1945 In Canada

Events

• January 8 - Brantford, Ontario becomes the first Canadian community to fluoridate its water supply.
• January 20 - WWII: The first conscripted Canadian soldiers arrive overseas
• February 8 - WWII: The Anglo-Canadian Operation Veritable launched in the Netherlands
• February 24 - Radio Canada International begins operation
• February 25 - Sergeant Aubrey Cosens posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross
• February 25 - Maurice Richard sets a new record for the most goals in a single season
• March 1 - Major Frederick Tilston wins the Victoria Cross
• March 29 - The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan is shut down
• April 16 - WWII: The HMCS Esquimalt is sunk off Halifax by a German U-boat.
• May 8 - VE Day sees celebrations across the nation, but riots occur in Halifax.
• June 4 - Ontario election: George Drew's PCs win a majority
• June 11 - Federal election: Mackenzie King's Liberals win a third consecutive majority
• June 26 - Canada is a founding member of the United Nations
• August 15 - VJ Day marks the end of the Second World War. Over a million Canadian had fought in the conflcit and 42,000 were killed.
• September 5 - The defection of Soviet embassy clerk Igor Gouzenko reveals a Soviet spy ring in Canada.
• September 8 - Angus Macdonald becomes premier of Nova Scotia for the second time, replacing Alexander MacMillan
• September 12 - The Ford Motor employees in Windsor, Ontario go on strike.
• Family Allowance payments is introduced.

Births

• January 15 - Bonnie Burnard, novelist
• January 21 - Len Derkach, Manitoba politician
• January 23 - Mike Harris, premier of Ontario
• January 27 - Harold Cardinal, Native leader
• January 27 - Joe Ghiz, Premier of PEI
• February 2 - Pauline Vaillancourt, singer
• February 19 - Bill Casey, politician
• February 20 - Donald McPherson, figure skater
• March 4 - Patrick Boyer, politician
• March 26 - Diane McGifford, Manitoba politician
• May 27 - Bruce Cockburn, singer/songwriter
• June 11 - Robert Munsch, children's writer
• June 16 - Lucienne Robillard, cabinet minister
• June 20 - Anne Murray, singer
• August 4 - Ben Sveinson, Manitoba politician
• August 15 - Rosann Wowchuk, Manitoba politician
• September 3 - Brian Linehan, television host
• September 21 - Bjarni Tryggvason, astronaut
• October 15 - John Murrell, playwright
• November 5 - Jacques Lanctt, FLQ member
• November 11 - Norman E. Doyle, politician
• November 12 - Neil Young, singer and songwriter
• December 4 - Roberta Bondar, astronaut and scientist

Deaths

• March 2 - Emily Carr, artist/writer

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