1946 in Canada
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Events from the year 1946 in Canada.
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[edit] Events
- January 21 - The Bluenose sinks off Haiti
- May 14 - The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is passed. It creates a Canadian citizenship separate from the British.
- May 31 - All Japanese-Canadians ordered deported to Japan
- April 12 - Sir Harold Alexander appointed the new Governor General of Canada, replacing the Earl of Athlone
- June 23 - The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake effects Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia
- June 27 - Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is enacted, recognized the definition of a Canadian citizen which included a reference to being a British subject
- July 15 - A royal commission investigates a Soviet spy group in Canada. Secret information was found to be leaked and among the Canadians involved was the one parliamentary delegate of the Labour-Progressive (Communist) Party
- August 3 - An Anglophone Canadian wheat agreement provided for British purchases of large amounts of Canadian wheat at prices considerably below the world market
- October 14 - Canada Savings Bonds introduced for the first time.
[edit] Arts and Literature
[edit] Births
[edit] January to March
- January 15 - Veronica Tennant, ballet dancer and dance and performance film producer and director
- January 17 - Domenic Troiano, rock guitarist (d.2005)
- January 22 - Serge Savard, ice hockey player
- February 6 - Kate McGarrigle, folk music singer-songwriter
- March 1 - Gerry Boulet, rock singer (d.1990)
- March 5 - Richard Bell, musician (d.2007)
- March 6 - Marcel Proulx, politician
- March 11 - Paul DeVillers, politician
- March 22 - Rivka Golani, viola player
[edit] April to June
- April 11 - Donald Orchard, politician
- April 15 - David Chatters, politician
- April 26 - Lorne Nystrom, politician
- April 28 - Ginette Reno, author, composer, singer and actress
- May 30 - Don Ferguson, actor and comedian
- June 6 - Judy Jarvis, dancer
- June 17 - Ernie Eves, politician and 33rd Premier of Ontario
- June 24 - David Collenette, politician
- June 25 - Andy Anstett, politician
- June 25 - Roméo Dallaire, senator, humanitarian, author and retired general
[edit] July to September
- July 1 - Rosalie Abella, jurist
- July 5 - Pierre-Marc Johnson, lawyer, physician, politician and 24th Premier of Quebec
- July 10 - Roger Abbott, comedian
- July 15 - Steven Langdon, academic and politician
- July 19 - Dennis Mills, politician and businessman
- August 8 - Richard Johnston, politician, educator and administrator
- August 29 - Leona Gom, poet and novelist
- September 4 - Eric Malling, television journalist (d.1998)
- September 4 - Greg Sorbara, politician
- September 9 - Lawrence MacAulay, politician
[edit] October to December
- October 16 - Elizabeth Witmer, politician
- October 28 - Sharon Thesen, poet
- November 4 - Robert Davidson, artist
- November 12 - Peter Milliken, lawyer and politician
- November 17 - Petra Burka, figure skater, Olympic bronze medallist, World Champion and coach
- November 17 - Bob McBride, singer (d.1998)
- November 22 - Anne Wheeler, film and television writer, producer and director
- November 26 - Andreas Schroeder, poet, novelist and nonfiction writer
- December 14 - Paul Forseth, politician
- December 17 - Eugene Levy, actor, television director, producer, musician and writer
[edit] Deaths
- February 15 - Ernest Howard Armstrong, journalist, politician and Premier of Manitoba (b.1864)
- February 21 - Howard Ferguson, politician and 9th Premier of Ontario (b.1870)
- August 17 - John Patrick Barry, politician and lawyer (b.1893)
- September 9 - Aimé Boucher, politician and notary (b.1877)
- October 23 - Ernest Thompson Seton, author and wildlife artist (b.1860)
- December 6 - Charles Stewart, politician and 3rd Premier of Alberta (b.1868)
- December 25 - Charles Ernest Gault, politician (b.1861)
- December 27 - John Babington Macaulay Baxter, lawyer, jurist and 18th Premier of New Brunswick (b.1868)
- December 29 - James Thomas Milton Anderson, politician and 5th Premier of Saskatchewan (b.1878)
[edit] Full date unknown
- John Queen, politician (b.1882)


