Events from the year 1985 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Federal government
Governor General – Jeanne Sauvé
Prime Minister – Brian Mulroney
Chief Justice – Brian Dickson (Manitoba) Parliament – 33rd
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Francis Charles Lynch-Staunton (until January 22) then Helen Hunley Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Robert Gordon Rogers Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Pearl McGonigal Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – George Stanley Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – William Anthony Paddon Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alan Abraham Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – John Black Aird (until September 20) then Lincoln Alexander Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Joseph Aubin Doiron (until August 1) then Lloyd MacPhail Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Gilles Lamontagne Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Frederick Johnson
Premiers
Premier of Alberta – Peter Lougheed (until November 1) then Don Getty
Premier of British Columbia – Bill Bennett
Premier of Manitoba – Howard Pawley
Premier of New Brunswick – Richard Hatfield
Premier of Newfoundland – Brian Peckford
Premier of Nova Scotia – John Buchanan
Premier of Ontario – Bill Davis (until February 8) then Frank Miller (February 8 to June 26) then David Peterson Premier of Prince Edward Island – James Lee Premier of Quebec – René Lévesque (until October 3) then Pierre-Marc Johnson (October 3 to December 12) then Robert Bourassa Premier of Saskatchewan – Grant Devine
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Commissioner of Yukon – Douglas Bell
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – John Havelock Parker
Premiers
Premier of the Northwest Territories – Richard Nerysoo (until November 5) then Nick Sibbeston Premier of Yukon – Chris Pearson (until March 23) then Willard Phelps (March 23 to May 29) then Tony Penikett
Events
January to March
January 26 – Frank Miller elected leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party replacing Bill Davis. January 30 – The federal government relaxes laws requiring businesses to use the metric system. February 8 – Frank Miller becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Bill Davis after the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership election. February 11 – The federal and Newfoundland governments sign the Atlantic Accord paving the way for joint development of Newfoundland's offshore oil and gas reserves. February 12 – Minister of National Defence Robert Coates resigns after it is revealed that he visited a strip-club while on government business in Germany. February 13 – Denis Lortie is found guilty of murder for his attack at the Quebec Parliament Building that killed three. February 28 – Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel is found guilty of publishing false news and fomenting racial intolerance. March – Willard Phelps becomes premier of Yukon, replacing Chris Pearson. March – At the so-called Shamrock Summit between Prime Minister Mulroney and US President Ronald Reagan the two agree on cooperation on missile defence and free trade. March 12 – Heavily armed Armenian militants storm the Turkish embassy in Ottawa. They kill a security guard and hold a dozen people hostage for four hours. March 21 – Rick Hansen launches his Man in Motion world tour to raise money for spinal cord research. March 29 – 10 are killed after two military planes collide near CFB Edmonton.
April to June
April 24 - The Supreme Court of Canada rules the Lord's Day Act violates Canadians' freedom of religion. May - Tony Penikett becomes government leader of Yukon, replacing Willard Phelps. May 2 - Ontario election: Frank Miller's PCs win a minority, but David Peterson's Liberals will form a coalition with the NDP, forcing Miller to resign. May 9 - The Supreme Court rules that orders in council are subject to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. May 31 - A tornado in Barrie, Ontario, kills twelve as part of the 1985 United States–Canada tornado outbreak. June 20 – René Lévesque announces his intention to resign as premier of Quebec. June 23 - Air India Flight 182 explodes from Montreal to London; Sikh terrorists are blamed. June 26 - David Peterson becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Frank Miller.