Events from the year 1995 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Federal government
Governor General – Ray Hnatyshyn (until February 8) then Roméo LeBlanc
Prime Minister – Jean Chrétien
Chief Justice – Antonio Lamer (Quebec) Parliament – 35th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Gordon Towers
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – David Lam (until April 21) then Garde Gardom Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Yvon Dumont Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Margaret McCain Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland – Frederick Russell Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – James Kinley Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Hal Jackman Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Marion Reid (until August 30) then Gilbert Clements Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Martial Asselin Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Jack Wiebe
Premiers
Premier of Alberta – Ralph Klein
Premier of British Columbia – Mike Harcourt
Premier of Manitoba – Gary Filmon
Premier of New Brunswick – Frank McKenna
Premier of Newfoundland – Clyde Wells
Premier of Nova Scotia – John Savage
Premier of Ontario – Bob Rae (until June 26) then Mike Harris
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Catherine Callbeck
Premier of Quebec – Jacques Parizeau
Premier of Saskatchewan – Roy Romanow
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Commissioner of Yukon – John Kenneth McKinnon (until June 23) then Judy Gingell
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Daniel L. Norris (until January 16) then Helen Maksagak
Premiers
Premier of the Northwest Territories – Nellie Cournoyea (until November 22) then Don Morin Premier of Yukon – John Ostashek
Events
January to March
January 5 – Rogers Communications withdraws the unpopular negative option billing system after wide-scale consumer protest. January 7 – The opening of Parliament is televised for the first time. January 18 – A video of the Canadian Airborne Regiment's brutal hazing rituals is made public. January 23 – As a result of the Somalia Affair and the hazing video, it is announced that the Airborne Regiment will disband. January 23 – Guy Paul Morin's conviction for murder that had seen him jailed for 11 years is overturned. February 21 – The inquiry into the April 1994 uprising in the Kingston Prison For Women rules that authorities used excessive force in putting it down. February 23 – American President Bill Clinton addresses Parliament. March 9 – As part of Brian Tobin's Turbot War Canadian officials seize the Spanish trawler the Estai. March 15 – Former Nova Scotia Premier Gerald Regan is charged with child abuse. March 18 – March 27 – A major rail strike occurs; the workers are eventually legislated back to work. March 20 – Erichs Tobias is accused of war crimes. March 27 – Bell Canada announces major job cuts. March 31 – Perrin Beatty appointed head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
April to June
April – Chapters is officially incorporated. April 9 – Steve Stavro buys Maple Leaf Gardens from Harold Ballard's estate. April 16 – The Turbot War ends as Canada and the European Union reach an agreement. April 20 – A pipe bomb explodes outside Province House in Prince Edward Island. May 18 – The trial of Paul Bernardo begins. May 31 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announce a $1 million reward in Air India flight 182 case and restarts its investigation. June 6 – Labatt is sold to a Belgian company. June 8 – Ontario election: Mike Harris's PCs win a majority, defeating Bob Rae's NDP. June 9 – Floods in Medicine Hat, Alberta force the evacuation of over 5000 people. June 13 – A strict new gun control law is passed banning most handguns and forcing all rifles to be registered. June 15 – June 17 – The G7 meet in Halifax, Nova Scotia. June 21 – Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP win a second consecutive majority. June 28 – Mike Harris becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Bob Rae.