1944 in Canada
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See also: 1943 in Canada, other events of 1944, 1945 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
[edit] Events
- March 20: Henry Duncan Graham Crerar becomes chief of the Canadian Army
- June 6: World War II: The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division lands at Juno Beach, part of the Invasion of Normandy
- June 15: Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a landslide majority, defeating William John Patterson's Liberals
- July 10: Tommy Douglas becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing William Patterson
- August 1: The House of Commons approves the Family Allowance Act
- August 8: Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Alberta Social Credit Party wins a third consecutive majority
- August 17: World War II: The Canadian Army liberates Falaise
- August 30: Maurice Duplessis becomes Premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Adélard Godbout
- October 1: The Battle of the Scheldt estuary begins
- October 21: Smokey Smith earns the Victoria Cross on the Savio River in Italy.
- December 24: HMCS Clayoquot sunk off Halifax by a German U-boat
- Conscription Crisis of 1944
[edit] Births
- January 6: John Efford, politician
- March 15: Francis Mankiewicz, film director
- March 26: Benjamin Chee Chee, artist
- March 29: Terry Jacks, Manitoba politician
- April 12: Glen Cummings, Manitoba politician
- April 17: Bobby Curtola, musician
- May 20: Elinor Caplan, politician
- May 28: Rita MacNeil, singer-songwriter
- June 1: Aileen Carroll, politician
- June 29: Bob Kilger, politician
- June 29: Charlie Watt, Inuit leader
- July 5: Norma McCormick, Manitoba politician
- July 5: Robbie Robertson, musician
- July 30: Mendelson Joe, visual artist and musician
- August 11: Alexa McDonough, politician
- August 18: David Newman, Manitoba politician
- August 24: Conrad Black, newspaper owner
- September 20: Phil Fontaine, Native leader
- September 30: B. P. Nichol, poet
- September 30: Diane Dufresne, singer
- November 17: Lorne Michaels, TV producer and writer
- December 4: Anna McGarrigle, musician
- December 12: Peter Goldring, politician
- December 16: Judy Sgro, politician
- December 16: Mike Radcliffe, Manitoba politician
- December 24: Daniel Johnson, Jr, Premier of Quebec
- December 24: Dan Miller, British Columbia politician
[edit] Deaths
- March 28: Stephen Leacock, Writer, Thinker, Canadian
- September 14: John Kenneth Macalister, WWII hero
- September 14: Frank Pickersgill, WWII hero
- September 14: Roméo Sabourin, WWII hero
- September 21: Oleksander Koshetz, Ukrainian conductor
