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Marie Daria Haust
Marie Daria Haust becomes the first woman on the Medical Faculty, at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. Date is not exact -
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Prominent Women in Canada
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Pauline Johnson
Pauline Johnson becomes the first individual Canadian woman to appear on a Canadian postage stamp. -
Ellen Fairclough
Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Ellen Fairclough, manages to dismantle the Discriminatory Policy. -
Jeanne Fisher Manery
Jeanne Fisher Manery becomes the first woman appointed professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto. Date not Exact -
Mary "Bonnie" Baker
Mary "Bonnie" Baker becomes the first female sports caster on CKRM Radio in Regina, Saskatchewan. Date not Exact -
Grace MacInnis
Grace MacInnis is the first woman elected to the British Columbia House of Commons. Date not Exact -
Jean Edmonds
Jean Edmonds is the first woman executive in the federal government as an executive director with the Department of Manpower and Immigration. Date not Exact -
Rosemary Brown
Rosemary Brown is the first black woman elected to a provincial legislature as a member of the New Democratic Party in British Columbia Date not Exact -
Muriel McQueen Furgusson
Muriel McQueen Furgusson becomes the first woman Speaker of the Senate of Canada and the first woman speaker in the Canadian Parliament. Date not Exact -
Judith Quinlan, Boo Watson and Ellen Woodsworth
CORA, The Feminist Bookmobile is launched by Judith Quinlan, Boo Watson and Ellen Woodsworth to take feminist literature to rural areas of Ontario. Date not Exact -
Pauline McGibbon
Pauline McGibbon is appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Ontario and became the first Canadian woman to obtain such a position. Date not Exact -
Grace Hartman
Grace Hartman is elected to the national president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and is the first woman to hold the top position in a Canadian Union. Date not Exact -
Sylvia Ostry
Sylvia Ostry becomes the first woman to hold the rank of Deputy Minister in the government of Canada. -
Norma E. Walmsley and Suzanne Johnson-Harvor
MATCH International Centre, a Canadian-based non-governmental organization, is established by Dr. Norma E. Walmsley and Ms. Suzanne Johnson-Harvor following their attendance at the 1975 United Nations Conference for Women held in Mexico City. Date not Exact -
Mary Dohey
Stewardess Mary Dohey becomes the first living person to receive the Cross of valour in recognition for saving the lives and crew of an air Canada flight in 1971 -
Helen Marie Rathwell
Helen Marie Rathwell, A Saskatchewan farm wife, wins a landmark decision, from the Supreme Court of Canada which grants half the property acquired in her husband’s name. Date not Exact -
Nellie J. Cournoyea
Nellie J. Cournoyea is elected to the Legislature of the Northwest Territories and becomes the first native woman to lead a provincial territorial government in Canada. Date not Exact -
Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé
Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé is appointed the first woman Speaker of the House of Commons April 14, 1980 to January 15, 1984. -
SCWIST
The Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology was founded by Mary Vickers, Hilda Ching, Abby Schwarz, Mary Jo Duncan, Diana Herbst, and Maggie Benston. This is a non profit association that promotes, encourages and empowers women and girls in science, engineering and technology. Date not Exact -
Karen Mitchell
Karen Mitchell establishes MADD - Canada (Mothers Against Drunk Driving. to commemorate the death of her daughter who was killed by a drunk driver. -
Ursula Martius Franklin
Ursula Martius Franklin became the first woman to be named a university professor at the University of Toronto. -
Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé
Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé becomes the first woman Governor General of Canada. -
Sharon Adele Wood
Sharon Adele Wood is the first woman from the Western hemisphere to stand on top of the world on Mt. Everest. Date not Exact -
Ethel Blondin
Ethel Blondin is the first Native woman to sit in the Canadian House of Commons. -
Audrey McLaughlin
Audrey McLaughlin of the New Democratic Party, is the first woman federal leader of a Canadian political party. Date not Exact -
Kim Campbell
Kim Campbell is appointed Minister of State for Indian and Northern Development -
Kim Campbell
February 1990- Kim Campbell is the first woman federal Minister of Justice. She is also Attorney-General. -
Angelique Lyn Lavalee
The Supreme Court of Canada decided that Angelique Lyn Lavalee was acting in self defense when she shot her husband to death. She created a new defense law due to this case. -
Marion Loretta Reid
Marion Loretta Reid is appointed the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, the first woman to hold this position. -
Louise Frechette
Louise Frechette is the first Canadian woman ambassador to the United Nations. Date not Exact -
Roberta Lynn Bondar
Dr. Roberta Lynn Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space when she is a payload specialist onboard the space shuttle Discovery January 22 - 30, 1992. -
Manon Rhéaume
Manon Rhéaume is the first woman to play hockey professionally. She is a goalie with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. -
Kim Campbell
Kim Campbell is appointed Minister of National Defence and Minister of Veteran affairs. She is the first woman to be Minister of Defence of a NATO country Date not Exact -
Lenna Bradbum,
Lenna Bradbum, a graduate of the University of Toronto with a degree in criminology and a masters in public administration, is appointed Canada's first woman police chief, in Guelph, Ontario. Date not Exact -
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan founds an all-female music festival called Lilith Fair, which toured widely for three years. -
Carol Lees
Carol Lees convinces Statistics Canada to start collecting data about hours Canadians spend on such unpaid tasks as housework, yard work, childcare and eldercare. Date not Exact -
Catherine Side
Catherine Side is the first woman in Canada to graduate with a doctorate in Women's Studies Date not Exact -
Maryse Carmichael,
Maryse Carmichael, a captain with the Canadian Air Force, is the first female pilot to fly with the Canadian Forces' national aerobatic team, the Snowbirds. Date not Exact -
Nycole Turmel
Nycole Turmel becomes the first woman (and first Francophone) president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. Date not Exact -
Catriona Le May Doan
Catriona Le May Doan becomes the first Canadian individual to successfully defend a gold medal at any Olympic Games. Date not Exact -
Mary Ann Burdette
Mary Ann Burdette is elected as first woman Dominion President of the Royal Canadian Legion. Date not Exact -
Urszula Torarska
Urszula Torarska is the first Canadian woman to successfully scale the seven tallest mountain peaks in the world. Date not Exact -
Michaelle Jean
Michaelle Jean an award winning journalist and broadcaster is invested as Canada's 27th and first Afro-Caribbean Governor General. -
Cindy Klassen
Cindy Klassen became the first Canadian to win five medals at a single Olympic Winter Games. -
Bev Busson
Bev Busson is appointed as the first woman Commander of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
