1949 in Canada
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See also: 1948 in Canada, other events of 1949, 1950 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Deaths
- June 2: François Blais, politician
