1946 in Canada
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See also: 1945 in Canada, other events of 1946, 1947 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
Events
- January 21 - The Bluenose sinks off Haiti
- May 14 - The Canadian Citizenship Act is passed. It creates a Canadian citizenship separate from the British.
- May 31 - All Japanese-Canadians ordered deported to Japan
- April 12 - Sir Harold Alexander appointed the new Governor General of Canada, replacing the Earl of Athlone
- June 27 - Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is enacted, recognized the definition of a Canadian citizen which included a reference to being a British subject
- July 15 - A royal commission investigates a Soviet spy group in Canada. Secret information was found to be leaked and among the Canadians involved was the one parliamentary delegate of the Labour-Progressive (Communist) Party
- August 3 - An Anglophone Canadian wheat agreement provided for British purchases of large amounts of Canadian wheat at prices considerably below the world market
- October 14 - Canada Savings Bonds introduced for the first time
- December 12 - The Canadian Army, Navy and Ariforce are reintegrated into a single organization
Births
- January 15 - Veronica Tennant, ballet dancer
- January 22 - Serge Savard, hockey player
- February 6 - Kate McGarrigle, musician
- March 6 - Marcel Proulx, politician
- March 11 - Paul DeVillers, politician
- March 22 - Rivka Golani, viola player
- April 11 - Donald Orchard, Manitoba politician
- April 15 - David Chatters, politician
- April 28 - Ginette Reno, singer
- May 30 - Don Ferguson, comedian
- June 6 - Judy Jarvis, dancer
- June 17 - Ernie Eves, Ontario premier
- June 24 - David Collenette, politician
- June 25 - Andy Anstett, Manitoba politician
- June 25 - Roméo Dallaire, general
- July 1 - Rosalie Abella, jurist
- July 5 - Pierre-Marc Johnson, Quebec politician
- July 10 - Roger Abbott, comedian
- July 15 - Steven Langdon, politician
- July 19 - Dennis Mills, politician
- August 8 - Richard Johnston, Ontario politician
- September 4 - Greg Sorbara, Ontario politician
- September 9 - Lawrence MacAulay, politician
- September 23 - Anne Wheeler, filmmaker
- October 11 - Leona Gom, poet and novelist
- October 16 - Elizabeth Witmer, Ontario politician
- October 28 - Sharon Thesen, poet
- November 4 - Robert Davidson, artist
- November 12 - Peter Milliken, politician
- November 17 - Petra Burka, figure skater
- November 26 - Andreas Schroeder, author
- December 5 - Andy Kim, musician
- December 14 - Paul Forseth, politician
- December 17 - Eugene Levy, comedian