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Events from the year 1969 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Events
The National Arts Centre opened in Ottawa on June 2
Arts and literature
New works
Awards
Music
Sports
Births
January to March
January 2 -
Patrick Huard , actor
January 3 -
Tom Petryshen , wrestler
January 11 -
Andrew Griffiths , field hockey player
January 23 -
Brendan Shanahan , ice hockey player
January 24 -
Mike Spencer Bown , world traveler and author
January 27 -
Michael Kulas , singer-songwriter and producer (
James )
January 31 -
Dov Charney , entrepreneur and clothing manufacturer
February 4
February 11 -
Lee Tockar , voice actor
February 16 -
Claude Lambert , boxer
February 22 -
Kathy Tough , volleyball player
April to June
Joe Sakic
July to September
July 7 -
Joe Sakic , ice hockey player
July 7 -
Cree Summer , actress, musician and voice actress
July 13 -
Ewan Beaton , judoka
July 16 -
Turlough O'Hare , swimmer
July 17 -
Tom Glesby , boxer
July 17 -
Laurelee Kopeck , field hockey player
July 23 -
Andrew Cassels , ice hockey player
July 24 -
Rick Fox , basketball player and actor
August 5 -
Kati Dagenais , world champion musher, an athlete in sled-dog racing
August 6 -
Kristyn Dunnion , writer and performance artist
August 15 -
Mark Heese , beach volleyball player and Olympic bronze medallist
August 19 -
Matthew Perry , actor (d.
2023 )
August 23 -
Hari Kant , field hockey player
August 28 -
Pierre Turgeon , ice hockey player
Rick Mercer
October to December
October 6 -
Jeffrey Lay , rower and Olympic silver medallist
October 8 -
Dylan Neal , actor
October 17 -
Rick Mercer , comedian, television personality and political satirist
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 -
Iain Sydie , badminton player
December 12
December 15 -
Chantal Petitclerc , wheelchair racer and multiple Paralympic gold medallist
December 22 -
Mauro Ranallo , sports commentator
December 22 -
Myriam Bédard , biathlete and double Olympic gold medallist
December 30 -
Shane McConkey , extreme skier and base jumper (d.
2009 )
Deaths
January to June
July to December
August 1 -
Fred Landon , historian (b.
1880 )
September 8 -
Frederick Varley , artist and member of the
Group of Seven (b.
1881 )
September 12 -
Charles Foulkes , General, first Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff, negotiated the WWII Nazi surrender in the Netherlands (b.
1903 )
October 10 -
Robert Winters , politician and businessman (b.
1910 )
November 3 -
Parr , artist (b.
1893 )
November 11 -
John Sissons , barrister, author, judge and politician (b.
1892 )
November 14 -
Bobbie Rosenfeld , athlete and Olympic gold medallist (b.
1904 )
See also
References
1969 in North America
Sovereign states Dependencies and other territories