1946 in Canada

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1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• April 12: Sir Harold Alexander appointed the new Governor General of Canada, replacing the Earl of Athone
• June 27: Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is enacted, recognized the definition of a Canadian citizen which included a reference to being a British subject
• July 15: A royal commission investigates a Soviet spy group in Canada. Secret information was found to be leaked and among the Canadians involved was the one parliamentary delegate of the Labour-Progressive (Communist) Party
• August 3: An Anglophone Canadian wheat agreement provided for British purchases of large amounts of Canadian wheat at prices considerably below the world market

Deaths