53, music video director and producer May May 11 - Alan Borovoy, 83, lawyer and activist May 31 - Gladys Taylor, 97, writer and newspaper publisher June June 1 - Jacques Parizeau, 84, politician, Premier of Quebec 1994–1996 (born 1930) June 6 - John Coleman Laidlaw, 94, endocrinologist June 8 - Archie Alleyne, 82, jazz musician June 15 - Jean Doré, 70, politician, 39th Mayor of Montreal June 21 - Dave Godfrey, 76, writer and publisher June 23 - Domenico Moschella, 67, Montreal City Councillor July July 7 - Stan Carew, 64, radio broadcaster, musician and actor July 16 - Jim Mayne, former leader of the Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party July 26 - Flora MacDonald, 85, Canada's first female foreign minister August August 2 - Phyllis Grosskurth, 91, biographer August 4 - Chris Hyndman, 49, television talk show host (Steven and Chris) August 14 - Joseph Reid, 97, politician August 15 - Derwyn Shea, 77, former Ontario MPP August 16 - Joan Fawcett, 78, former Ontario MPP August 24 - Marguerite McDonald, 73, CBC radio and television journalist August 28 - Al Arbour, ice hockey player, coach and executive, Hockey Hall of Famer August 29 Graham Leggat, Scottish-Canadian footballer and manager (b. 1934) Ron Searle, English-Canadian soldier, publisher, and politician, 4th Mayor of Mississauga (b. 1919) October October 1 - Max Keeping, 73, television news anchor October 9 - Ronald Lampman Watts, 86, academic, Companion of the Order of Canada October 10 - Wes Funk, 46, novelist November November 15 - Bert Olmstead, 89, ice hockey player, Hockey Hall of Famer November 19 - Ron Hynes, singer-songwriter November 20 - Jim Perry, 82, television personality, game show host November 23 - Manmeet Bhullar, politician December December 3 - Bill Bennett, 83, politician, Premier of British Columbia 1975–1986 (born 1932) December 19 - Dickie Moore, 84, ice hockey player, two-time winner of Art Ross Trophy and Hockey Hall of Fame December 30 - Howard Pawley, 81, politician, Premier of Manitoba 1981–1988 (born 1934) See also 2015 Canadian wildfires 2015 in Canadian music 2015 in Canadian television List of Canadian films of 2015 References Years of the 21st century in Canada Canada 2010s in Canada Canada