1997 in Canada
List of Canadian events in 1997
Events from the year 1997 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to June
July to September
October to December
Full date unknown
Arts and literature
New Books
Awards
Film
Television
The Arrow , a mini-series about the Avro Arrow shows plays to great popularity and acclaim and the CBC
Teletoon is launched
Music
Sport
Births
January 13 – Connor McDavid , hockey player
January 15 – Alex Cardillo , Irish-born actor
January 20 – Jeffrey Baldwin , murder victim (died 2002 )
January 29 – Cassandra Sawtell , actress
March 9 – Niamh Wilson , actress
March 10 – Travis Konecny , ice hockey player
March 11 – Matreya Fedor , actress
March 26 – Antoine L'Écuyer , actor
April 23 – Alex Ferris , actor
April 28 – Jason Spevack , actor
May 5 – Mitch Marner , ice hockey player
May 26 – Mathew Barzal , ice hockey player
June 11 – Mackenzie Bent , ice dancer
June 18 – Mary-Lynn Neil , singer and songwriter
August 1 – Megan McNamara and Nicole McNamara , beach volleyball players
August 3 – Ayaka Wilson , actor
October 27 – Eliana Jones , actress and gymnast
Deaths
January to March
January 1 – Hagood Hardy , composer, pianist and vibraphonist (born 1937 )
January 12
January 14 – Dollard Ménard , lieutenant-colonel
January 17 – Bill Kardash , politician (born 1912 )
January 26 – Norman Fawcett , politician (born 1910 )
February 19 – Lois Marshall , soprano (born 1924 )
March 2 – J. Carson Mark , mathematician who worked on development of nuclear weapons (born 1913 )
March 14 – Ivan Romanoff , conductor
March 22 – Harry Thode , geochemist, nuclear chemist and academic administrator (born 1910 )
March 27 – Hugh Horner , politician, physician and surgeon (born 1925 )
April to June
July to September
October to December
Full date unknown
See also
References