Arts and Literature
- February 25 - Frank Parker Day's novel Rockbound is named the winner of Canada Reads 2005
- March 26 - Ian and Sylvia's "Four Strong Winds" is named the greatest Canadian song of all time on CBC Radio One's 50 Tracks
- June 2 - Roo Borson's Short Journey Upriver Toward Oishida is named winner of the Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize
- June 29 - The Rooms, a new cultural facility in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador housing the province's art gallery, provincial historical museum and provincial archives, is officially opened.
- September 12: Peter C. Newman's controversial book The Secret Mulroney Tapes: Unguarded Confessions of a Prime Minister is released.
- September 20 - Canadian rocker J.D. Fortune is named the winner of the television reality show Rock Star: INXS, becoming the new lead singer of popular Australian rock band INXS.
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