See also:
1993 in Canada,
other events of 1994,
1995 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.
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Events
- Winter - One of the coldest winters on record hits much of Canada
- January 1 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect
- January 11 - Daniel Johnson, Jr., becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Robert Bourassa
- February - the first Liberal budgetslashes spending in an effort to cut the deficit. Unemployment Insurance and provincial transfer payments are especially hard hit
- February 27 - The 1994 Winter Olympics end in Lillehammer, Norway.
- March 21 - A civilian inquiry in the behaviour of the Canadian Airborne in Somalia is launched
- April 5 - The Just Desserts shooting occurs in Toronto
- June and Ontario farmer is allowed to grow 10 acres (40,000 m²) of marijuana for research purposes
- June 14 - The New York Rangers defeat the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup
- September 12 - Quebec election, the Parti québécois defeats the Parti libéral du Québec, which had been in power for nine years.
- September 26 - Jacques Parizeau (PQ) is sworn in as premier of Quebec, replacing Daniel Johnson, Jr.
- October - A lockout closes the NHL for the entire first half of the season.
- October 5 and October 6 - Members of the Solar Temple cult committ mass suicide
- December - Lucien Bouchard is infected with necrotizing fasciitis and loses a leg
- Conrad Black's company buys the Chicago Sun-Times
- Bertram Brockhouse shares the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Hockey is made Canada's official winter sport, Lacrosse is demoted to being official summer sport
- Cigarette taxes are slashed to battle smuggling and black market organizations
- Canadian troops leave CFB Lahr ending the Canadian armed forces presence in Europe
- The Alberta Court of Appeal strikes down a lower court ruling that LGBT persons are to be covered under the province's human rights legislation. The case, originally brought by Delwin Vriend, was subsequently appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada (see 1998 in Canada.)
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