1993 in Canada
See also: 1992 in Canada, other events of 1993, 1994 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
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Incumbents
- Prime Minister - Brian Mulroney then Kim Campbell then Jean Chrétien
- Governor General - Ray Hnatyshyn
- Premier of Alberta - 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 then John Savage
- Premier of Ontario - Bob Rae
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - Joe Ghiz then Catherine Callbeck
- Premier of Quebec - Robert Bourassa
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Roy Romanow
Events
- January 25 - Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, she is the first female premier elected in Canadian history. replacing Joe Ghiz
- February 24 - Brian Mulroney announces his resignation as Prime Minister
- March 4 - Canadian soldiers shoot and kill a Somali man outside their base in Somalia
- March 16 - Canadian soldiers beat to death Shidane Arone, a Somali teenager, in Somalia.
- March 18 - Master Corporal Clayton Matchee is arrested in connection with Arone's death
- April 2 - The Farm Credit Corporation Act is passed
- June - The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act are passed leading to the eventual creation of Nunavut in 1999
- June 11 - John Savage becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Donald Cameron
- June 15 - Alberta election: Ralph Klein's PCs win a seventh consecutive majority
- June 25 - Kim Campbell becomes prime minister, replacing Brian Mulroney. She is the first woman to be the country's head of government
- September 16 - Canadian forces engage in an intensive firefight with Croatian forces during Operation Medak pocket
- October 4 - The Krever Inquiry into Canada's blood system begins
- October 14 - The Tories release an election ad that many see as mocking Jean Chrétien's facial paralysis. See 1993 Chretien ad.
- October 25 - Federal election: Jean Chrétien's Liberals win a majority, defeating Kim Campbell's PCs, which are reduced to two seats. Campbell loses her own seat. The Bloc Québécois form the official opposition
- November 4 - Jean Chrétien sworn in as prime minister, replacing Kim Campbell
- A cow suffering from Mad Cow Disease is found in Alberta it and its herd are slaughtered
- Canadian Major-General Romeo Dallaire appointed commander of the U.N. forces in Rwanda
- Ben Johnson is permanently banned from international competition after again testing positive for banned substances
- Gary Bettman becomes commissioner of the National Hockey League
Arts and Literature
Literature
- Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride
- Jeffrey Simpson, Faultines, Struggling for a Canadian Vision
- Thomas King, One Good Story, That One
- Dave Duncan, The Stricken Field
- Michael Ignatieff, Scar Tissue
- Réjean Ducharme, Dévadé
- Robert J. Sawyer, Fossil Hunter
- Yann Martel, Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
- Antonine Maillet, Le nuit des roi
- Farley Mowat, My Father's Son
- William Gibson, Virtual Light
Awards
- American-born E. Annie Proulx's The Shipping News wins the American National Book Award
- See 1993 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Books in Canada First Novel Award: John Steffler, The Afterlife of George Cartwright: A Novel
- Geoffrey Bilson Award: Celia Barker Lottridge, Ticket to Curlew
- Gerald Lampert Award: Elisabeth Harvor, Fortress of Chairs and Roberta Rees, Eyes Like Pigeons
- Marian Engel Award: Sandra Birdsell
- Pat Lowther Award: Lorna Crozier, Inventing the Hawk
- Stephen Leacock Award: Joseph Levesque, Waiting for Aquarius
- Trillium Book Award: Jane Urquhart, Away and Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Phoebe Gilman
Television
- This Hour Has 22 Minutes premieres on CBC
Film
- Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould is released
Births
- January 26 - Cameron Bright, actor
Deaths
- January 26 - Jeanne Sauvé, first female Governor General
- February 28 - Ruby Keeler, dancer and actress