1992 in Canada

See also: 1991 in Canada, other events of 1992, 1993 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Incumbents

• Prime Minister – Brian Mulroney
• Governor General – Ray Hnatyshyn

• Premier of Alberta – Don Getty then Ralph Klein
• Premier of British Columbia – Mike Harcourt
• Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon
• Premier of New Brunswick – Frank McKenna
• Premier of Newfoundland – Clyde Wells
• Premier of Nova Scotia – Donald Cameron
• Premier of Ontario – Bob Rae
• Premier of Prince Edward Island – Joe Ghiz
• Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa
• Premier of Saskatchewan – Roy Romanow

See also: 1992 Canadian incumbents

Events

• January 22 – Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space.
• February 8 – February 23 – 1992 Winter Olympics are held in Albertville, France. Canada finishes ninth in the medal count.
• May – GSC expedition sets official elevation of Mount Logan to 5,959m.
• May 9 – 26 miners are killed in the Westray Mine Disaster
• July 1 – The Vandoos launch a successful operation to secure control of Sarajevo's airport
• July 2 – a two-year shutdown of the cod fishery is announced
• July 25 – August 9 – Canada competes in the 1992 Summer Olympics
• August 12 – the details of NAFTA are released
• August 22 – the final draft of the Charlottetown Accord, a proposed package of constitutional amendments, is released
• August 24 – Mechanical Engineering Professor Valery Fabrikant opens fire at Concordia University in Montreal killing four people
• October 24 – the Toronto Blue Jays become the first non-US team to win the World Series
• October 26 – the Charlottetown Accord is rejected in a nationwide referendum
• October – The ban on homosexuals in the Canadian military is lifted, following a legal challenge by Michelle Douglas.
• November 7 – John Ostashek becomes government leader of the Yukon, replacing Tony Penikett
• November 12 – a referendum endorsing the creation of Nunavut is successful in the Northwest Territories
• December 15 – the first members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment arrive in Somalia on an ill-fated humanitarian mission
• December 16 – Ralph Klein succeeds Don Getty as Premier of Alberta
• December 17 – Prime Minister Brian Mulroney signs the NAFTA deal
• Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders win 24–10 over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers
• Vanier Cup: Queen's Golden Gaels win 31–0 over the St. Mary's Huskies
• Rudolph A. Marcus wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
• Agriculture Canada introduces a national BSE prevention program
• Delwin Vriend, an Alberta teacher, wins a court case against the Alberta Human Rights Commission regarding the status of LGBT persons under the province's human rights legislation. The case was appealed to the Alberta Court of Appeal; see 1994 in Canada.

Arts and literature

New Books

• The English Patient – Michael Ondaatje
• Tales from Firozsha Baag – Rohinton Mistry
• Inkorrect thots – Bill Bissett
• Mother, not mother – Di Brandt

Awards

• Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient wins the prestigious Booker Prize, the first Canadian to do so
• See 1992 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
• Books in Canada First Novel Award: Rohinton Mistry, Such a Long Journey
• Gerald Lampert Award: Joanne Arnott, Wiles of Girlhood
• Pat Lowther Award: Kate Braid, Covering Rough Ground
• Marian Engel Award: Joan Barfoot
• Stephen Leacock Award: Roch Carrier, Prayers of a Very Wise Child
• Trillium Book Award: Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient
• Vicky Metcalf Award: Kevin Major

Music

• Sloan releases Peppermint
• Sarah McLachlan releases Live

Births

• September 14 – Holly Jones, murder victim

Deaths

• Joe Shuster – artist
• Greg Curnoe – artist
• Paul Joseph James Martin – politician
• Corrine Gustavson – rape/murder victim (born 1986)