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Events from the year 1987 in Canada.

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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
30 June - Canada introduces a $1 coin, commonly called loonie; the dollar bill is withdrawn in 1989.
July 3 - Quebec City becomes the first city in North America to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site
July 31 - The Edmonton Tornado kills 27
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 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

August 30 - Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson sets a new world record in the 100 metre dash

January 5 - Margaret Laurence, novelist and short story writer (b.1926)
January 5 - Herman Smith-Johannsen, ski pioneer and supercentenarian (b.1875)
January 27 - Norman McLaren, animator and film director (b.1914)
February 19 - Russell Doern, politician (b.1935)
March 21 - Walter L. Gordon, accountant, businessman, politician and writer (b.1906)