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''See also:''
1948 in Canada,
other events of 1949,
1950 in Canada and the
Timeline of Canadian history.

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Events

Arts and culture

Births

Events

★ March 31 - Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province.

★ April 1 - Joey Smallwood becomes the first premier of Newfoundland as a Canadian province

★ April 4 - Canada joins the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

★ May 4 - Leslie Frost becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Thomas Kennedy

★ June 27 - Federal election: Louis Saint Laurent's Liberals win a fourth consecutive majority

★ September 9 - Albert Guay affair: in-flight bombing of a Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-3 enroute from Quebec City to Baie-Comeau

★ September 14 - the Noronic, the largest Canadian passenger ship on the Great Lakes, was destroyed by a fire while docked in Toronto, killing 118

★ Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council are abolished, making the Supreme Court of Canada the country's top court

★ British Columbia gives Asian-Canadians the vote

Arts and culture

:Literary awards

★ See 1949 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

★ Stephen Leacock Award: Angeline Hango, ''Truthfully Yours''

Births

★ January 24 - Guy Charron, hockey player

★ February 14 - Denis Rocan, Manitoba politician

★ February 23 - Marc Garneau, astronaut

★ March 3 - Elijah Harper, politician

★ March 16 - Victor Garber, actor

★ March 30 - Liza Frulla, politician

★ April 4 - Nava Starr, chess player

★ April 8 - Claudette Bradshaw, politician

★ April 14 - Percy Mockler, politician

★ April 16 - Sandy Hawley, jockey

★ May 6 - Diane Ablonczy, politician

★ May 20 - Sheldon Oberman, children's writer

★ May 20 - Dave Thomas, actor

★ June 4 - Réginald Bélair, politician

★ June 21 - Jane Urquhart, writer

★ June 22 - Wayne Easter, politician

★ July 3 - Jan Smithers, actor

★ July 11 - Liona Boyd, musician

★ August 13 - Bobby Clarke, hockey player

★ August 21 - Larry Fisher, murderer

★ August 30 - Don Boudria, politician

★ September 6 - Carole-Marie Allard, politician

★ September 12 - Kevin Major, children's writer

★ October 25 - Laurie Skreslet, first Canadian to summit Mt. Everest

★ October 27 - Garth Drabinsky, theatre promoter

★ November 27 - Nick Discepola, politician

★ November 28 - Paul Shaffer, musician

★ November 29 - Stan Rogers, folk musician

★ December 12 - John Godfrey, politician

★ December 19 - Larry Bagnell, politician

★ December 21 - John Loewen, Manitoba politician

★ December 30 - Jim Flaherty, Ontario politician

★ Ray Henault, Chief of Defence staff