1987 in Canada

Incumbents

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
November 30: Several new Canadian specialty channels are licensed: YTV, VisionTV, CBC Newsworld, The Weather Network/MeteoMedia, and one pay-television channel: The Family Channel.
The Reform Party of Canada is founded

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