, professor at McGill University and minister of the United Church of Canada (b. 1928)
- Ted Kotcheff, Canadian-Bulgarian film and television director and producer (b. 1931)
- April 11 – Gerry McNamara, scout and general manager with the Toronto Maple Leafs (b. 1934)
- April 12 – Bob Wood, politician (b. 1940)
- April 16
- Ed Lumley, corporate executive and politician (b. 1939)
- Steve Mapsalak, politician (b. 1957)
- April 19 – Bev Beaver, athlete (b. 1947)
- April 23 – Billy Joe MacLean, politician (b. 1936)
- April 24
- Rita Briansky, Polish-born painter and printmaker (b. 1925)
- Jean-Claude Germain, playwright, author, journalist, and historian (b. 1939)
- April 29 – Ed Van Impe, ice hockey player (b. 1940)
- April 30
- Henry Friesen, endocrinologist (b. 1934)
- D. Gregory Powell, emergency medicine physician (b. 1947)
- Phil Roberto, ice hockey player (b. 1949)
May
- May 2 – Dave Gorman, ice hockey player (b. 1955)
- May 3 – Peter Coade, meteorologist and television and radio weather presenter (b. 1942)
- May 4 – Guylaine Lanctôt, phlebologist and anti-vaccine activist (b. 1941)
- May 6 – Ovide Doiron, racing driver and engine builder (b. 1940)
- May 7
- Frank Caprice, ice hockey player (b. 1962)
- Jim Spenst, World War II veteran (b. 1926)
- May 9
- Wade Blanchard, curler (b. 1959)
- Régent Lacoursière, swimmer (b. 1935)
- Bob Lemieux, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1944)
- Serge Mongeau, physician, writer, publisher, and politician (b. 1937)
- May 13 – Murray Anderson, ice hockey player (b. 1949)
- May 15 – Judith Copithorne, poet (b. 1939)
- May 18
- Charles Thiffault, assistant coach for the NHL (b. 1938)
- James Till, University of Toronto biophysicist (b. 1931)
- May 24
- Tom Dunphy, politician, teacher, and realtor (b. 1937)
- Kenny Marco, guitarist (b. 1947)
- May 26 – Co Hoedeman, Dutch-Canadian filmmaker (b. 1940)
- May 27 – Janet Ajzenstat, professor at McMaster University (b. 1936)
- May 28 – Claude Roussel, sculptor, painter, and educator (b. 1930)
June
- June 3 – Juliette Powell, American-Canadian media expert, tech ethicist, business advisor, author, and beauty pageant titleholder (b. 1970)
- June 4 – Marc Garneau, astronaut, MP, minister of transport and foreign affairs (b. 1949)[87]
- June 5 – Scott Metcalfe, ice hockey player (b. 1967)
- June 6 – Claude Poissant, actor, screenwriter, and theatre director (b. 1955)
- June 9 – Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, writer (b. 1945)
- June 11 – Paul Shooner, politician (b. 1923)
- June 13 – Ralph Katzman, farmer and politician (b. 1940)
- June 15 – Buzz Hargrove, labour leader and president of the Canadian Auto Workers (b. 1944)
- June 16
- Alia Hogben, Burmese-born social worker and activist (b. 1937)
- Ron Taylor, baseball player and physician (b. 1937)
- June 19 – Raymond Laflamme, theoretical physicist and the founder and director of the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo (b. 1960)
- June 21 – John McCallum, politician, economist, diplomat, and university professor (b. 1950)
- June 22
- Pierre Jean Jeanniot, French-born president and CEO of Air Canada (b. 1933)
- Guy Lauzon, politician (b. 1944)
- June 24
- Denys Chabot, writer and journalist (b. 1945)
- Serge Fiori, musician (b. 1952)
- June 30 – Robert C. Dynes, Canadian-American physicist, researcher, and academic administrator (b. 1942)
July
- July 1
- Alex Delvecchio, ice hockey player, coach, and general manager (b. 1931)[88]
- Ken Walker, British-born medical writer, celebrity doctor, obstetrician, gynecologist, and abortion practitioner (b. 1924)
- July 4 – Lyndon Byers, ice hockey player and radio host (b. 1964)[89]
- July 5 – Jake Epp, politician, cabinet minister, and corporate executive (b. 1939)
- July 9 – Gérard Lécuyer, politician and cabinet minister (b. 1936)
- July 10 – Debbie Nightingale, film and television producer (b. 1953)[90]
- July 16 – Wayne Thomas, ice hockey player and executive (b. 1947)[91]
- July 17
- Mark Bonokoski, newspaper columnist and commentator (b. 1947)
- Gary Chown, football player (b. 1951)
- Laura Vinson, musician (b. 1947)
- July 18
- Aganetha Dyck, sculptor (b. 1937)
- Michael Melski, playwright and filmmaker (b. 1969)[92]
- Harry Standjofski, actor, theatre director, and playwright (b. 1959)
- Mary Vingoe, playwright, actress, and theatre director (b. 1955)
- July 19 – Raymond Damblant, French-born judoka (b. 1931)
- July 23 – Michelle Duff, motorcycle racer (b. 1939)
- July 28
- Cécile Dionne, member of the Dionne quintuplets (b. 1934)
- Joseph Ziegler, American-born actor and theatre director (b. 1953)
- July 31
- Léandre Bergeron, writer, historian, linguist, and cartoonist (b. 1933)
- Jan Dukszta, Polish-born politician (b. 1932)
August
- August 2 – Hilary Weston, Irish-born business mogul, writer, and lieutenant governor of Ontario (b. 1942)
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