1986 in Canada
Events from the year 1986 in Canada .
Incumbents
Crown
Federal government
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Premiers
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Premiers
Events
January to June
July to December
Full date unknown
Arts and literature
New works
Awards
New music
New movies
Sport
Unknown date
Births
January 8 – Jaclyn Linetsky , actress (d. 2003 )
January 20 – Krystina Alogbo , water polo player
February 13 – Matthew Hawes , swimmer
February 19 – Jayde Nicole , model
April 4 – Cam Barker , ice hockey defenceman
April 8 - Jevohn Shepherd , basketball player
April 21 – Kevin Graham , water polo player
April 28 – Brandon Jung , water polo player
May 12 – Emily VanCamp , actress
May 31 – Melissa McIntyre , actress
June 5 – Amanda Crew , actress
June 18 – Meaghan Rath , actress
July 16 – Dustin Boyd , ice hockey player
July 19 – Jinder Mahal , pro wrestler
August 16 – Sarah Pavan , volleyball player
August 19 – Marie-Christine Schmidt , canoeist
August 20 – Linus Sebastian , youtuber
August 29 – Lauren Collins , actress
September 8 – Leah LaBelle , singer (d. 2018 )
September 19 – Carrie Finlay , voice actor
October 24 – Drake , Canadian-American actor and rapper
November 4 – Alexz Johnson , singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist
November 5 – Heather Purnell , artistic gymnast
November 8 – Kaniehtiio Horn , actress
December 7 – Corey Vidal , online video content provider and digital media consultant
December 12 – Marie-Pier Beaudet , archer[ 6]
December 16 – Scott Tupper , field hockey player
December 19 – Annie Murphy , actress[ 7]
Deaths
January to June
Dr. W.R. Franks
January 4 - Wilbur R. Franks , scientist and inventor (b. 1901 )
January 26 - Norman MacKenzie , author, lawyer, professor and Senator (b. 1894 )
February 23 - Louis-Philippe Pigeon , judge of the Supreme Court of Canada (b. 1905 )
February 24 - Tommy Douglas , politician and Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904 )
February 27 - Jacques Plante , ice hockey player (b. 1929 )
March 4 - Richard Manuel , composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist (b. 1943 )
March 4 - Elizabeth Smart , poet and novelist (b. 1913 )
June 13 - Wilfrid Eggleston , journalist and chief censor for Canada from 1942 until 1944 (b. 1901)
July to December
July 25 - Alison Parrott , murder victim (b. 1974 )
August 20 - Milton Acorn , poet, writer and playwright (b. 1923 )
September 28 – Howard Graham , army officer, Chief of the General Staff (b. 1898 )
October 11 – Barker Fairley , painter (b. 1887 in the United Kingdom )
October 26 – John Henry Cates , businessman and political figure (b. 1896 )
November 5 - Claude Jutra , actor, film director and writer (b. 1930 )
November 8 - King Clancy , ice hockey player (b. 1903 )
November 19 - Don Jamieson , politician, diplomat and broadcaster (b. 1921 )
December 31 - Donald Fleming , politician, International Monetary Fund official and lawyer (b. 1905 )
See also
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