1945 in Canada

1945 in Canada

"See also:"
1944 in Canada,
other events of 1945,
1946 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

----

Events

* January 8: Brantford, Ontario becomes the first Canadian community to fluoridate its water supply.
* January 20: World War II: The first conscripted Canadian soldiers arrive overseas
* February 8: World War II: The Anglo-Canadian Operation Veritable launched in the Netherlands
* February 24: Radio Canada International begins operation
* February 25: Sergeant Aubrey Cosens posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
* February 25: Maurice Richard sets a new record for the most goals in a single season
* March 1: Major Frederick Tilston wins the Victoria Cross
* March 29: The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan is shut down
* April 16: World War II: HMCS "Esquimalt" is sunk off Halifax by a German U-boat.
* May 8: VE Day sees celebrations across the nation, but riots occur in Halifax.
* June 4: Ontario general election, 1945: George Drew's PCs win a majority
* June 11: Federal election: Mackenzie King's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
* June 26: Canada is a founding member of the United Nations
* August 15: VJ Day marks the end of the Second World War. Over a million Canadians had fought in the conflict and 42,000 were killed.
* September 5: The defection of Soviet embassy clerk Igor Gouzenko reveals a Soviet spy ring in Canada.
* September 8: Angus Macdonald becomes premier of Nova Scotia for the second time, replacing Alexander MacMillan
* September 12: The Ford Motor employees in Windsor, Ontario go on strike.
* Family Allowance payments is introduced.
* Canada has its first trade surplus with the United States.

Births

* January 15: Bonnie Burnard, novelist
* January 21: Len Derkach, Manitoba politician
* January 23: Mike Harris, premier of Ontario
* January 27: Harold Cardinal, Native leader
* January 27: Joe Ghiz, Premier of PEI
* February 2: Pauline Vaillancourt, singer
* February 5: Nancy McCredie, track and field athlete
* February 19: Bill Casey, politician
* February 20: Donald McPherson, figure skater
* March 4: Patrick Boyer, politician
* March 26: Diane McGifford, Manitoba politician
* March 17: Dave Bailey, track and field athlete
* May 27: Bruce Cockburn, singer/songwriter
* June 11: Robert Munsch, children's writer
* June 16: Lucienne Robillard, cabinet minister
* June 20: Anne Murray, singer
* August 4: Ben Sveinson, Manitoba politician
* August 12: Mary Stewart, freestyle swimmer
* August 15: Rosann Wowchuk, Manitoba politician
* September 3: Brian Linehan, television host
* September 21: Bjarni Tryggvason, astronaut
* October 15: John Murrell, playwright
* November 5: Jacques Lanctôt, FLQ member
* November 11: Norman E. Doyle, politician
* November 12: Neil Young, singer and songwriter
* December 4 : Roberta Bondar, astronaut and scientist

Deaths

* March 2: Emily Carr, artist/writer


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • 1945 au Canada — Éphémérides Chronologie du Canada : 1942 1943 1944  1945  1946 1947 1948 Décennies au Canada : 1910 1920 1930  1940  1950 1960 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …   Universalium

  • Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural… …   Universalium

  • Canada and weapons of mass destruction — Weapons of mass destruction …   Wikipedia

  • 1945 — Pour le manga de Keiko Ichiguchi, voir 1945 (manga). Années : 1942 1943 1944  1945  1946 1947 1948 Décennies : 1910 1920 1930   …   Wikipédia en Français

  • 1945 au Nouveau-Brunswick — Années : 1942 1943 1944  1945  1946 1947 1948 Décennies : 1910 1920 1930  1940  1950 1960 1970 Siècles : XIXe siècle  XXe siècl …   Wikipédia en Français

  • CANADA — CANADA, country in northern half of North America and a member of the British Commonwealth. At the beginning of the 21st century, its population of approximately 370,000 Jews made it the world s fourth largest Jewish community after the United… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Canada in the Cold War — Canada played a middle power, and an occasionally important, role in the Cold War. Throughout the US/Soviet rivalry, Canada was normally on the side of the United States and the West. However opposition to the Vietnam War and Canada s… …   Wikipedia

  • CANADA - Vie culturelle — En deux langues, la littérature canadienne exprime l’âme d’un peuple. Les textes français antérieurs à 1760 sont pour l’essentiel des récits de voyage et constituent une «prélittérature». Ce n’est qu’après les guerres de la conquête que les… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Canada Day — Children watch the Canada Day parade in Montreal Also called Fête du Canada; previously named Dominion Day Observed by Can …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”