1993 in Canada

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January to June
  • January 25 – Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Joe Ghiz following a leadership election. This is Prince Edward Island's first female premier, and the first time in Canada that two provinces or territories have simultaneously had female premiers (until March 2011).
  • January 28 – Six Innu youths from Davis Inlet, aged 11 to 14, are caught on video sniffing gasoline as a suicide attempt.
  • February 24 – Brian Mulroney announces his plan to resign as prime minister.
  • March 4 – Canadian soldiers shoot and kill a Somali man outside their base in Somalia.
  • March 12 – Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn proclaims a constitutional amendment adding section 16.1 to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
  • 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 Shidane Arone's death.
  • March 29 – 1993 Prince Edward Island general election: Catherine Callbeck's Liberals win a majority. She is the first female premier to lead a party to victory in a general election.
  • 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 20 – A landslide on the South Nation River destroys the abandoned townsite of Lemieux, Ontario.
  • June 25 – Kim Campbell becomes prime minister, replacing Brian Mulroney. She is the first woman to be the country's head of government.

July to December
  • 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 Chrétien ad.
  • October 23 - The Toronto Blue Jays defeat the Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2, winning their second World Series Title.
  • 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 is sworn in as prime minister, replacing Kim Campbell.

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See also

References
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  2. "Gabrielle May - Women's Gymnastics". UIC Athletics. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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