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Events from the year 1991 in Canada.

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January 1 - The Goods and Services Tax comes into effect
January 15 - Canadian Forces begin their participation in the Persian Gulf War
January 29 - The Allaire Committee releases its report on Canada's constitution: it recommends the transfer of many powers from the federal government to the provinces
January 30 - Gulf War: A Canadian CF-18 Hornet attacks and causes irreparable damage to an Iraqi warship.
February 9 - Donald Cameron becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Roger Bacon
February 27 - Gulf War: Iraq agrees to a cease-fire ending the conflict
April 2 - Rita Johnston becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Bill Vander Zalm
April 22 - Joe Clark is appointed Minister of Constitutional Affairs
May - George Erasmus, leader of the Assembly of First Nations, resigns and is succeeded by Ovide Mercredi
May 14 - MP John Nunziata alleges the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) know who bombed the Air-India flight 182 but did not have evidence needed for prosecution.
June 15 - Paul Bernardo kidnaps, rapes, and murders Leslie Mahaffy
June 19 - The Dobbie-Castonguay Commission is created to look into changes to the constitution.

July 3 - The process leading to the privatization of Petro-Canada is begun
July 27 - Greg Welch (AUS) and Sue Schlatter (CAN) win the 1991 ITU Triathlon World Cup race (1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run) in Vancouver
August 4 - Brad Beven (AUS) and Karen Smyers (USA) win the 1991 ITU Triathlon World Cup race (1.5km swim, 40km bike, 10km run) in Toronto
September 24 - Dobbie-Castonguay Commission recommends an elected Senate and recognizing Quebec as a distinct society.
October 21 - The Saskatchewan election: Roy Romanow's NDP win a majority, defeating Grant Devine's PCs
November 1 - Roy Romanow becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing Grant Devine
November 5 - Michael Harcourt becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing Rita Johnston
November 14 - Nellie Cournoyea becomes government leader of the Northwest Territories, replacing Dennis Patterson

Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the President of Haiti, visits Canada and is warmly welcomed by the large Haitian community in Montreal, where he had studied at the Université de Montréal.
Julius Alexander Isaac is named Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada. He becomes the first Black Chief Justice in Canada
David Schindler of the University of Alberta wins the first international Stockholm Water Prize for environmental research.
Ferguson Jenkins becomes the first Canadian elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Canadian peacekeepers begin a five-year deployment to El Salvador
Canadian observers are sent to Western Sahara
News media: eye weekly created in Toronto

Atom Egoyan's The Adjuster is released
James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgment Day is released. It is the year's highest grossing film

Roland Michener
July 8 - Gordon Stewart Anderson, writer (b.1958)
July 10 - Grace MacInnis, politician and feminist (b.1905)
August 6 - Roland Michener, lawyer, politician diplomat and Governor-General of Canada (b.1900)
August 22 - Colleen Dewhurst, actress (b.1924)
August 31 - Cliff Lumsdon, world champion marathon swimmer (b.1931)
September 25 - Stanley Waters, Senator (b.1920)
October 2 - Hazen Argue, politician (b.1921)
November 13 - Paul-Émile Léger, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (b.1904)
December 17 - Armand Frappier, physician and microbiologist (b.1904)