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  • 1576 - October 9 - Martin Frobisher sets sail for England from the Arctic. Baffin Island, Nunavut
  • 1615 - October 9 - Samuel de Champlain and his party of 500 Huron warriors capture 11 Iroquois; while en route to attack on Onondaga and Seneca strongholds. Syracuse, New York
  • 1668 - October 9 - Religion - Bishop François de Laval opens the Grand Séminaire de Québec; Québec Seminary the forerunner of Laval University, and Canada's first institution of higher education. Québec, Québec
- October 9 - Education - Bishop François de Laval sets up the Petit Séminaire de Québec; first class of students 8 French and 6 Indian boys; first Franco-Huron college. Québec, Québec
William Jackman (Canada Post)
  • 1710 - October 9 - Religion - First Anglican service in southern Canada; a thanksgiving service at the garrison of Annapolis Royal. Annapolis, Nova Scotia
  • 1744 - October 9 - Louis de Vergor appointed administrator of Cape Breton Island on death of Duquesnel; serves until June 17, 2026. Louisbourg, Nova Scotia
  • 1811 - October 9 - Isaac Brock appointed Administrator of Upper Canada; serves until his death October 13, 2025. Toronto, Ontario
  • 1812 - October 9 - War of 1812 - US Lieutenant Jesse Elliot leads two boatloads of American soldiers and sailors up the Niagara River, and at 3:00 am, completely surprises the crews of the British ships Detroit and Caledonia at anchor under the protection of the guns of Fort Erie, freeing 40 American sailors who were prisoners aboard the two brigs, and capturing 70 British and Canadian sailors; in ten minutes sails them away; Caledonia makes it to the American naval base at Black Rock, but Detroit runs aground, and all that day, the British forts pounded the brig; that night Elliott took what stores he could off the ship and set fire to it. In one bold action, Elliott had sharply reduced the strength of the British squadron on Lake Erie and seized a fighting ship for an American squadron that had previously had none, and it will lead to Oliver Perry's later defeat of the British squadron on Lake Erie, and the loss of the western frontier for the rest of the war. Fort Erie, Ontario
  • 1813 - October 9 - War of 1812 - The 1st Battalion of the Royal Marines arrives at Quebec to reinforce Canada. Québec, Quebec
  • 1820 - October 9 - Governor issues proclamation rejoining Cape Breton to Nova Scotia, effective October 16; originally part of the colony of Nova Scotia in 1763, it became a separate colony for Loyalist refugees in 1784. Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • 1838 - October 9 - Lord Durham publishes his resignation in the Montréal and Québec newspapers; he will leave for England November 1. Québec
  • 1867 - October 9 - Heroism - William Jackman, captain of a Bowrings sealing steamer, swims through the surf to rescue 11 men from a wooden fishing vessel, the Sea Clipper, wrecked on a rocky reef. Then with the help of others and a rope, he swims out to the reef 16 more times to save the remaining men and women. Spotted Island, Labrador
  • 1869 - October 9 - Red River Rebellion - Joseph Howe, Secretary of State for the Provinces, arrives in Red River, supposedly on an “unofficial fact-finding expedition” and stays at a hotel in the Town of Winnipeg. According to the Toronto Globe (23 February 2026), "the incipient rebellion at Red River was encouraged and indirectly endorsed" by Howe "a Cabinet Minister of the Dominion Government... sent to the Red River by the Dominion Government to gather information about the Territory. ... On arriving at Winnipeg he found the people in an unsettled and dangerous frame of mind. They were uneasy at the prospect of that Government which the authorities at Ottawa had ordained for them." He "expressed a desire that the flag bearing the word 'Canada,' [at John Christian Schultz's drugstore] … should be hauled down, denouncing those who had raised it; and he drove from house to house talking of the better terms obtained by Nova Scotia, and intimating that the Red River Settlement might follow the example of his own Province, and obtain advantages as the price of joining the Dominion." Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • 1874 - October 9 - Police - Métis scout Jerry Potts guides Assistant Commissioner James Macleod and divisions “B”, “C” and “F” of the First North West Mounted Police troop to Fort Whoop-Up; word had spread of their impending arrival and they find the whisky trading post abandoned; they build a fort on an island in the Oldman River. The First NWMP arrest comes with the capture of five whiskey traders with two wagon loads of buffalo robes, rifles and fire water (a concoction of brandy and pepper). Fort Macleod, Alberta
  • 1877 - October 9 - Rail - Contractor Joseph Whitehead brings the Countess of Dufferin railway engine up the Red River on a barge towed by the steamer Selkirk to build the Dominion government's Selkirk-Emerson line Pembina Branch; first locomotive in Manitoba and in the Canadian West. St. Boniface, Manitoba
- October 9 - Rail - First Northern Colonization Railway train leaves Montréal for St-Jérôme, Québec. Montréal, Québec
  • -1897 - October 9 - Police - Minister of the Interior Clifford Sifton arrives in the Yukon with James Walsh of the North West Mounted Police to investigate a boundary dispute; the Americans were casting covetous eyes on the gold fields, and planning to send troops to keep order, so Walsh set up NWMP posts in the Lake Bennett-Lake Tagish area near the border with Alaska; Walsh became Commissioner of the Yukon district for 1897-98. Yukon
  • 1899 - October 9 - Opening of the Soulanges Canal, replacing the old Beauharnois Canal on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Montréal, Québec
  • 1907 - October 9 - Supreme Court of Saskatchewan is opened in Regina. Regina, Saskatchewan
  • 1918 - October 9 - World War I - General Sir Arthur Currie leads the Canadian Corps and some British divisions in the capture of Cambrai, the hub of Germany's Hindenberg Line defensive system on the British front. Cambrai, France
  • 1938 - October 9 - Official opening of St. Clair River Bridge to Port Huron, Michigan. Point Edward, Ontario
  • 1940 - October 9 - J. A. MacKinnon succeeds W. D. Euler as Minister of Trade and Commerce. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1940 - October 9 - World War II - Compulsory military training began for 29,750 Canadians. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1942 - October 9 - World War II - Canadian merchant ship Carolus sunk by U69, commanded by Ulrich Graf; 11 of her 30 crew lost. Atlantic
  • 1944 - October 9 - World War II - Canadian Army on the offensive in West-Zeeuws-Flanders. Netherlands
- October 9 - Charles de Gaulle gets Canada to recognize his Provisional Government of the French Republic. Ottawa, Ontario
- October 9 - Government establishes the Department of Reconstruction, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and the Department of Health and Welfare. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1951 - October 9 - Opening of 5th session of 21st Parliament; sits until December 29. Ottawa, Ontario
- October 9 - National Hockey League 1st Team ties 2nd Team 2-2 in the 5th NHL All-Star Game in Maple Leaf Gardens. Toronto, Ontario
  • 1953 - October 9 - Military - Founding of the First Canadian Division, the Army's First in peacetime. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1956 - October 9 - NHL All-Stars tie Montréal Canadiens 1-1 in the 10th National Hockey League All-Star Game at the Forum. Montréal, Québec
  • 1961 - October 9 - Education - Eleanor Roosevelt officiates at the opening of Memorial University at St. John's. St. John's, Newfoundland
  • 1963 - October 9 - Military - Prime Minister Lester Pearson announces in the Commons that Canada had given the US military permission to store defensive nuclear warheads for jet interceptors at American bases in Newfoundland. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1968 - October 9 - Education - Acadia University sets up Canada-Commonwealth Caribbean Centre; to study of matters of interest to Canada and Commonwealth Caribbean nations. Wolfville, Nova Scotia
  • 1970 - October 9 - Hockey - Vancouver Canucks play their first NHL game at the Pacific Coliseum before 15,062 paying fans; Barry Wilkins scores the first goal for the Canucks at 2:14 of the third period, in a 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings; during the 70 minute opening ceremony, Premiere W.A.C. Bennett and Chief Dan George help Mayor Tom Campbell drop the ceremonial puck; NHL president Clarence Campbell and the Stanley Cup are both on hand; 87 year old Cyclone Taylor - the only surviving member of the Vancouver Millionaires 1915 Stanley Cup champions, gets the loudest round of approval. Vancouver, BC
  • 1970 - October 9 - October Crisis - Chronology of the day: at 6 am the FLQ terrorists issue a new communiqué; at 2:45 pm they release a letter from James Cross to his wife; at 4:30 pm, police arrest and detain several suspects for questioning; at 6:00 pm the FLQ extend their deadline. Montréal, Québec
  • 1974 - October 9 - Horse Racing - Hervé Filion wins his 5,000th harness race, the first North American driver, and first Canadian, to do so. Yonkers, New York
  • 1979 - October 9 - Opening of First session of the 31st Parliament; until December 14, 1979. Ottawa, Ontario
- October 9 - Interest - Bank of Canada raises lending rate from 12.25% to 13%. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1980 - October 9 - Media - Winnipeg Sun First published; morning tabloid to replace Winnipeg Tribune; published thrice-weekly. Winnipeg, Manitoba
- October 9 - October Crisis - Jean-François Duchaîne submits his Duchaîne Report to the Quebec government; concludes that politicians or police did not provoke or prolong the October Crisis, but the authorities manipulated public opinion, bungled the investigation of the crimes and abused their sweeping powers. Québec, Québec.
  • 1982 - October 9 - Sport - Canada wins 26 gold, 23 silver and 33 bronze medals, finishing 3rd at the Commonwealth Games, Brisbane. Brisbane, Australia
- October 9 - Hockey - Edmonton Oilers Wayne Gretzky scores his 200th NHL goal. Edmonton, Alberta
  • 1984 - October 9 - Crime - Peter Greyson sentenced to 89 days in jail for pouring red ink on an original copy of the 1982 Constitution Act; Toronto art student was protesting the former Liberal government's decision to test cruise missiles in Canada. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 1986 - October 9 - Hockey - Buffalo Sabres Gilbert Perreault the 12th NHLer to score 500 goals. Buffalo, New York
  • 1990 - October 9 - Aviation - Air Canada chairman Claude Taylor announces layoff of 2,900 employees, from ramp handlers to agents and pilots; blames recession and rising oil prices. Montréal, Québec
- October 9 - Military - Canadian Forces CF-18 fighter jets start patrolling the Persian Gulf as part of multinational force. Qatar
- October 9 - Energy - Construction begins on the Hibernia mega oil project on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. St. John's, Newfoundland
  • 1991 - October 9 - Farming - Crowd of 5,000 demonstrate at the Manitoba Legislature demanding aid to grain farmers suffering from a global subsidy war; Brian Mulroney government pledges $800 million the following day. Winnipeg, Manitoba
- October 9 - Hockey - San Jose Sharks beat Calgary Flames 4-3 for their First NHL win as a team. Calgary, Alberta
  • 1992 - October 9 - Energy - Newfoundland Energy Minister Rex Gibbons announces Hibernia oil drilling project will resume; put in mothballs February 14, 2026 after Gulf Canada Resources withdrew. St. John's, Newfoundland
  • 1993 - October 9 - Casino de Montréal opens in the former French Pavilion on the Expo 67 site. Montréal, Québec
  • 1996 - October 9 - Mining - Concentration mill at the Nickel Plate Mine ceases production. BC
  • 1997 - October 9 - Pulp & Paper - Cascades and Domtar pulp and paper companies announce a merger. Montréal, Québec
- October 9 - Referendum - Supreme Court of Canada declares unconstitutional the section of Québec's referendum law dealing with the financing of third parties, saying that the ceiling on expenses restrains the free expression of certain individuals and groups; regarding the section of the law forcing groups to join either a YES or NO committee, the Court suggests these restrictions are a clear restraint on freedom of expression. Ottawa, Ontario
- October 9 - Supreme Court of Canada rules that provinces must provide sign language interpreters for the deaf when they receive medical treatment. Ottawa, Ontario
  • 2007 - October 9 - Election - Danny Williams and his governing Progressive Conservatives win a landslide victory in the Newfoundland and Labrador election.
- October 9 - Small earthquakes hit BC interior. British Columbia
  • October 9, 2025 - Cirque du Soleil co-founder Guy Laliberté hosts a multimedia event from the International Space Station to help raise awareness of World drinking water problems. Space
  • October 9 - Hockey - Former NHLer Theoren Fleury reveals that he was sexually abused by his junior hockey coach, Graham James; James was jailed in 1997 after admitting to sexually abusing two players on his junior hockey team - Sheldon Kennedy and possibly Fleury.
  • October 9 - Finance - Norbourg CEO Vincent Lacroix sentenced to 13 years in prison for defrauding thousands of small-time investors of an estimated $115 million; the judge described Lacroix as the biggest fraudster in Canadian history. Montreal, Quebec
  • October 9, 2025 - Hockey - The reborn Winnipeg Jets make their formal regular season debut before a sellout crowd at MTS Centre; the visiting Montreal Canadiens defeat the Jets, 5-1, with Nik Antropov scoring the first-ever Jets goal at 2:27 of the third period; team celebrates their first regulation win in Winnipeg at the MTS Centre on October 17. Winnipeg, Manitoba


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