1987 in Canada
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See also: 1986 in Canada, other events of 1987, 1988 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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Incumbents
- Premier of Alberta - Don Getty
- Premier of British Columbia - Bill Vander Zalm
- Premier of Manitoba - Howard Pawley
- Premier of New Brunswick - Richard Hatfield then Frank McKenna
- Premier of Newfoundland - Brian Peckford
- Premier of Nova Scotia - John Buchanan
- Premier of Ontario - David Peterson
- Premier of Prince Edward Island - Joe Ghiz
- Premier of Quebec - Robert Bourassa
- Premier of Saskatchewan - Grant Devine
Events
- January 1 - Frobisher Bay changes its name to Iqaluit
- April 30 - Provincial premiers agree to Meech Lake Accord
- May 22 - Rick Hansen returns home to Vancouver after his Man in Motion world tour
- July 3 - Quebec City becomes the first city in North America to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site
- July 31 - A tornado in Edmonton, Alberta kills twenty-seven
- August 30 - Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson sets a new world record in the 100 metre dash
- September 10 - Ontario election: David Peterson's Liberals win a majority
- September 20 - Pope John Paul II visits the Northwest Territories
- October - Canadian and American negotiators reach agreement on the Canadian-American Free Trade Agreement
- October 27 - Frank McKenna becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Richard Hatfield
- November 12 - Dennis Patterson becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, replacing Nick Sibbeston
- November 27 - Rock band Cowboy Junkies record their most famous album, The Trinity Session, at Toronto's Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Reform Party of Canada is founded
Arts and Literature
- New Works:
- Michael Ignatieff - The Russian Album
- Irving Layton - Fortunate Exile
- Dave Duncan - A Rose-Red City
- Steve McCaffery - Evoba
- Mordecai Richler - Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur
- Donald Jack - This One's On Me
- Farley Mowat - Virunga: The Passion Of Dian Fossey
- Antonine Maillet - Margot la folle
- William Bell - Metal Head
- Awards:
- See 1987 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Books in Canada First Novel Award: Karen Lawrence, The Life of Helen Alone
- Gerald Lampert Award: Rosemary Sullivan, The Space a Name Makes
- Marian Engel Award: Audrey Thomas
- Pat Lowther Award: Heather Spears, How to Read Faces
- Stephen Leacock Award: W.P. Kinsella, The Fencepost Chronicles
- Trillium Book Award: Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Robert Munch
Births
- August 7 - Sidney Crosby, hockey player
Deaths
- September 11 - Lorne Greene, actor
- November 1 - René Lévesque, separatist premier of Quebec