- 1949 in Canada
"See also:"
1948 in Canada ,
other events of 1949,1950 in Canada and theTimeline of Canadian history .Events
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March 31 : Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province.
*April 1 :Joey Smallwood becomes the firstpremier of Newfoundland as a Canadian province
*April 4 : Canada joins theNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
*May 4 :Leslie Frost becomes premier ofOntario , replacingThomas 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 the1700 Cascadia earthquake
*September 9 :Albert Guay affair : in-flight bombing of aCanadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 enroute fromQuebec City toBaie-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 theJudicial Committee of the Privy Council are abolished, making theSupreme Court of Canada the country's top court
*British Columbia gives Asian-Canadians the voteArts and culture
: Literary awards
* See1949 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
*Stephen Leacock Award :Angeline Hango , "Truthfully Yours"Births
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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 staffDeaths
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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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