1949 in Canada

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Years:	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952

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Events from the year 1949 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

Head of state (monarch) – King George VI (consort – Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon)

Federal government

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

Premiers

Territorial governments

Commissioners

Events

Joseph Smallwood signs the document bringing Newfoundland into Confederation

March 31 - Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province at a fraction of a second from April 1, April Fools' Day.
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 en route 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.

Full date unknown

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 literature

Pauline Marois

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 to March

Marc Garneau

January 24 - Guy Charron, ice hockey player
February 14 - Denis Rocan, politician
February 23 - Marc Garneau, astronaut, engineer and politician
March 3 - Elijah Harper, politician
March 16 - Victor Garber, actor and singer
March 16 - Jane Haist, discus thrower and shot putter
March 29 - Pauline Marois, social worker, civil servant and 30th premier of Quebec
March 30 - Liza Frulla, politician

April to June

Ray Henault

April 4 - Nava Starr, chess player and a Women's International Master
April 6 - Réginald Bélair, politician
April 8 - Claudette Bradshaw, politician
April 14 - Percy Mockler, politician and Senator
April 16 - Sandy Hawley, jockey
April 18 - Jean-Paul Saint-Pierre, politician, Mayor of Russell, Ontario (since 2010) (d.2014)
April 26 - Ray Henault, general and Chief of Defence Staff
May 6 - Diane Ablonczy, politician
May 20 - Sheldon Oberman, children's writer (d.2004)
May 20 - Dave Thomas, comedian and actor
June 21 - Jane Urquhart, writer
June 22 - Wayne Easter, politician

July to September

Danny Williams

July 3 - Jan Smithers, actress
July 11 - Liona Boyd, classical guitarist
August 4 - Danny Williams, politician and 9th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
August 13 - Bobby Clarke, ice hockey player
August 21 - Larry Fisher (murderer)
August 30 - Don Boudria, politician and Minister
September 6 - Carole-Marie Allard, politician
September 12 - Kevin Major, author
September 26 - Marie Tifo, actress

October to December

October 25 - Laurie Skreslet, mountaineer, first Canadian to reach the summit of Mount Everest
October 27 - Garth Drabinsky, film and theatrical producer and entrepreneur
November 27 - Nick Discepola, politician

Jim Flaherty

November 28 - Paul Shaffer, musician, actor, voice actor, author, comedian and composer
November 29 - Stan Rogers, folk musician and songwriter (d.1983)
December 13 - Denise Leblanc-Bantey, politician (d.1999)
December 19 - Larry Bagnell, politician
December 21 - John Loewen, businessman and politician
December 30 - Jim Flaherty, politician and Minister

Full date unknown

Zahra Kazemi, photographer, died in Iranian custody (d.2003)

Deaths

January to June

January 9 - Tom Longboat, long-distance runner (b.1887)
January 11 - John Wesley Brien, physician and politician (b.1864)
February 12 - Pegi Nicol MacLeod, artist (b.1904)
June 2 - François Blais, politician (b.1875)

July to December

July 7 - Fred Wellington Bowen, politician (b.1877)
August 23 - Herbert Greenfield, politician and 4th Premier of Alberta (b.1869)
September 2 - Ian Alistair Mackenzie, politician and Minister (b.1890)
December 7 - Stanislas Blanchard, politician (b.1871)
December 16 - Albert Edward Matthews, 16th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b.1873)
December 16 - Sidney Olcott, film producer, director, actor and screenwriter (b.1873)

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