1949 in Canada

1949 in Canada

"See also:"
1948 in Canada,
other events of 1949,
1950 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

Events

* March 31: Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province.
* April 1: Joey Smallwood becomes the first premier of Newfoundland as a Canadian province
* April 4: Canada joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
* May 4: Leslie Frost becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Thomas Kennedy
* June 27: Federal election: Louis Saint Laurent's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority
* August 22: Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada's largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake
* September 9: Albert Guay affair: in-flight bombing of a Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 enroute from Quebec City to Baie-Comeau
* September 14: the "Noronic", the largest Canadian passenger ship on the Great Lakes, is destroyed by a fire while docked in Toronto, killing 118
* Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are abolished, making the Supreme Court of Canada the country's top court
* British Columbia gives Asian-Canadians the vote

Arts and culture

: Literary awards
* See 1949 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
* Stephen Leacock Award: Angeline Hango, "Truthfully Yours"

Births

* January 24: Guy Charron, hockey player
* February 14: Denis Rocan, Manitoba politician
* February 23: Marc Garneau, astronaut
* March 3: Elijah Harper, politician
* March 16: Victor Garber, actor
* March 30: Liza Frulla, politician
* April 4: Nava Starr, chess player
* April 8: Claudette Bradshaw, politician
* April 14: Percy Mockler, politician
* April 16: Sandy Hawley, jockey
* May 6: Diane Ablonczy, politician
* May 20: Sheldon Oberman, children's writer
* May 20: Dave Thomas, actor
* June 4: Réginald Bélair, politician
* June 21: Jane Urquhart, writer
* June 22: Wayne Easter, politician
* July 3: Jan Smithers, actor
* July 11: Liona Boyd, musician
* August 13: Bobby Clarke, hockey player
* August 21: Larry Fisher, murderer
* August 30: Don Boudria, politician
* September 6: Carole-Marie Allard, politician
* September 12: Kevin Major, children's writer
* September 26: Marie Tifo, actress
* October 25 : Laurie Skreslet, first Canadian to summit Mount Everest
* October 27: Garth Drabinsky, theatre promoter
* November 27: Nick Discepola, politician
* November 28: Paul Shaffer, musician
* November 29: Stan Rogers, folk musician
* December 12: John Godfrey, politician
* December 19: Larry Bagnell, politician
* December 21: John Loewen, Manitoba politician
* December 30: Jim Flaherty, Ontario politician
* Ray Henault, Chief of Defence staff

Deaths

* January 11: John Wesley Brien, politician
* June 2: François Blais, politician
* July 7: Fred Wellington Bowen, politician
* December 7: Stanislas Blanchard, politician


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