Events from the year 2009 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Federal government
Governor General – Michaëlle Jean
Prime Minister – Stephen Harper
Chief Justice – Beverley McLachlin (British Columbia) Parliament – 40th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – Norman Kwong
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Steven Point
Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – John Harvard (until August 4) then Philip S. Lee Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Herménégilde Chiasson (until September 30) then Graydon Nicholas Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador – John Crosbie Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Mayann Francis Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – David Onley Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Barbara Oliver Hagerman Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Pierre Duchesne Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Gordon Barnhart
Premiers
Premier of Alberta – Ed Stelmach
Premier of British Columbia – Gordon Campbell
Premier of Manitoba – Gary Doer (until October 19) then Greg Selinger
Premier of New Brunswick – Shawn Graham
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador – Danny Williams
Premier of Nova Scotia – Rodney MacDonald (until June 19) then Darrell Dexter
Premier of Ontario – Dalton McGuinty
Premier of Prince Edward Island – Robert Ghiz
Premier of Quebec – Jean Charest
Premier of Saskatchewan – Brad Wall
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Commissioner of Yukon – Geraldine Van Bibber
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Tony Whitford
Commissioner of Nunavut – Ann Meekitjuk Hanson
Premiers
Premier of the Northwest Territories – Floyd Roland
Premier of Nunavut – Eva Aariak
Premier of Yukon – Dennis Fentie
Events
January to March
January 5 – Fourth explosion from 2008-09 British Columbia pipeline bombings destroyed a metering shed near the community of Tomslake, British Columbia. January 8 – Large amount of gang violence in Vancouver starts. January 15 – A large blackout hits Toronto effecting an estimated 250,000 people. January 26 – The 40th Canadian Parliament reopens for its second session after a two-month prorogation. Governor General Michaëlle Jean reads the Speech from the Throne. January 27 – Finance Minister Jim Flaherty presents the 2009 Canadian federal budget to the House of Commons of Canada. January 28
Opposition Leader Michael Ignatieff announces the support of the Liberal Party for the budget on the condition that his amendment is included. The first of the 2009 Canadian Tamil protests begin in front of the Consulate General office of Sri Lanka in Toronto. January 29 – 2008-09 York University Strike comes to an end with a count of 42–8 ending the strike. February 19 – Newly-sworn American President Barack Obama made his first foreign trip by visiting Canada. February 22 – Spanish fishing vessel Monte Galineiro sank off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. March 12 – A helicopter crash off the coast of Newfoundland kills 17. March 17 – Former U.S. President George W. Bush gave a talk in Calgary, Alberta. March 29 – Researchers from the University of Toronto discover GhostNet.