Events from the year 1998 in Canada.
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January to March
- January 1 – Toronto and six other communities are merged to form a new megacity.[19] Mel Lastman was sworn in as its first mayor.[20] Three other Ontario cities were similarly merged on the same date in 2001.[21][22]
- January 2 – Three separate avalanches in British Columbia kill a total of nine people.
- January 5 – The Ice Storm of 1998, caused by El Niño, strikes southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths.
- January 6 – Alan Eagleson pleads guilty to fraud.
- January 7 – The federal government formally apologizes for the past mistreatment of First Nations.
- January 23 – The Royal Bank and the Bank of Montreal announce plans to merge, which are later scuttled by the federal government.
- February 6 – The Hudson's Bay Company takes over Kmart Canada, folding it into its Zellers chain.
- February 10 – Canadian National Railway merges with the Illinois Central.
- February 13 – Three girls, all under 18 years of age, are found guilty in Victoria, British Columbia, of killing 14-year-old Reena Virk. Three others plead guilty of assault.
- February 16 – Reference Re Secession of Quebec: The Supreme Court is asked to rule on the legality of unilateral Quebec secession.
- February 18 – Controversial plans to include a Holocaust memorial in the Canadian War Museum are scrapped.
- February 24 – In the federal budget, Finance Minister Paul Martin delivers a balanced budget.
- March 2 – Daniel Johnson, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, announces his resignation.
- March 6 – The Dionne Quintuplets are given money and an apology by the Ontario government.
- March 6 – British Columbia doctors begin the first of a series of protests against funding shortages.
- March 12 – Quebec and Newfoundland resolve the long-running Churchill Falls dispute.
- March 12 – Mutual Life of Canada acquires MetLife to become Canada's second-largest insurance company.
- March 23 – Senator Andy Thompson is forced to resign his Senate seat after not attending for two years.
- March 24 – The Nova Scotia election leaves the Liberals and NDP tied for the most seats.
- March 27 – Jean Charest announces that he will seek the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party.
- March 27 – The federal government agrees to compensate hepatitis C victims of tainted blood.
Television
- Canada's Sesame Street switches to showing exclusively Canadian content, renaming itself Sesame Park, as it no longer uses any American made segments from Sesame Street
- Canadian children's television show Rolie Polie Olie debuts.
Dance
- The French government names Karen Kain as an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters
- January 9 – Sean Day, Belgium-born ice hockey player
- January 13 – Gabrielle Daleman, figure skater
- January 19 – Ella Shelton, ice hockey player
- February 3 – Michael McLeod, ice hockey player
- February 6 – Aviva Mongillo, singer and actress
- February 26 – Isaac Durnford, actor
- March 12 – Annaleise Carr, swimmer
- April 27 – Drake Batherson, ice hockey player[24]
- May 20 – Nam Nguyen, figure skater
- July 23 – Houdini, rapper (died 2020)
- August 8 – Shawn Mendes, singer/songwriter
- August 13 – Carter Hart, ice hockey goaltender
- September 17 – Richard Wang, chess player
- October 26 – Mattea Roach, tutor and Jeopardy! contestant
- October 29 – Lance Stroll, race car driver
- November 13 – Melissa "Charlie" Storwick, singer-songwriter
- December 6 – Micah Berry, actor
- December 8 – Anastasia Rizikov, pianist
- December 30 – Zachary Brault-Guillard, Haiti-born Canadian soccer player
January to March
- January 1 – Arthur Gelber, philanthropist (born 1915)
- January 12 – Mark MacGuigan, academic and politician (born 1931)
- January 23 – Donald Davis, actor (born 1928)
- January 28 – Eddie Sargent, politician (born 1915)
- February 1 – Sheila Watson, novelist, critic and teacher (born 1909)
- February 20 – Bob McBride, singer (born 1946)
- February 25 – W. O. Mitchell, writer (born 1914)
- March 13 – Bill Reid, artist (born 1920)
- March 16 – Yves Landry, president of Chrysler Canada
April to June
- April 3 – Elmer Iseler, choir conductor and choral editor (born 1927)
- April 7 – Nick Auf der Maur, journalist and politician (born 1942)
- April 16 – Marie-Louise Meilleur, supercentenarian, the oldest validated Canadian ever (born 1880)
- April 27 – John W. H. Bassett, publisher and media baron (born 1915)
- May 28 – Phil Hartman, actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic artist (born 1948)
- June 4
- June 20 – Bobby Gimby, orchestra leader, trumpeter and singer-songwriter (born 1918)
- June 27 – Joyce Wieland, experimental filmmaker and mixed media artist (born 1931)
October to December
- October 1 – Pauline Julien, singer, songwriter, actress and feminist activist (born 1928)[25]
- October 13 – Gérard Charles Édouard Thériault, general and Chief of the Defence Staff (born 1932)
- October 17
- November 9 – Roland Hewgill, actor
- November 13 – Michel Trudeau, student (born 1975)
- November 22 – Jack Shadbolt, painter (born 1909)
- December 9 – Shaughnessy Cohen, politician (born 1948)
- December 16 – John Gallagher, geologist and businessman (born 1916)
- December 23
- December 24 – Syl Apps, pole vaulter and ice hockey player (born 1915)
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