See also: 1992 in Canada, other events of 1993, 1994 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
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Incumbents
- Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
- Governor General: Ray Hnatyshyn
- Prime Minister: Brian Mulroney then Kim Campbell then Jean Chrétien
- 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: Donald Cameron then John Savage
- Premier of Ontario: Bob Rae
- Premier of Prince Edward Island: Joe Ghiz then Catherine Callbeck
- Premier of Quebec: Robert Bourassa
- Premier of Saskatchewan: Roy Romanow
Events
- January 25: Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Joe Ghiz
- January 28: Six Innu youths from Davis Inlet, aged 11 to 14, are caught on video sniffing gasoline as a suicide attempt.
- February 24: Brian Mulroney announces his plan to resign as Prime Minister, Kyle Maddox is born
- March 4: Canadian soldiers shoot and kill a Somali man outside their base in Somalia
- March 12: Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn proclaims a constitutional amendment adding section 16.1 to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
- March 16: Canadian soldiers beat to death Shidane Arone, a Somali teenager, in Somalia.
- March 18: Master Corporal Clayton Matchee is arrested in connection with Arone's death
- March 29: Prince Edward Island general election, 1993: Catherine Callbeck's Liberals win a majority. She is the first female premier to lead a party to victory in a general election.
- April 2: The Farm Credit Corporation Act is passed
- June: The Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act and the Nunavut Act are passed leading to the eventual creation of Nunavut in 1999
- June 11: John Savage becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Donald Cameron
- June 15: Alberta election: Ralph Klein's PCs win a seventh consecutive majority
- June 20: A landslide on the South Nation River destroys the abandoned townsite of Lemieux, Ontario
- June 25: Kim Campbell becomes prime minister, replacing Brian Mulroney. She is the first woman to be the country's head of government
- September 16: Canadian forces engage in an intensive firefight with Croatian forces during Operation Medak pocket
- October 4: The Krever Inquiry into Canada's blood system begins
- October 14: The Tories release an election ad that many see as mocking Jean Chrétien's facial paralysis. See 1993 Chrétien ad.
- October 23: The Toronto Blue Jays win back-to-back World Series, the first on Canadian soil, as Joe Carter hit the series-winning home run, becoming the second person ever to do so.
- October 25: Federal election: Jean Chrétien's Liberals win a majority, defeating Kim Campbell's PCs, which are reduced to two seats. Campbell loses her own seat. The Bloc Québécois form the official opposition
- November 4: Jean Chrétien is sworn in as prime minister, replacing Kim Campbell
- A cow suffering from mad cow disease is found in Alberta. It and its herd are slaughtered
- Canadian Major-General Roméo Dallaire appointed commander of the U.N. forces in Rwanda
- Ben Johnson is permanently banned from international competition after again testing positive for banned substances
- Gary Bettman becomes commissioner of the National Hockey League
Arts and literature
Literature
- Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride
- Réjean Ducharme, Dévadé
- Dave Duncan, The Stricken Field
- William Gibson, Virtual Light
- Michael Ignatieff, Scar Tissue
- Thomas King, One Good Story, That One
- Antonine Maillet, Le nuit des roi
- Yann Martel, The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios
- Farley Mowat, My Father's Son
- Robert J. Sawyer, Fossil Hunter
- Jeffrey Simpson, Faultines, Struggling for a Canadian Vision
Awards
- American-born E. Annie Proulx's The Shipping News wins the American National Book Award
- See 1993 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
- Books in Canada First Novel Award: John Steffler, The Afterlife of George Cartwright: A Novel
- Geoffrey Bilson Award: Celia Barker Lottridge, Ticket to Curlew
- Gerald Lampert Award: Elisabeth Harvor, Fortress of Chairs and Roberta Rees, Eyes Like Pigeons
- Marian Engel Award: Sandra Birdsell
- Pat Lowther Award: Lorna Crozier, Inventing the Hawk
- Stephen Leacock Award: Joseph Levesque, Waiting for Aquarius
- Trillium Book Award: Jane Urquhart, Away and Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride
- Vicky Metcalf Award: Phoebe Gilman
Television
- This Hour Has 22 Minutes premieres on CBC
Film
- Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould is released
Music
- Bryan Adams, So Far So Good
- Jann Arden, Time for Mercy
- The Band, Jericho
- Big Sugar, Five Hundred Pounds
- Blinker the Star, Blinker the Star
- Blue Rodeo, Five Days in July
- Cowboy Junkies, Pale Sun Crescent Moon
- Crash Test Dummies, God Shuffled His Feet
- Crash Vegas, Stone
- cub, Betti-Cola
- Céline Dion, The Colour of My Love
- Doughboys, Crush
- Eric's Trip, Love Tara
- Lawrence Gowan, ...but you can call me Larry
- Great Big Sea, Great Big Sea
- Grievous Angels, Watershed
- Hart-Rouge, Blue Blue Windows
- The Headstones, Picture of Health
- I Mother Earth, Dig
- The Inbreds, Hilario
- Intermix, Phaze Two
- Junkhouse, Here Lies Happiness and Strays
- King Cobb Steelie, King Cobb Steelie
- The Look People, Crazy Eggs
- Lost Dakotas, Sun Machine
- Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
- Me Mom & Morgentaler, Shiva Space Machine
- Moxy Früvous, Bargainville
- Odds, Bedbugs
- The Pursuit of Happiness, The Downward Road
- The Rankin Family, North Country
- Rose Chronicles, Dead and Gone to Heaven
- Rush, Counterparts
- Jane Siberry, When I Was a Boy
- Skydiggers, Just Over This Mountain
- Spirit of the West, Faithlift
- The Tea Party, Splendor Solis
- 13 Engines, Perpetual Motion Machine
- Shania Twain, Shania Twain
- Voivod, The Outer Limits
Births
- January 26: Cameron Bright, actor
- January 28: Hollie Lo, actress
Deaths
- January 26: Jeanne Sauvé, first female Governor General
- February 28: Ruby Keeler, dancer and actress
- April 30: Colin Emerson Bennett, politician
- May 30: H. Gordon Barrett, politician
- August 14: Francis Mankiewicz, film director
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