- 1944 in Canada
"See also:"
1943 in Canada ,
other events of 1944,1945 in Canada and theTimeline of Canadian history .----
Events
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March 20 :Henry Duncan Graham Crerar becomes chief of theCanadian Army
*June 6 :World War II : The3rd Canadian Infantry Division lands atJuno Beach , part of theInvasion of Normandy
*June 15 : Saskatchewan election:Tommy Douglas 'sCo-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a landslide majority, defeatingWilliam John Patterson 's Liberals
*July 10 :Tommy Douglas becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacingWilliam Patterson
*July 23 : The1st Canadian Army is activated in Normandy, becoming the largest combat force to ever be placed under Canadian command.
*August 1 : The House of Commons approves theFamily Allowance Act
*August 8 : Alberta election:Ernest Manning 'sAlberta Social Credit Party wins a third consecutive majority
*August 17 :World War II : The Canadian Army liberatesFalaise
*August 30 :Maurice Duplessis becomesPremier of Quebec for the second time, replacingAdélard Godbout
*October 1 : The Battle of the Scheldt estuary begins
*October 21 :Smokey Smith earns theVictoria Cross on theSavio River inItaly .
*December 24 : HMCS "Clayoquot" sunk off Halifax by a GermanU-boat
*Conscription Crisis of 1944 Births
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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 politicianDeaths
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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
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