1944 in Canada

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

Events

• March 20 – Henry Duncan Graham Crerar becomes chief of the Canadian Army
• June 6 – WWII: The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division lands at Juno Beach, part the Invasion of Normandy
• June 15 – Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a landslide majority, defeating William Patterson's Liberals
• July 10 – Tommy Douglas becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing William Patterson
• August 1 – The House of Commons approves the Family Allowance Act
• August 8 – Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a third consecutive majority
• August 17 – WWII: 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
• December 24 – HMCS Clayoquot sunk off Halifax by a German U-boat
• Conscription Crisis of 1944

Births

• January 6 – John Efford, politician
• 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
• 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

• 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