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.
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 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
- 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, was 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
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
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 14 - Leona Czwartkowski, poet
- 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
- October 25 - Laurie Skreslet, first Canadian to summit Mt. 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
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