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| 1969, Feb. 10–12 |
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| The federal-provincial conference on constitutional reform grappled with the question of the allocation of revenues among the federal and the provincial governments. | 1 |
| Students protested racism by occupying the computer center of Sir George Williams University in Montreal. Forty-one blacks were among the 90 students arrested. | 2 |
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| April 3 |
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| The Canadian government announced its intention of carrying out a phased reduction of its forces in Europe, while remaining faithful to its obligations under NATO. | 3 |
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| May |
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| The Criminal Code Amendment Act liberalized laws on abortion, homosexuality, lotteries, and so on. The first gay liberation organizations soon developed in Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa. | 4 |
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| July 9 |
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| The Official Languages Act. The English and French languages were made equally official in federal administration. Bilingual districts were to be established anywhere in Canada where the English or French population exceeded 10 percent of the total. | 5 |
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| Sept. 19 |
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| The government announced that the forthcoming reduction of forces in Europe involved a 50 percent decrease and that Canada's nuclear role would be ended by 1972. | 6 |
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| Oct. 7 |
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| Police officers and firefighters in Montreal went on strike to demand higher pay. The city soon became the prey of criminals and arsonists, and the Canadian armed forces had to be brought in. On Oct. 8, the Quebec provincial parliament ordered the strikers back to work. | 7 |
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