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August 20 - The Sudbury, Ontario tornado event, with winds up to 100 miles per hour, hits Sudbury and Field, Ontario. [3] It was one of the worst tornadoes in Canadian history — killing six people, injuring 200, and causing C$17 million dollars in property damage. September 27 - TVOntario begins broadcasting
May 29 – 20-year-old Ojibwe woman Tammy Lamondin-Gagnon disappears from a public park in Newmarket, Ontario, initiating a still-unsolved missing persons case. June 3 – Ontario election: Mike Harris's PCs win a second consecutive majority. June 3 – Canada and the United States sign a treaty to divide the Pacific salmon fishery.
January 29 – A controversial resolution is passed by the city council of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, declaring the city "English-only". February: The federal government announces that it will privatize Petro-Canada; the legislation to do so is introduced in October.. February 12 – A massive tire fire begins near Hagersville, Ontario. It ...
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January 5 – The domed roof of BC Place Stadium in Vancouver collapses.; January 11 – A major blizzard rips through Central Saskatchewan.; January – The Quebec town of Hérouxville received international attention when its town council passed controversial measures concerning practices which the residents deemed unsuitable for life in Hérouxville for potential new immigrants, despite the ...
October 26 – An evacuation of over 800 members of the Kashechewan First Nation by the Government of Ontario to Ottawa, Sudbury, and other communities in Ontario begins after E. coli is found in their water supply network. November 24 – Opposition leader Stephen Harper moves a motion of no confidence in the government of Paul Martin.
June 9 - Ontario election: Bill Davis's PCs win a second consecutive minority. June 24 — Social Credit leader André-Gilles Fortin is killed in a car accident. July 28 – Emanuel Jaques, 12, is abducted after being lured into an apartment building under false pretenses on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto. His strangled body is found several ...
November 10 – Municipal elections occur across Ontario; In the Toronto election, David Miller is elected mayor. November 13 – The Canadian dollar value closes at a 10-year high of US$0.7695. November 18 – Canada offers Ontario $330 million in relief of the past summer's SARS virus impact.