1987 in Canada

Incumbents

January 1 – Frobisher Bay changes its name to Iqaluit
April 30 – Provincial premiers agree to Meech Lake Accord
May 22 – Rick Hansen returns home to Vancouver after his Man in Motion world tour
July 3 – Quebec City becomes the first city in North America to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site
July 31 – A tornado in Edmonton, Alberta kills twenty-seven
August 30 – Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson sets a new world record in the 100 metre dash
September 10 – Ontario election: David Peterson's Liberals win a majority
September 20 – Pope John Paul II visits the Northwest Territories
October – Canadian and American negotiators reach agreement on the Canadian-American Free Trade Agreement
October 27 – Frank McKenna becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Richard Hatfield
November 12 – Dennis Patterson becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, replacing Nick Sibbeston
November 27 – Rock band Cowboy Junkies record their most famous album, The Trinity Session, at Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity
The Reform Party of Canada is founded

New Works:

Awards:

See 1987 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Books in Canada First Novel Award: Karen Lawrence, The Life of Helen Alone
Gerald Lampert Award: Rosemary Sullivan, The Space a Name Makes
Marian Engel Award: Audrey Thomas
Pat Lowther Award: Heather Spears, How to Read Faces
Stephen Leacock Award: W.P. Kinsella, The Fencepost Chronicles
Trillium Book Award: Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion
Vicky Metcalf Award: Robert Munch