1941 in Canada
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Events from the year 1941 in Canada.
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Events [edit]
- January 1: The news division of CBC is founded
- March 4: All Japanese Canadians are registered by the government
- July 16: The highest temperature ever recorded in British Columbia is measured in Lytton, when the temperature hit an all-time high of 44.4 degrees Celsius.
- July 24: Alcan workers go on strike in Arvida, Quebec
- August 9-12: The Atlantic Conference meeting in Argentia, Dominion of Newfoundland between Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins is held, to discuss the Atlantic Charter
- August 12: All Japanese Canadians are ordered to carry a registration card
- August 13: The Wartime Prices and Trade Board responsible department is moved from the Labour Department to the Finance Department.
- August 13: The Canadian Women's Army Corps is established
- August 14: The Atlantic Charter is signed off Halifax
- December 7: As a result of the Battle of Hong Kong Canada declares war on Japan. That same day Canada declares war on German allies Romania, Hungary, and Finland.
- December 8: The day after the Battle of Hong Kong all fishing boats owned by Japanese Canadians are impounded by the government. Japanese-language schools and newspapers are shut down.
- December 8–December 25: A large number of ill-trained[citation needed] Canadian troops, members of the Royal Rifles of Canada and the Winnipeg Grenadiers, are killed or taken prisoner in the Battle of Hong Kong
- December 9: John Hart becomes Premier of British Columbia, replacing Thomas Pattullo
- The R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant is completed
- Canada establishes a High Commission in St. John's, to deter concerns of a possible American takeover of the Dominion of Newfoundland[1]
Births [edit]
January to June [edit]
- January 12 - Long John Baldry, singer and voice actor (d.2005)
- January 21 - Gary Beck, two-time World champion drag racing driver
- January 26 - Doug Rogers, judoka and Olympic silver medallist
- February 18 - David Kilgour, politician
- February 20 - Buffy Sainte-Marie, musician, composer, visual artist, pacifist, educator and social activist
- March 7 - Roger Carl Young, politician and lawyer
- May 17 - Andy Boychuk, long-distance runner
- May 29 - Gilbert Barrette, politician
- June 21 - Lyman Ward, actor
- June 25 - Denys Arcand, film director, screenwriter and producer
July to December [edit]
- July 1 - Myron Scholes, economist
- July 22 - Ron Turcotte, jockey
- July 30 - Paul Anka, singer, songwriter and actor
- August 5 - Lenny Breau, guitarist (d.1984)
- August 6 - Hedy Fry, politician and physician
- August 12 - Réjean Ducharme, novelist and playwright
- September 1 - Gwendolyn MacEwen, novelist and poet (d.1987)
- October 5 - Bonnie Korzeniowski, politician
- October 13 - Robert Hunter, environmentalist, journalist, author and politician (d.2005)
- November 9 - Tom Siddon, politician
- December 22 - James Laxer, political economist, professor and author
Deaths [edit]
January to June [edit]
- February 20 - La Bolduc, singer and musician (b.1894)
- February 21 - Frederick Banting, medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate (b.1891)
- April 22 - Ernest Lloyd Janney, Provisional Commander of the Canadian Aviation Corps (b.1893)
- June 10 - Henry Wise Wood, politician and president of the United Farmers of Alberta (b.1860)
- June 11 - Alexander Cameron Rutherford, lawyer and politician, first premier of Alberta (b.1857)
- June 16 - Edward Rogers Wood, financier (b.1866)
July to December [edit]
- August 12 - Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, 13th Governor General of Canada (b.1866)
- September 29 - William Howard Hearst, politician and 7th Premier of Ontario (b.1864)
- October 17 - John Stanley Plaskett, astronomer (b.1865)
- November 18 - Émile Nelligan, poet (b.1879)
- November 22 - Newton Rowell, lawyer and politician (b.1867)
- November 26 - Ernest Lapointe, politician (b.1876)
- December 20 - John Campbell Elliott, lawyer and politician (b.1872)
Full date unknown [edit]
- William Robson, politician (b.1864)
References [edit]
- ^ "Newfoundland and Canada: The War Years, 1939-1945". Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
