Events from the year 1989 in Canada.

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• January 1: The Canadian-American Free Trade Agreement comes into effect.
• January 21: Newfoundland premier Brian Peckford announces his resignation from politics, giving the PC Party 2 months to find a replacement as party leader and premier.
• January 30: Prime Minister Brian Mulroney shuffles his cabinet, appointing 6 new ministers and reassigning the responsibilities of 19 others.
• February 10: President of the United States George H. W. Bush Prime Minister Mulroney in Ottawa, laying the groundwork for the Acid Rain Treaty of 1991.
• February 20: In the Yukon Territory, the ruling New Democrats narrowly maintain control of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, winning 9 seats vs. the Progressive Conservative Party's 7.
• March 1: The Canadian Space Agency is created.
• March 10: An Air Ontario flight crashes near Dryden, Ontario, killing 24.
• March 13: 2:44 AM ET: A solar coronal mass ejection causes a blackout across all of Quebec, as it hits the Hydro-Québec power grid, affecting 6 million people for more than 9 hours.^[3]
• March 13: Deborah Grey wins a by-election to become the first Reform Party Member of Parliament.^[4]
• March 19: LGBT activist Joe Rose is murdered on public transit in Montreal.^[5]
• March 20: Alberta election: Don Getty's PCs win a sixth consecutive majority.
• March 22: Thomas Rideout becomes premier of Newfoundland, replacing Brian Peckford.
• April 20: The Liberal Party of Newfoundland, led by Clyde Wells, wins the Newfoundland general election.
• May 3: John Turner resigns as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
• May 5: Clyde Wells becomes premier of Newfoundland, defeating Thomas Rideout in a general election.
• May 25: The Calgary Flames defeat the Montreal Canadiens to win the 1989 Stanley Cup Finals.
• May 29: The Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island, led by Joe Ghiz, remains in power following the Prince Edward Island general election.
• June 3: The SkyDome (now known as Rogers Centre) is opened in Toronto.
• June 5: The federal government announces sweeping cuts to Via Rail.
• July 31: Cable television network CBC Newsworld is launched.
• August 2: Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs Bernard Valcourt resigns after he is convicted of drunk driving.
• September 1: French cable sports network, RDS, signs on.
• September 25: In the Quebec general election, the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Robert Bourassa, is reelected with a large Liberal majority.
• October 6: Prime Minister Mulroney nominates Ray Hnatyshyn to succeed Jeanne Sauvé as Governor General of Canada.
• October 8: The Cormier Village hayride accident kills 13 people and injures 45.
• October 15 – Wayne Gretzky becomes the leading scorer in the history of the National Hockey League.
• December 2: Audrey McLaughlin is elected head of the NDP replacing Ed Broadbent becoming the first female major party leader in Canadian history.
• December 6: École Polytechnique massacre: Marc Lépine murders fourteen women at the École Polytechnique of the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec. The event proves a spur to both the Canadian feminist and gun control movements.
• December 21: Quebec uses the notwithstanding clause for the first time.
• December 31: All rail service is terminated in Prince Edward Island after CN Rail abandons its historic rail lines in the province.

• May 13 – Swift Current Broncos win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Saskatoon Blades 4 to 3. The final game was played at Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
• May 25 – Calgary Flames win their only Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2. The deciding Game 6 is played at the Montreal Forum. Inverness, Nova Scotia's Al MacInnis is awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy
• June 5 – Toronto Blue Jays lose the first baseball game played at the SkyDome to the Milwaukee Brewers 3 to 5.
• November 18 – Western Ontario Mustangs win their fifth Vanier Cup by defeating the Saskatchewan Huskies 35 to 10 in the 25th Grey Cup played at the SkyDome in Toronto.
• November 26 – Saskatchewan Roughriders win their second (and first since 1966) Grey Cup by defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 43 to 40 in the 77th Grey Cup played at the SkyDome in Toronto.

• January 9 – Nina Dobrev, actress
• January 14 – Karine Thomas, synchronized swimmer
• February 11 – Jesse Rath, actor
• February 13 – Carly McKillip, actress
• February 14 – Emma Miskew, curler
• February 20 – Melanie Leishman, actress
• March 3 – Andrea Brooks, actress
• March 19 – Stephanie Horner, swimmer
• April 5 - Rachel Homan, curler
• April 13 – Mallory Deluce, ice hockey player
• April 19 – Simu Liu, actor
• April 25 – Marie-Michèle Gagnon, skier^[6]
• April 28 – Steffi DiDomenicantonio, singer
• May 11 – Alyssa Brown, artistic gymnast^[7]
• May 17 – Tessa Virtue, ice dancer
• May 23 – Grace Mahary, model
• June 11 – Keith Aulie, ice hockey player
• June 17 – Brandon Jones, singer
• July 27 – Charlotte Arnold, actress
• July 31 – Marshall Williams, actor
• August 2 – Dominic Jalbert, ice hockey player
• September 12 – Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, artistic gymnast
• September 23 – Craig Sharpe, singer
• September 25 – Jordan Gavaris, actor
• October 20 – Colin Wilson, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• October 24 – Shenae Grimes, actress
• November 3 – Nav, rapper
• November 5 – Joey Lawrence, photographer
• November 24 – Nicole Sassine, sprinter
• December 2 – Cassie Steele, actress and singer-songwriter

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