Founding of the Trans-Himalayan Society (later Tibetan Refugee Aid Society) in Vancouver, BC.

H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama makes a global appeal for the resettlement of Tibetan refugees. 

Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau extends an offer of assistance to H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama.

Canada's Tibetan refugee resettlement program accepts 240 refugees, of which 228 become part of the resettlement. Canada becomes the second nation, after Switzerland to accept Tibetan refugees. 

The first two Tibetans, Tsering Dorjee Wangkhang and Jampa Dorjee, arrive in Toronto. They go on to work in the Bata Shoe Company (Batawa, ON).

Arrival of first group of Tibetans in Montreal (QC) [March 25], Lindsay (ON), Cobourg (ON) and Calgary (AB). 

First group of Tibetans arrive in Belleville (ON). 

Second group of Tibetans arrives in Montreal (QC). 

Second group of Tibetans arrives in Calgary (AB). 

Founding of the Tibetan Community of Alberta (TCA).

First group of Tibetans arrives in Saskatoon (SK).

First group of Tibetans in Winnipeg (MB).

Second group of Tibetans arrives in Saskatoon (SK).

Founding of the Kampo Gangra Drubgyud Ling Meditation Centre in Toronto by Karma Thinley Rinpoche. 

With the assistance of the International Institute of Toronto, Karma Trinley Rinpoche publishes the cultural newsletter “The Snowflower” considered the first Tibetan newsletter in Canada. 

Founding of the Tibetan Cultural Association of Quebec (TCAQ).

Founding of the Canadian Tibetan Association of Ontario (CTAO).

First visit of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama to Canada in: Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Toronto.

Founding of the Canada Tibet Committee (CTC), the first Canadian Tibet support group [Montreal, QC.].

The federal Department of Multiculturalism provides funding for a Tibetan dance teacher from India [Name?] to travel across the country teaching dance and music to Tibetan communities in Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia. This initiative helped establish traditional Tibetan dance groups in different parts of Canada.

First public statement of concern by the Government of Canada about human rights in Tibet.

The Tibetan four-day march, March for Freedom, takes place from Montreal, (QC) to Ottawa (ON). This march is organized jointly by the Canada Tibet Committee and the Tibetan Cultural Association of Quebec and includes both Tibetans and Tibet supporters.

Founding of the Parliamentary Friends of Tibet, an all-party group of Members of Parliament and Senators who advocate for Tibetan rights within the Canadian government. 

First national Canada Tibet Committee conference held in Montreal (QC) with the support of the federal Department of Multiculturalism.

Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche bestows the first Kalachakra Initiation in Canada at the Karma Kagyu Centre [Toronto, ON]. 

During his second visit to Canada, H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama meets with Multiculturalism Minister Gerry Weiner during his eight-day visit to Canada and unveils the Canadian Tribute to the Human Rights Monument in Ottawa. 

A Song for Tibet, the first Canadian documentary on Tibet, produced by the National Film Board, receives the 1992 Genie Award for Best Short Documentary. 

The first Canadian Tibetan Youth conference is held in Belleville [ON]. with the support of the federal Department of Multiculturalism.

Third visit to Canada by H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama during which he visits Montreal and Vancouver. 

Tashi Rabgey, a member of the first Tibetans to be resettled in Canada, becomes the first Tibetan Rhodes Scholar. 

A delegation from the Canada Tibet Committee attends the UN World Conference on Women in Beijing and raises the issue of Tibetan women’s rights.

Ven. Palden Gyatso, former political prisoner and lifelong political activist, is awarded the Canadian John Humphrey Freedom Award.

Prime Minister Paul Martin meets with H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama, becoming the first Canadian prime minister to meet with the Tibetan religious leader. 

Fourth visit by H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama to Canada during which he visits Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto. He gives his first Kalachakra Initiation in Canada to over 7000 people at the National Trade Center in Toronto.

H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama is presented with honorary Canadian citizenship, thereby becoming the third ever honorary Canadian citizen following Raoul Wallenberg and Nelson Mandela.

The Tibetan Canadian Cultural Centre is established at 40 Titan Road (Etobicoke, ON).

The first 17 Tibetans are resettled under the aegis of the Project Tibet Society; a project which aims to resettle 1000 Tibetans from Arunachal Pradesh (resettlement cities: Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary).

Bhutila Karpoche, representing the riding of Parkdale-High Park, is elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, becoming the first person of Tibetan descent to be elected to public office in North America.

Founding of the Chyssem Project.

Bhutila Karpoche's bill 131, the Tibetan Heritage Month Act, passed through the Ontario legislature with unanimous consent. Ontario becomes the first jurisdiction in the world to officially recognize Tibetan Heritage Month.