Events from the year 2020 in Canada.
Incumbents
The Crown
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Federal government
Governor General – Julie Payette
Prime Minister – Justin Trudeau
Parliament – 43rd
Provincial governments
Lieutenant Governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Lois Mitchell (until August 26), then Salma Lakhani Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Janet Austin Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Janice Filmon Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Brenda Murphy Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – Judy Foote Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Arthur LeBlanc Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Elizabeth Dowdeswell Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Antoinette Perry Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – J. Michel Doyon Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Russell Mirasty
Premiers
Premier of Alberta – Jason Kenney
Premier of British Columbia – John Horgan
Premier of Manitoba – Brian Pallister
Premier of New Brunswick – Blaine Higgs
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Dwight Ball (until August 19), then Andrew Furey Premier of Nova Scotia – Stephen McNeil Premier of Ontario – Doug Ford Premier of Prince Edward Island – Dennis King Premier of Quebec – François Legault Premier of Saskatchewan – Scott Moe
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Margaret Thom
Commissioner of Nunavut – Nellie Kusugak (until June 22), then Rebekah Williams (acting) Commissioner of Yukon – Angélique Bernard
Premiers
Premier of Northwest Territories – Caroline Cochrane
Premier of Nunavut – Joe Savikataaq
Premier of Yukon – Sandy Silver
Events
January
January 1 – Quebec raises its minimum cannabis age from 18 to 21, the highest minimum cannabis age in Canada. January 5 – Canada defeats Russia 4–3 to win gold at the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. January 8 – Fifty-seven Canadians, as well as approximately 80 others ultimately travelling to Canada, are killed after Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down by Iran shortly after takeoff from Tehran Imam Khomeini Airport. January 12 – A nuclear alert is erroneously sent out to all Ontario residents, after the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station experiences anomalies. January 17 – January 2020 North American storm complex: St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador goes into a state of emergency after 76 centimetres of snow fell during a bomb cyclone. The Canadian Armed Forces were called in to help with the cleanup. January 20 – Start of national pipeline protests across the country. January 25 – The country confirms its first COVID-19 case in Toronto.
February
February 8 – The Quebec CAQ government pass Bill 40. The Bill abolish's The French and English school boards and turns them into school service centres. February 21 – Ontario teachers held a one-day province wide strike.
March
March 6 – Canada's first COVID-19 death is recorded in North Vancouver. March 8 – Yukon permanently ends Daylight Saving Time.
April
April 18 – 19 – A series of shootings and arson attacks takes place in various Nova Scotia locations, with 23 people killed. April 26 – A large flood hits Fort McMurray, forcing 13,000 people to evacuate.
May
May 30 – Protests across Canada begin in solidarity with Americans protesting the murder of George Floyd, and against police issues and racism in Canada.
August
August 7 – A tornado in southern Manitoba kills two and causes damage near Virden and Scarth. August 10 – Wildfire Red Lake 49 ignites near Red Lake, Ontario which advances within 2 km of the west-end of the town, forcing the evacuation of 95 percent of the 4000 residents of the community. Though small by comparison to the Fort McMurray fire of 2016 which was 800 times the size of this fire, it is unusual in the fire's proximity to the community. August 17 – The Canadian Football League cancels the 2020 CFL season. August 26 – Quebec's Minister of Justice and French Language Simon Jolin-Barrette announced plans for 2021 that he will be strengthening Bill 101, the French language in the province of Quebec.
