1945 in Canada

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See also: 1944 in Canada, other events of 1945, 1946 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

June 4 - Ontario election: George Drew's PCs win a majority
June 11 - Federal election: Mackenzie King's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
September 8 - Angus Macdonald becomes premier of Nova Scotia for the second time, replacing Alexander MacMillan
World War II ends. 42,000 out of 1 million Canadian soldiers were killed.
Family Allowance payments is introduced.
A Soviet spy network is found in Canada

Births

May 27 - Bruce Cockburn, singer/songwriter
June 20 - Anne Murray, singer
November 12 - Neil Young, singer and songwriter
December 4 - Roberta Bondar, astronaut and scientist

Deaths

March 2 - Emily Carr, artist/writer