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 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 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
- 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
