1944 in Canada
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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: World War II: The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division lands at Juno Beach, part of the Invasion of Normandy
• June 15: Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a landslide majority, defeating William John Patterson's Liberals
• July 10: Tommy Douglas becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing William Patterson
• July 23: The 1st Canadian Army is activated in Normandy, becoming the largest combat force to ever be placed under Canadian command.
• August 1: The House of Commons approves the Family Allowance Act
• August 8: Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Alberta Social Credit Party wins a third consecutive majority
• August 17: World War II: 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
• October 21: Smokey Smith earns the Victoria Cross on the Savio River in Italy.
• December 24: HMCS Clayoquot sunk off Halifax by a German U-boat
• Conscription Crisis of 1944

Births

• January 6: John Efford, politician
• March 15: Francis Mankiewicz, film director
• 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
• July 30: Mendelson Joe, visual artist and 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

• March 28: Stephen Leacock, Writer, Thinker, Canadian
• 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