1941 in Canada - Events

Events

  • 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 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

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