January 1 – The
Ontario government files a lawsuit (alongside some American states) in an American court to stop the dumping of
Asian carp into the
Great Lakes, a fish that could damage the fishing industry.[3]
February 1 – Two young boys, Jayden and Connor McConnell are found drowned in a bathtub in
Alberta, Canada. Their mother,
Allyson McConnell, later admits to drowning the pair, with the killings believed to be revenge against her husband for ending their marriage.[8]
March 10 –
Environment Canada reports that the winter of 2009–2010 was the warmest and driest on record in Canada, an average of 4 °C warmer than normal nationwide.[22]
May 25 – A plane crashes into a building in
Markham, a town just north of Toronto, killing two people.[45]
May 25 - A nine-hole score of 25 (11 under par) was scored during the Alberta Open. The feat happened on the back nine of the Carnmoney Golf Club - southeast of Calgary.[46]
May 27 – A forest fire forces thirteen hundred people away from their homes in
Wemotaci.[47]
June 6 – A state of emergency is called in
Leamington after a tornado causes severe damage.[50]
June 11 – Charles Kembo is found guilty of four first degree murders in
Vancouver after a nine-month trial.[51]
June 13 – A landslide in
Oliver destroys homes and blocks off sections of
Highway 97.[52]
June 18 – Floods in southeastern Alberta cause severe damage and force people to evacuate.[53]
June 21 – A house in northeast Edmonton explodes killing four people, and damaging surrounding homes. Police ruled the incident as a domestic related murder/suicide.[54]
June 26–27 – Nearly 1,000 people are arrested in Toronto after protests against the G20 summit lead to several police cars being set on fire, and police boxed in crowds at one intersection where this took place the next day, leading to mass arrests for
breach of the peace.[59]
July 30 – Wildfires in the
Cariboo region force evacuations and cause state of emergencies to be called.[71]
August
August 1 – Six people are killed after their minivan crashes head-on with an RV near
Golden, British Columbia.
August 3 – Bernard Callebault, a well known
Calgary chocolate company, goes into receivership.
August 10 – The
BC Federation of Labour starts an investigation into a work camp near Golden, British Columbia, where 24 workers were subject to significant abuse, food deprivation, and poor sleeping quarters.[72]
August 11 – The town of
Oka buys the land from Norfolk Financial that caused the
Oka Crisis 20 years earlier.[73]
September 12 – A technical error in an
Enmax transformer installation caused a power surge that fried the electrical system at Mayfair Place, an apartment block in Calgary. 300 people were out of their homes for upwards of ten days. Damages reached in the millions of dollars.
September 24 – A fire on the 24th floor of a 30-floor Toronto apartment building, at 200
Wellesley Street East, leaves approximately 1,200 people homeless and 14 injured.[85]
The home of a gay couple in
Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, is
firebombed.[92] Both men escaped the fire unharmed, but their home was destroyed. In late October and November, a series of rallies and fundraising concerts is held in both Little Pond and
Charlottetown to support the couple and to oppose homophobic violence.[93]
October 19 – The Quebec government passes through Bill 115 which sets out who qualifies to attend English public school in the province, after more than 20 hours of an emergency debate.[94]
October 21 –
David Russell Williams is sentenced to two terms of life in prison for the murders of two women, also for other charges including sexual assault.[95]
October 26–28 – A severe storm affects most of Canada from Saskatchewan through to Quebec. Heavy snows and school closures were reported in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba while eastern Manitoba and Ontario eastward suffered rain. Winds were strong throughout the entire region, whipping up large waves on the Manitoba lakes and causing flooding along the shores of Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba.[96]
November 4 – Environment minister
Jim Prentice announced his retirement from politics, to become a vice chairman of
CIBC, in January 2011.[100]
November 8–10 – Floods in Southwestern
Nova Scotia cause millions of dollars in damage and prompts a state of emergency to be called.[101]
November 13 – A single-engine plane crashes near
Barrie killing two men.[102]
November 15 –
Elaine Campione is convicted of the murders her two daughters in
Barrie, Ontario, having drowned them in a bathtub in order to stop her ex-husband gaining custody of the children. Campione is later sentenced to life imprisonment for her crimes.[103]
November 18 – The premiers of
Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia announce a $6.2 billion deal to develop the Lower Churchill hydroelectric megaproject.[104]
November 25 –
Danny Williams announces he is leaving politics, the second
premier to do so that month.[105]
December 4–8: A series of snowstorms and snow squalls dump over 110 centimeters of snow to parts of southern Ontario. The city of London was the hardest hit.
December 13–15: Flooding, especially along the
Saint John River in New Brunswick washes out roads and forces evacuations.[110]
December 16: Bill C-464, (or Zachary's Bill) is passed, allowing courts to refuse bail to those serious crimes to protect children. The legislation was sparked by the
murder of Zachary Turner by his mother, and its introduction inspired by the documentary film
Dear Zachary[111]
December 20: Gravonaut, a scrolling platform game is released.[112]
December 20–22: A storm brings flooding storm surge coinciding with high tide and heavy snow to the Atlantic provinces, causing millions of dollars in damage.[113]
December 27: A
nor'easter begins dumping snow and rain in
Atlantic Canada after bringing snow and strong winds from Florida to Maine.[114]
^Stockton, Andrea (July 13, 2010).
"Alberta walloped with snow". The Weather Network News.
Archived from the original on July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
^"Bedford v. Canada"(PDF). Ontario Superior Court of Justice. September 28, 2010.
Archived(PDF) from the original on October 6, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
January 1 – The
Ontario government files a lawsuit (alongside some American states) in an American court to stop the dumping of
Asian carp into the
Great Lakes, a fish that could damage the fishing industry.[3]
February 1 – Two young boys, Jayden and Connor McConnell are found drowned in a bathtub in
Alberta, Canada. Their mother,
Allyson McConnell, later admits to drowning the pair, with the killings believed to be revenge against her husband for ending their marriage.[8]
March 10 –
Environment Canada reports that the winter of 2009–2010 was the warmest and driest on record in Canada, an average of 4 °C warmer than normal nationwide.[22]
May 25 – A plane crashes into a building in
Markham, a town just north of Toronto, killing two people.[45]
May 25 - A nine-hole score of 25 (11 under par) was scored during the Alberta Open. The feat happened on the back nine of the Carnmoney Golf Club - southeast of Calgary.[46]
May 27 – A forest fire forces thirteen hundred people away from their homes in
Wemotaci.[47]
June 6 – A state of emergency is called in
Leamington after a tornado causes severe damage.[50]
June 11 – Charles Kembo is found guilty of four first degree murders in
Vancouver after a nine-month trial.[51]
June 13 – A landslide in
Oliver destroys homes and blocks off sections of
Highway 97.[52]
June 18 – Floods in southeastern Alberta cause severe damage and force people to evacuate.[53]
June 21 – A house in northeast Edmonton explodes killing four people, and damaging surrounding homes. Police ruled the incident as a domestic related murder/suicide.[54]
June 26–27 – Nearly 1,000 people are arrested in Toronto after protests against the G20 summit lead to several police cars being set on fire, and police boxed in crowds at one intersection where this took place the next day, leading to mass arrests for
breach of the peace.[59]
July 30 – Wildfires in the
Cariboo region force evacuations and cause state of emergencies to be called.[71]
August
August 1 – Six people are killed after their minivan crashes head-on with an RV near
Golden, British Columbia.
August 3 – Bernard Callebault, a well known
Calgary chocolate company, goes into receivership.
August 10 – The
BC Federation of Labour starts an investigation into a work camp near Golden, British Columbia, where 24 workers were subject to significant abuse, food deprivation, and poor sleeping quarters.[72]
August 11 – The town of
Oka buys the land from Norfolk Financial that caused the
Oka Crisis 20 years earlier.[73]
September 12 – A technical error in an
Enmax transformer installation caused a power surge that fried the electrical system at Mayfair Place, an apartment block in Calgary. 300 people were out of their homes for upwards of ten days. Damages reached in the millions of dollars.
September 24 – A fire on the 24th floor of a 30-floor Toronto apartment building, at 200
Wellesley Street East, leaves approximately 1,200 people homeless and 14 injured.[85]
The home of a gay couple in
Little Pond, Prince Edward Island, is
firebombed.[92] Both men escaped the fire unharmed, but their home was destroyed. In late October and November, a series of rallies and fundraising concerts is held in both Little Pond and
Charlottetown to support the couple and to oppose homophobic violence.[93]
October 19 – The Quebec government passes through Bill 115 which sets out who qualifies to attend English public school in the province, after more than 20 hours of an emergency debate.[94]
October 21 –
David Russell Williams is sentenced to two terms of life in prison for the murders of two women, also for other charges including sexual assault.[95]
October 26–28 – A severe storm affects most of Canada from Saskatchewan through to Quebec. Heavy snows and school closures were reported in eastern Saskatchewan and western Manitoba while eastern Manitoba and Ontario eastward suffered rain. Winds were strong throughout the entire region, whipping up large waves on the Manitoba lakes and causing flooding along the shores of Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba.[96]
November 4 – Environment minister
Jim Prentice announced his retirement from politics, to become a vice chairman of
CIBC, in January 2011.[100]
November 8–10 – Floods in Southwestern
Nova Scotia cause millions of dollars in damage and prompts a state of emergency to be called.[101]
November 13 – A single-engine plane crashes near
Barrie killing two men.[102]
November 15 –
Elaine Campione is convicted of the murders her two daughters in
Barrie, Ontario, having drowned them in a bathtub in order to stop her ex-husband gaining custody of the children. Campione is later sentenced to life imprisonment for her crimes.[103]
November 18 – The premiers of
Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia announce a $6.2 billion deal to develop the Lower Churchill hydroelectric megaproject.[104]
November 25 –
Danny Williams announces he is leaving politics, the second
premier to do so that month.[105]
December 4–8: A series of snowstorms and snow squalls dump over 110 centimeters of snow to parts of southern Ontario. The city of London was the hardest hit.
December 13–15: Flooding, especially along the
Saint John River in New Brunswick washes out roads and forces evacuations.[110]
December 16: Bill C-464, (or Zachary's Bill) is passed, allowing courts to refuse bail to those serious crimes to protect children. The legislation was sparked by the
murder of Zachary Turner by his mother, and its introduction inspired by the documentary film
Dear Zachary[111]
December 20: Gravonaut, a scrolling platform game is released.[112]
December 20–22: A storm brings flooding storm surge coinciding with high tide and heavy snow to the Atlantic provinces, causing millions of dollars in damage.[113]
December 27: A
nor'easter begins dumping snow and rain in
Atlantic Canada after bringing snow and strong winds from Florida to Maine.[114]
^Stockton, Andrea (July 13, 2010).
"Alberta walloped with snow". The Weather Network News.
Archived from the original on July 16, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
^"Bedford v. Canada"(PDF). Ontario Superior Court of Justice. September 28, 2010.
Archived(PDF) from the original on October 6, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.