1999 in Canada

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Arts and literature
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

April 1 - Nunavut becomes the newest territory. Paul Okalik becomes its first premier
May 27 - Julie Payette becomes the first Canadian to board the International Space Station
June 3 - Ontario election: Mike Harris's PCs win a second consecutive majority
June 21 - Bernard Lord becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Camille Th�riault
August 16 - John Hamm becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Russell MacLellan
August 24 - Onex announces a plan to buy and merge Air Canada and Canadian Airlines
August 25 - Dan Miller, as interim leader of the NDP, becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Glen Clark
September 19 - Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP wins only a minority but forms a coalition with the Liberals to maintain control of the Legislative Assembly
October 5 - Gary Doer of the NDP becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Gary Filmon of the Conservatives
October 19 - Air Canada, backed by other airlines, announces a takeover bid for Canadian Airlines
November 5 - A Quebec court decides that Onex's bid for Air Canada is illegal
December 8 - Air Canada takes over Canadian Airlines
Adrienne Clarkson becomes Governor General

Giller Prize for Canadian Fiction: Bonnie Burnard, A Good House
See 1999 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Books in Canada First Novel Award: Andre Alexis, Childhood
Gerald Lampert Award: Stephanie Bolster, White Stone: The Alice Poems
Marian Engel Award: Janice Kulyk Keeger
Pat Lowther Award: Hilary Clark, More Light
Stephen Leacock Award: Stuart McLean, Home from the Vinyl Cafe
Trillium Book Award English: Alistair MacLeod, No Great Mischief
Trillium Book Award French: Andr�e Christensen and Jacques Flamand, Lithochronos ou le premier vol de la pierre
Vicky Metcalf Award: Joan Clark