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

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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 16 - Lucienne Robillard, cabinet minister
• 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