1944 in Canada

1944 in Canada

"See also:"
1943 in Canada,
other events of 1944,
1945 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

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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 of 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
* July 23: The 1st 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 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

Births

* 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 politician

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


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