1992 in Canada

Crown

Head of state (monarch) – Queen Elizabeth II (consort – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)

Federal government

Governor general – Ray Hnatyshyn (viceregal consort – Gerda Hnatyshyn)

Prime minister – Brian Mulroney

Lieutenant governors

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Gordon Towers

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – David Lam

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – George Johnson

Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Gilbert Finn

Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Frederick Russell

Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Lloyd Crouse

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Hal Jackman

Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Marion Reid

Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Martial Asselin

Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Sylvia Fedoruk

Premiers

Premier of Alberta – Don Getty (until December 14) then Ralph Klein

Premier of British Columbia – Mike Harcourt

Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon

Premier of New Brunswick – Frank McKenna

Premier of Newfoundland – Clyde Wells

Premier of Nova Scotia – Donald Cameron

Premier of Ontario – Bob Rae

Premier of Prince Edward Island – Joe Ghiz

Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa

Premier of Saskatchewan – Roy Romanow

Commissioners

Commissioner of Yukon – John Kenneth McKinnon

Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Daniel L. Norris

Premiers

Premier of the Northwest Territories – Nellie Cournoyea

Premier of Yukon – Tony Penikett (until November 7) then John Ostashek

January to June

January: CBC Television's documentary series The Valour and the Horror is criticized by Canadian veterans' groups for reportedly misrepresenting Canadian military conduct during World War II.

January 22: On STS-42, Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space.

April 5: The Iranian embassy in Ottawa is stormed by members of MEK, an Iraq-supported religious right group.

April 16 to 19: Abduction and murder of Kristen French.

May: Geological Survey of Canada expedition measures elevation of Mount Logan to 5,959 m.

May 7: Three employees are murdered and one permanently disabled during a robbery at a McDonald's restaurant in Sydney River, Nova Scotia.

May 9: 26 miners are killed in the Westray Mine Disaster.

May 17: Official opening of celebrations of the 350th anniversary of Montreal.

July to September

July 1:

Celebrations of the 125th anniversary of Confederation.

The Van Doos launch a successful operation to secure control of Sarajevo's airport.

July 2: a two-year shutdown of the cod fishery is announced.

August 12: the details of North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) are released.

August 22: The final draft of the Charlottetown Accord, a proposed package of constitutional amendments, is released.

August 24: A mechanical engineering professor, Valery Fabrikant, opens fire at Concordia University in Montreal killing four people.

September 18: Nine workers at the Giant Mine are killed after striking employee Roger Warren detonates a bomb in the mine shaft.

October to December

October: The ban on homosexuals in the Canadian military is lifted, following a legal challenge by Michelle Douglas.

October 19: Yukon elections: John Ostashek's YP wins only a minority.

October 26: The Charlottetown Accord is rejected in a nationwide referendum.

October 28: The Manitoba municipal elections, 1992 take place.

November 5: A referendum endorsing the creation of Nunavut is successful in the Northwest Territories.

November 7: John Ostashek becomes government leader of the Yukon, replacing Tony Penikett.

December 15: The first members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment arrive in Somalia on an ill-fated humanitarian mission.

December 16: Ralph Klein succeeds Don Getty as Premier of Alberta.

December 17: Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signs the NAFTA deal.

Full date unknown

Rudolph A. Marcus wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

Agriculture Canada introduces a national BSE prevention program.

Delwin Vriend, an Alberta teacher, wins a court case against the Alberta Human Rights Commission regarding the status of LGBT persons under the province's human rights legislation. The case was appealed to the Alberta Court of Appeal; see 1994 in Canada.

Charles de Gaulle Obelisk, Montreal unveiled.

New books

The English Patient: Michael Ondaatje

Tales from Firozsha Baag: Rohinton Mistry

Inkorrect thots: bill bissett

Mother, not mother: Di Brandt

Awards

Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient wins the Booker Prize, the first Canadian to do so.

See 1992 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

Books in Canada First Novel Award: Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey

Gerald Lampert Award: Joanne Arnott, Wiles of Girlhood

Pat Lowther Award: Kate Braid, Covering Rough Ground

Marian Engel Award: Joan Barfoot

Stephen Leacock Award: Roch Carrier, Prayers of a Very Wise Child

Trillium Book Award: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient

Vicky Metcalf Award: Kevin Major

Music

Alanis, Now Is the Time

Barenaked Ladies, Gordon

Beau Dommage, Beau Dommage au Forum

Blue Rodeo, Lost Together

Bootsauce, Bull

La Bottine Souriante, Jusqu'aux p'tites heures

Bourbon Tabernacle Choir, Superior Cackling Hen

The Box, Decade of the Box

Change of Heart, Smile

Leonard Cohen, The Future

Cowboy Junkies, Black Eyed Man

54-40, Dear Dear

Front Line Assembly, Tactical Neural Implant

Hart-Rouge, Le dernier mois de l'année

hHead, Fireman

Intermix, Intermix

Jr. Gone Wild, Pull the Goalie

Lava Hay, With a Picture in Mind

Leslie Spit Treeo, Book of Rejection

Martha and the Muffins, Modern Lullaby

Moxy Früvous, Moxy Früvous

Sarah McLachlan, Live EP

The Northern Pikes, Neptune

The Nylons, Live to Love

The Rankin Family, Fare Thee Well Love

Rheostatics, Whale Music

Jane Siberry, A Collection 1984–1989 and Summer in the Yukon

Skydiggers, Restless

Sloan, Peppermint and Smeared

The Tragically Hip, Fully Completely

The Waltons, Lik My Trakter

The Watchmen, mclarenfurnaceroom

Television

The last episode of the children's series The Raccoons on CBC Television

Sport

February 8–February 23 - 1992 Winter Olympics are held in Albertville, France. Canada finishes ninth in the medal count.

July 25–August 9 - Canada competes in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

October 8 - The modern-day Ottawa Senators play their first game in the National Hockey League, defeating the Montreal Canadiens.

October 24 - The Toronto Blue Jays become the first non-United States team to win the World Series.

November 29 - At the 80th Grey Cup the Calgary Stampeders defeat the Winnipeg Blue Bombers at SkyDome in Toronto.

Vanier Cup - Queen's Golden Gaels win 31–0 over the St. Mary's Huskies.

January to March

January 1 - Freddie Hamilton, hockey player

January 7 - Erik Gudbranson, hockey player

January 11 - Mark Pysyk, hockey defenceman

January 21

Quinton Howden, hockey player

Melissa Anne Smith, actress

January 27 - Connor Widdows, actor

January 31 - Tyler Seguin, professional ice hockey winger

February 9 - Avan Jogia, actor

February 12 - Amanda Laine, model

February 18

Brandon Gormley, hockey defenceman

Melinda Shankar, actress

March 23 - Vanessa Morgan, actress and singer

April to June

April 1 - Gabriela Dabrowski, tennis player

April 2 - John McFarland, hockey player

April 5 – Emmalyn Estrada, singer

April 11 - Victoria Hayward, softball player

April 15 - Calvin Pickard, professional ice hockey goaltender

April 20 - Dylan McIlrath, hockey defenceman

April 24 - Joanna Lenko, ice dancer

April 27 - J.P. Anderson, hockey goaltender

April 29 - Sarah Freeman, junior alpine skier

May 2 - Brett Connolly, hockey player

May 5 - Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu, short track speed skater

May 7 - Alexander Ludwig, actor

May 11 - Jaineil Hoilett, footballer

May 13 - Keltie Hansen, freestyle skier

May 14 – A.J. Saudin, actor

May 16 - Jeff Skinner, hockey player

May 27 - Aaron Brown, sprinter

June 4 - Savannah King, swimmer

June 23 - Louis-Philippe Dury, actor

June 25 - Jaden Schwartz, hockey player

July to December

July 1 - Andrew Chalmers, actor

July 4 - Chris Haughton, cadet olympic recurve archer

July 11 - Isabelle Deluce, actress

July 21 - Giselle Klein, sprint Car driver

July 24 - Mikaël Kingsbury, freestyle skier

July 31 - Ryan Johansen, hockey player

August 7 - Mark Visentin, hockey player

August 29 - Carolyn MacCuish, figure skater

September 3 - Nicholas Lindsay, soccer player

September 14 - Kaela Bahrey, actress

September 19 - Kelsey Balkwill, athlete

September 28 - Keir Gilchrist, actor

October 5 - Eric Cabral, actor

October 6 - Josh Archibald, ice hockey player

October 17 - Mikaël Grenier, racing driver

October 28 - Zack Phillips, ice hockey player

November 4 - Josh Janniere, soccer player

November 22 - Natalie Achonwa, basketball player

November 28 - Cameron Ansell, actor

December 7 - Sean Couturier, hockey player

December 11 - Dalton Pompey, baseball player

December 21 - Haylee Wanstall, actress

Full date unknown

Ilya Abelev, junior freestyle and wrestler

January to March

February 1 - Gary Lautens, humorist and newspaper columnist (born 1928)

February 5 - Maxwell Meighen, financier (born 1908)

February 25 - Louis Harrington Lewry, politician and reporter (born 1919)

February 27 - S. I. Hayakawa, academic and politician (born 1906)

March 3 - Robert Beatty, actor (born 1909)

March 14 - Bill Allum, ice hockey player (born 1916)

March 26 - Barbara Frum, radio and television journalist (born 1937)

April to June

April 10 - Cec Linder, actor (born 1921)

April 15 - Mud Bruneteau, professional ice hockey forward who player (born 1914)

April 19 - Kristen French, murder victim (born 1976)

May 9 - James Allan, politician (born 1894)

July to December

July 5 - Pauline Jewett, politician and educator (born 1922)

July 11 - Munroe Bourne, swimmer (born 1910)

July 24 - Sam Berger, lawyer, businessman and football player (born 1900)

July 30 - Joe Shuster, comic book artist (born 1914)

September 3 - Émile Benoît, musician (born 1913)

September 14 - Paul Joseph James Martin, politician (born 1903)

September 27 - Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside, diplomat, civil servant and 5th Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (born 1898)

November 4 - George Klein, inventor (born 1904)

December 13 - K. C. Irving, entrepreneur and industrialist (born 1899)

December 28 - Pudlo Pudlat, artist (born 1916)

Full date unknown

Greg Curnoe, painter (born 1936)