1994 in Canada

Events from the year 1994 in Canada.

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Winter - One of the coldest winters on record hits much of Canada
January 1 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect
January 11 - Daniel Johnson, Jr., becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Robert Bourassa
February - The first Liberal budget slashes spending in an effort to cut the deficit. Unemployment Insurance and provincial transfer payments are especially hard hit
March 21 - A civilian inquiry in the behaviour of the Canadian Airborne in Somalia is launched
April 5 - The Just Desserts shooting occurs in Toronto
June - An Ontario farmer is allowed to grow 10 acres (40,000 m²) of marijuana for research purposes

Conrad Black's company buys the Chicago Sun-Times
Bertram Brockhouse shares the Nobel Prize in Physics
Cigarette taxes are slashed to battle smuggling and black market organizations
Canadian troops leave CFB Lahr ending the Canadian armed forces presence in Europe
The Alberta Court of Appeal strikes down a lower court ruling that LGBT persons are to be covered under the province's human rights legislation. The case, originally brought by Delwin Vriend, was subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada
Further information: 1998 in Canada

February 27 - The 1994 Winter Olympics end in Lillehammer, Norway.
June 14 - The New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup.
October - A lockout closes the National Hockey League for the entire first half of the season.
Hockey is made Canada's official winter sport, Lacrosse is named official summer sport.

February 12 - Sue Rodriguez, advocate for assisted suicide (b.1950)
March 4 - John Candy, comedian and actor (b.1950)
April 17 - Robert Legget, civil engineer, historian and non-fiction writer (b.1904)
July 1 - Michael Cook, playwright (b.1933)
August - Wally Downer, politician (b.1904)
October 12 - Gérald Godin, poet and politician (b.1938)
December 10 - Alex Wilson, track and field athlete and Olympic silver medalist (b.1905)

Arthur Julian Andrew, diplomat and author (b.1915)
Felix Partz, artist and co-founder of the artistic collective General Idea (b.1945)
Jorge Zontal, artist and co-founder of the artistic collective General Idea (b.1944)
Gordon Sparling, filmmaker (b.1900)