2012 in Canada

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2012
in
Canada

Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 2012 in Canada.

Incumbents[edit]

Crown[edit]

Federal government[edit]

Provincial governments[edit]

Lieutenant governors[edit]

Premiers[edit]

Territorial governments[edit]

Commissioners[edit]

Premiers[edit]

Events[edit]

January to March[edit]

April to June[edit]

July to September[edit]

October to December[edit]

Arts and literature[edit]

Art[edit]

Film[edit]

Music[edit]

Television[edit]

New channels launched were Sportsnews, ABC Spark, Explora, and Nat Geo Wild; leaving the air waves were Dusk, and Fox Sports World Canada. Scheduled to launch are Cartoon Network[68][69] and a regional news channel operated by Global BC.[70]

New series include Total Drama: Revenge of the Island (January 5), Mr. D (January 9), Arctic Air (January 10), The L.A. Complex (January 10), Les Bleus de Ramville (January 19), Undercover Boss Canada (February 2), Canada's Got Talent (March 4), Saving Hope (June 7), Over the Rainbow (September 16), The Bachelor Canada (October 3).

Literature[edit]

Sport[edit]

Deaths in 2012[edit]

Peter Breck died February 6
Barbara Ann Scott died September 30
James Coyne died October 12

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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