1946 in Canada - Events

Events

  • January 21 - The Bluenose sinks off Haiti
  • May 14 - The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is passed. It creates a Canadian citizenship separate from the British.
  • May 31 - All Japanese-Canadians ordered deported to Japan
  • April 12 - Sir Harold Alexander appointed the new Governor General of Canada, replacing the Earl of Athlone
  • June 23 - The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake affects Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia
  • June 27 - Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is enacted, defining a Canadian citizen and including a reference to being a British subject
  • July 15 - A royal commission investigates a Soviet spy ring in Canada. Secret information was found to be leaked and among the Canadians held suspect was the one parliamentary delegate of the Labour-Progressive (Communist) Party.
  • August 3 - A Canadian wheat agreement provided for British purchases of large amounts of Canadian wheat at prices considerably below the world market
  • October 14 - Canada Savings Bonds introduced for the first time.
  • The Canadian Army Command and Staff College is established.

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