Incumbents
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Events
January
February
March
- March 1: Frank McKenna becomes the new Canadian Ambassador to the United States.
- March 3: Four Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers – Peter Schiemann, Lionide Johnston, Anthony Gordon and Brock Myrol – are killed by local James Roszko in a drug raid on his farm in Mayerthorpe, Alberta.
- March 10: Governor General Adrienne Clarkson announces that she will create a trophy for women's hockey in Canada. (The National Hockey League's Stanley Cup was donated in 1892 by a predecessor of Clarkson's, Lord Frederick Stanley.)
- March 11: 2004 Canadian sponsorship scandal: The Canadian government launches a $39 million lawsuit against Lafleur Communication Marketing, GroupAction, Groupe Everest and Le Groupe Polygone.
- March 11: Without warning, Jetsgo immediately ceases all operations.
- March 16: Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri are found not guilty by the Supreme Court of British Columbia at the Air India Trial.
- March 24: Paul Martin arranges the appointment of Roméo Dallaire, Art Eggleton, Lillian Dyck, Jim Cowan, Elaine McCoy, Grant Mitchell, Robert Peterson, Nancy Ruth and Claudette Tardif to the Senate of Canada.
April
May
- May 1: Canada imposes a 15% surtax sanction on U.S. imports of cigarettes, oysters and live swine, after the Byrd Amendment was found to be illegal by the World Trade Organization.
- May 5: A Canadian Forces Maritime Command board of inquiry finds no one accountable for the fatal fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi.
- May 8: Steve Nash becomes the first Canadian player to win the NBA MVP Award
- May 10: The House passes a motion, which the opposition says should topple the government. The governing Liberals refuse to resign following this by claiming that this is a procedural matter and not a vote of no confidence.
- May 13: Jetsgo declares bankruptcy
- May 17: Belinda Stronach who ran for the leadership of the Conservative Party crosses the floor to the Liberal Party and becomes Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development.
- May 17: Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Canada for a nine-day visit to celebrate the centennial of Alberta and Saskatchewan.
- May 17: British Columbia general election and electoral reform referendum
- May 19: In the House of Commons, Paul Martin's minority government survives two confidence votes. For the first time in Canadian history, the Speaker of the House votes to break a tie in a confidence vote, which the government wins 153 to 152.
- May 20: Six oil workers die and another two dozen are injured in Alberta when their bus is T-boned by a tractor-trailer.
- May 23: The four Canadian soldiers killed in the Tarnak Farm incident by United States Air Force fighter pilot Major Harry Schmidt on April 18, 2002, are posthumously remembered at a ceremony in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, along with three Americans, whose names were added to a memorial wall.
- May 24: Todd Russell of the Liberal Party wins a federal by-election held in Labrador to replace the late Lawrence O'Brien.
- May 31: Miss Universe Canada Natalie Glebova became Miss Universe in Bangkok.
June
July
- July 2: Live 8 takes place in Park Place, Barrie, Ontario.
- July 4: Karla Homolka is released from prison.
- July 8: Adrienne Clarkson undergoes pacemaker surgery. Beverly McLachlin, as Chief Justice of Canada, becomes administrator of the government during Clarkson's convalescence.
- July 13: Dodge White, an American man, is arrested in Victoria, British Columbia by Canada Border Services Agency for possession of an explosive device.
- July 13: Bernard Ebbers, an Edmonton, Alberta–born American businessman, is sentenced by U.S. Federal Judge Barbara Jones to 25 years in prison for corporate fraud.
- July 14: A United States appelate court rules that beef imports from Canada do not hurt the food supply despite mad cow disease concerns, effectively re-opening the border.
- July 20: Same-sex marriage in Canada becomes legal when Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin (acting as the governor general's deputy or administrator of the government) gives royal assent to the Civil Marriage Act.
August
September
October
November
December
- December 26: Seven people are shot and one girl killed in a shooting by two men on Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario
Arts and literature
Sports
Births
Deaths
- January 6: Lois Hole, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
- January 6: Louis Robichaud, Premier of New Brunswick
- January 13: Earl Cameron, 1960s CBC news anchor
- January 14: Charlotte MacLeod, Canadian-born American author
- January 15: Dan Lee, animator, creator of Finding Nemo title character
- January 22: Harry Boyle, CBC broadcaster
- January 26: Fraser Elliott, lawyer
- January 27: Jonathan Welsh, actor
- January 30: Martyn Bennett, Canadian-born Scottish musician
- January 31: Ron Basford, former Member of Parliament and Minister of Justice
- February 1: John Vernon, actor (Wojeck)
- February 5: Bob McAdorey, television and radio broadcaster
- February 21: Gérard Bessette, author
- March 12: Bill Cameron, television and radio broadcaster, author, writer
- March 28: Robin Spry, filmmaker
- April 3: Frank Clair, Canadian Football League coach
- April 22: Stephane Provost, National Hockey League linesman
- April 27: Red Horner, National Hockey League defenceman
- April 27: Christina McCall, political writer
- April 29: Sean Egan, professor
- May 2: Robert Hunter, journalist and environmentalist
- May 11: Léo Cadieux, Minister of Defense and Ambassador to France
- May 22: Terry Carisse, country musician
- May 25: Domenic Troiano, rock guitarist
- June 14: Norman Levine, short story writer
- June 17: Ben Kerr, busker and perennial candidate for Mayor of Toronto
- July 9: Chuck Cadman, Member of Parliament for the riding of Surrey North
- July 9: Alex Shibicky, former NHL forward
- July 10: Frank Moores, former Premier of Newfoundland
- July 20: James Doohan, actor (Star Trek)
- July 21: Long John Baldry, blues musician
- August 3: Smokey Smith, last living Canadian Victoria Cross recipient.
- August 7: Peter Jennings, Canadian-born journalist and news anchor for ABC in the United States
- August 11: Kay Tremblay, actress best known for role on Road to Avonlea
- August 21: James Jerome, jurist, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons and Member of Parliament for Sudbury
- October 8: George Hislop, pioneering gay activist
- October 20: Alexis Mazurin, CBC Radio host
- October 29: Lloyd Bochner, actor in Dynasty and The Twilight Zone
- October 30: David Bazay, CBC journalist
- December 3: Allan Waters, founder of CHUM Ltd..
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