List of Canadian events in 2011
Events from the year 2011 in Canada .
Deaths in 2011
January
January 1 – Bruce Halliday , 84, physician and politician, MP for Oxford (1974–1993) (b. 1926 )
January 8 – Peter Donaldson , 57, actor (b. 1952 )
January 11 -Riley Johnson, 16, ON, Oshawa, (b. 2002 )
January 11 – Marcel Trudel , 93, historian (b. 1917 )
January 13 – Alex Kirst , 47, drummer (Iggy Pop , The Nymphs ) (b. 1963 )
January 17
January 18 – Antonín Kubálek , pianist (b. 1935 )
January 19
January 21 – Herb Gray , 76, football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers ) (b. 1934 )[48]
January 22
January 24
January 25 – Audrey Best , 50, lawyer, ex-wife of politician and lawyer Lucien Bouchard , breast cancer (b. 1960 )[52]
January 28 – Megan McNeil , 20, singer, cancer. (b. 1990 )[53]
February
Bad News Brown in Montreal 2010February 2 – Eric Nicol , 91, writer (b. 1919)[54]
February 3 – Ron Piché , 75, baseball player (Braves , Angels , Cardinals ), cancer (b. 1935)[55]
February 10 – Fred Speck , 63, hockey player (b. 1947)[56]
February 11 – Bad News Brown , 33, rapper and harmonica player, beaten and shot. (b. 1977)[57]
February 18 – Cayle Chernin , 63, actress (Goin' Down the Road ), cancer. (b. 1947)[58]
February 22 – Jud McAtee , 91, hockey player (b. 1920)[59]
February 24 – Robert Reguly , 80, journalist (Toronto Star ), heart disease (b. 1931)[60]
February 26 – Roch Thériault , 63, cult leader and convicted murderer (b. 1947)[61]
February 28 – Allan Williams , 88, politician, Attorney General of British Columbia (1979–1983), after long illness (b. 1922)[62]
March
Donny George Youkhanna in the Metropolitan Museum of Art March 3
March 6 – Marie Andrée Bertrand , 85, criminologist, feminist and anti-prohibitionist (b. 1925)[65]
March 8 – Bronko Nagurski Jr. , 73, football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats ) (b. 1937)[66]
March 10 – Nick Harbaruk , 67, hockey player (b. 1943)[67]
March 11 – Donny George Youkhanna , 60, archaeologist, anthropologist and author (b. 1950)[68]
March 12
March 13 – Rick Martin , 59, ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres , Los Angeles Kings ) (b. 1951)[71]
March 14
March 18 – Kirk Wipper , 87, professor and founder of the Canadian Canoe Museum (b. 1923)[73]
March 22
March 23 – Frank Howard , 85, politician, member of the BC Legislative Assembly for Skeena (1953–1956; 1979–1986) and MP for Skeena (1957–1974) (b. 1925)[76]
March 24 – Dudley Laws , 76, Jamaican-born civil rights activist, kidney disease (b. 1934)[77]
March 27 – Roger Abbott , 64, actor, writer and co-founder of the Royal Canadian Air Farce (b. 1946)[78]
March 29 – Neil Reimer , 88, politician, Leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party (1962–1968) (b. 1921)[79]
April
April 2 – James McNulty , 92, politician, MP for Lincoln (1962–1968) and St. Catharines (1968–1972). (b. 1918)[80]
April 3
April 4 – Wayne Robson , 64, actor (b. 1946)[83]
April 6 – John Bottomley , 50, singer-songwriter, suicide (b. 1960)[84]
April 7
April 12 – Sidney Harman , 92, businessman and publisher (Newsweek ) (b. 1918)[87]
April 14 – Jean Gratton , 86, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mont-Laurier (1978–2001) (b. 1924)[88]
April 15 – Reno Bertoia , 76, Italian-born baseball player (Detroit Tigers ), lymphoma (b. 1935)[89]
April 16
Allan Blakeney , 85, politician, premier of Saskatchewan (1971–1982), liver cancer (b. 1925)[90]
Serge LeClerc , 61, ex-criminal, former politician (b. 1950)[91]
Ulla Ryghe , 75, Swedish film editor , National Film Board of Canada worker[92]
April 17
April 21 – Ken Kostick , 57, cooking show host (What's for Dinner? ), complications of pancreatitis (b. 1953)[94]
May
Derek Boogaard , hockey playerMay 2 – Danny Kassap , 28, Congolese-born long-distance runner (b. 1982).[95]
May 3 – Richie Hubbard , 78, politician (b. 1932).
May 7 – Willard Boyle , 86, physicist (b. 1924).
May 8 – Hilton Rosemarin , 58, set decorator (Three Men and a Baby , Cocktail , Jumper ), brain cancer (b. 1952).[96]
May 13
May 18 – John Fortino , 61, Italian-born businessman, founder of the Fortinos supermarket chain, cancer (b. 1950).[100]
May 19 – David H. Kelley , 87, American-born archaeologist (b. 1924).[101]
May 24 – Barry Potomski , 38, ice hockey player (b. 1972).[102]
May 28
June
Bruce Crozier June 2 – Joel Rosenberg , 57, science fiction author, heart attack (b. 1954).[105]
June 3 – Bruce Crozier , 72, politician, Ontario MPP for Essex South (1993–1999) and Essex (since 1999), aortic aneurysm (b. 1938).[106]
June 8 – Paul Massie , 78, BAFTA -winning actor and theater professor (b. 1932).[107]
June 10 – Theo Dubois , 100, rower (b. 1911).[108]
June 12 – René Audet , 91, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Joliette (1968–1990) (b. 1920).[109]
June 16 – Betty Fox , 71, cancer research activist, mother of Marathon of Hope starter Terry Fox (b. 1940).[110]
June 19 – John Kerr, Sr. , 67, Scottish-born soccer player (b. 1943).[111]
June 21 – Robert Kroetsch , 83, poet and novelist (b. 1927).[112]
June 22 – Harley Hotchkiss , 83, businessman, member of Hockey Hall of Fame, prostate cancer (b. 1927).
June 23 – Gaye Delorme , 64, musician, heart attack (b. 1947).[113]
June 26 – Barry Wilkins , 64, hockey player (Vancouver Canucks ), lung cancer (b. 1947).[114]
July
July 4 – Wes Covington , 79, American-born baseball player (Milwaukee Braves , Kansas City Athletics , Philadelphia Phillies ), cancer. (b. 1932)[115]
July 5
July 6 – Steve Cardiff , 53, Yukon NDP MLA for Mount Lorne , road accident . (b. 1957)
July 7
July 8 – Aleksis Dreimanis , 96, Latvian-born geologist. (b. 1914)[120]
July 10
July 18 – Albert Driedger , 75, politician, stroke. (b. 1936)[123]
July 20 – Gloria Sawai , 78, author. (b. 1932)[124]
July 21 – Elwy Yost , 86, television host and writer. (b. 1925)[125]
July 22 – Brian Vallée , 70, author, journalist and documentary producer. (b. 1940)[126]
July 24 – Paul Marchand , 74, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Timmins (since 1999). (b. 1937)[127] William Commanda , OC
August
August 2 – Jeanne Landry , 89, composer, pianist and teacher (b. 1922)[130]
August 3 – William Commanda , 97, former Algonquin chief near Maniwaki, Quebec , spiritual leader and Order of Canada recipient. (b. 1913)[131]
August 7 – Jiří Traxler , 99, Czech-born jazz pianist . (b. 1912)[132]
August 8 – Royal Copeland , 86, football player (Toronto Argonauts ), Alzheimer's disease. (b. 1924)[133]
August 9 – Wendy Babcock , 32, advocate for the rights of prostitutes, suspected suicide. (b. 1978 or 1979)[134] Jack Layton August 12 – Austin-Emile Burke , 89, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Halifax (1991–1998). (b. 1922)[135]
August 14 – Shawn Tompkins , 37, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. (b. 1974)[136]
August 15 – Rick Rypien , 27, ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks ). (b. 1984)[137]
August 18 – Simon De Jong , 69, politician, MP for Regina East (1979–1988) and Regina—Qu'Appelle (1988–1997), leukemia. (b. 1942)[138]
August 19 – Gil Courtemanche , 68, journalist and novelist (Un dimanche à la piscine à Kigali ), cancer. (b. 1943)[139]
August 22 – Jack Layton , 61, politician, leader of New Democratic Party (2003–2011) and Leader of the Official Opposition (2011), cancer. (b. 1950)[140]
August 26 – Aloysius Ambrozic , 81, Slovenian-born Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Toronto (1990–2006). (b. 1930)[141]
August 31
September
September 3 – Edgar Benson , 88, politician and diplomat. (b. 1923)[144]
September 7 – Brad McCrimmon , 52, professional ice hockey defenceman (b. 1959)[145] [146]
September 9 – William Lesick , 88, politician, MP for Edmonton East (1984–1988) (b. 1923)[147]
September 10 – Cecil Marshall , 71, Trinidadian-born cricketer (b. 1939)[148]
September 13 – Paul Gallant , 67, entrepreneur, inventor of Puzz-3D , cancer (b. 1944)[149]
September 14 – Buddy Tinsley , 87, football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers ) (b. 1924)[150]
September 15
Frances Bay , 92, character actress (Happy Gilmore , Blue Velvet , The Middle ), died in Tarzana , California (b. 1919)[151]
Mo Rothman , 92, movie executive, persuaded Charlie Chaplin to return to the United States, Parkinson's disease (b. 1919)[152]
September 16 – Roger Belanger , 45, ice hockey player, heart attack (b. 1965)[153]
September 27 – Joseph Maraachli , 1, infant with Leigh's disease (b. 2010)[154]
September 28 – Pierre Dansereau , 99, ecologist (b. 1911)[155]
September 30
October
October 2 – Cindy Shatto , 54, Olympic diver, lung cancer (b. 1957)[158]
October 9
October 13 – Barbara Kent , 103, silent film actress (b. 1907)[161]
October 14 – Reg Alcock , 63, politician, minister, MP for Winnipeg South (1993–2006); President of the Treasury Board (2003–2006), heart attack (b. 1948)[162]
October 15 – Earl McRae , 69, journalist (Ottawa Sun ), apparent heart attack (b. 1942)[163]
October 17 – Barney Danson , 90, politician and soldier (b. 1921)[164]
October 18 – Tommy Grant , 76, football player (Hamilton Tiger-Cats ) (b. 1935)[165]
October 19 – Tadeusz Sawicz , 97, Polish-born World War II fighter pilot (b. 1914)[166]
October 20 – Maria Rika Maniates , 74, musicologist (b. 1937)[167]
October 23 – Tillie Taylor , 88, judge (b. 1922)[168]
October 24 – Harold Huskilson , 91, politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1970–1993) (b. 1920)[169]
October 30 – Serge Aubry , 69, ice hockey player (Quebec Nordiques ), diabetes (b. 1942)[170]
November
November 6 – Hickstead , 15, Dutch-born Canadian show jumping horse, Olympic champion (2008), ruptured aorta (b. 1996)[171]
November 11 – Choiseul Henriquez , 51, Haitian-born politician (b. 1950)[172]
November 12 – Jim Sullivan , 43, curler, world junior champion (1988) (b. 1968)[173]
November 15 – Thomas Worrall Kent , 89, journalist and public servant, cardiac arrest (b. 1922)[174]
November 16
November 19
Francis Cabot , 86, gardener and horticulturist (b. 1925)[177]
Gordon S. Clinton , 91, politician, Mayor of Seattle (1956–1964) (b. 1920)[178]
John Neville , 86, British-born actor (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , The X-Files ), Alzheimer's disease, died in Toronto, Ontario (b. 1925)[179]
November 20
November 21
November 24 –
November 25
November 26 – Ed Harrington , 70, American-born football player (Toronto Argonauts ), cancer (b. 1941)[188]
December
December 3 – Louky Bersianik , 81, novelist (b. 1930)[189]
December 6 – Sum Ying Fung , 112, supercentenarian , oldest person in Canada at time of death, natural causes (b. 1899)[190]
December 14 – Karl-Heinrich von Groddeck , 75, Olympic rower, gold medalist (1960 ) (b. 1936)[191]
December 18 – Jean Boucher , politician (b. 1926 )
December 19 – Evans Knowles , 97, politician (b. 1914)[192]
December 21
December 22
December 24 – Lex Gigeroff , 49, writer, actor and producer (Lexx ), heart attack (b. 1962)[196]
December 27 – Johnny Wilson , 82, ice hockey player and coach (Detroit Red Wings ) (b. 1929)[197]
December 30 – Doug Sellars , 50, television executive (Fox Sports Media Group , CBC Sports ), heart attack (b. 1951)[198]