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See also: 1968 in Canada, other events of 1969, 1970 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Incumbents

Events

The National Arts Centre opened in Ottawa on June 2

January 29 – February 11 - The Sir George Williams Computer Riot occurs as students occupy the computer centre of Sir George Williams University to protest alleged racism on campus
February 13 - FLQ terrorists bomb the Montreal Stock Exchange
February 19 - An 18 month long strike by Quebec teachers comes to an end
March 7 - Pierre-Paul Geoffroy pleads guilty to charges connected to 31 FLQ bombings
April 14 - The Montreal Expos baseball team plays their first home game
May 2 - Telesat Canada formed
June 2 - The National Arts Centre in Ottawa opens
July 7 - The Official Languages Act makes French and English equal throughout the Canadian government
July 15 - Edward Schreyer becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Walter Weir
August 24 - The oil tanker Manhattan becomes the first such ship to travel through the Northwest Passage
Homosexuality is decriminalized

Arts and literature

New works

Margaret Atwood - The Edible Woman
Timothy Findley - The Butterfly Plague
Robert Kroetsch - The Studhorse Man
Mordecai Richler - The Street
Milton Acorn - I've Tasted My Blood
Farley Mowat - The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
Gilles Archambault - Le tendre matin
Marshall McLuhan - Counterblast

Awards

See 1969 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Stuart Trueman, You're Only as Old as You Act
Vicky Metcalf Award: Audrey McKim

Music

Karel Ančerl replaces Seiji Ozawa as music director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Births

January 10 — Guylaine Cloutier, breaststroke swimmer
January 11 — Andrew Griffiths, field hockey player
January 29 — Brendan Shanahan, ice hockey player
February 16 — Claude Lambert, boxer
February 22 — Kathy Tough, volleyball player
April 3 — Lance Evers, wrestler
April 7 — Gary Anderson, medley swimmer
May 6 — Raymond Brown, backstroke swimmer
May 15 — Mark Jackson, hurdler
May 19 — Rochelle Low, field hockey player
June 12 — Kelvin Goertzen, politician
July 7 — Joe Sakic, ice hockey player
July 7 — Cree Summer, actor
July 13 — Ewan Beaton, judoka
July 16 — Turlough O'Hare, freestyle swimmer
July 17 — Tom Glesby, heavyweight boxer
July 17 — Laurelee Kopeck, field hockey defender
July 23 — Andrew Cassels, ice hockey player
July 24 — Rick Fox, basketball player
August 15 — Mark Heese, beach volleyball player
August 19 — Matthew Perry, actor
August 23 — Hari Kant, field hockey goalkeeper
August 28 — Pierre Turgeon, ice hockey player
September 23 — Donald Audette, ice hockey player
October 6 — Jeffrey Lay, rower
October 8 — Dylan Neal, actor
October 17 — Rick Mercer, comedian
November 1 — Tie Domi, ice hockey player
November 7 — Tanya Dubnicoff, track cyclist
November 15 — Helen Kelesi, tennis player
December 4 — Jacques Landry, cyclist
December 10 — Rob Blake, ice hockey player
December 12 — Debra Wurzburger, freestyle swimmer
December 12 — Iain Sydie, badminton player
December 15 — Chantal Petitclerc, wheelchair athlete
December 22 — Myriam Bédard, biathlete

Deaths

March 18 - John Bracken, Premier of Manitoba, Tory leader
November 14 - Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld, track-and-field athlete

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