Events from the year1944 in Canada .
Provincial governments [ edit ] Lieutenant governors [ edit ] Territorial governments [ edit ] January 6 -John Efford , politician (d.2022 ) February 17 -Bruce Fogle , vet and author February 27 -André Roy , writer March 15 -Francis Mankiewicz , film director, screenwriter and producer (d.1993 ) March 26 -Benjamin Chee Chee , artist (d.1977 ) March 29 -Terry Jacks , singer, songwriter, record producer and environmentalist April 12 -Glen Cummings , politician May 4 -Fred Stanfield , ice hockey player (d.2021 ) May 13 -Brian Fawcett , writer (d.2022 ) May 20 -Elinor Caplan , politician and businesswoman May 28 -Rita MacNeil , singer-songwriter (d.2013 ) June 1 -Aileen Carroll , politician June 8 -Marc Ouellet , cardinal June 29 -Bob Kilger , politician June 29 -Charlie Watt , Senator July 5 July 30 -Mendelson Joe , singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter August 11 -Alexa McDonough , politician (d.2022 ) August 18 -David Newman , politician August 25 -Conrad Black , historian, columnist and publisher, appealing a fraud conviction in theUnited States September 1 -Harvey Thomas Strosberg , lawyer and academic September 3 -Brian Linehan , television host (d.2004 ) September 12 -Ron Ward , ice hockey player September 20 -Phil Fontaine ,Aboriginal Canadian leader September 30 October to December [ edit ] November 17 -Lorne Michaels , television producer, writer and comedian December 4 -Anna McGarrigle , singer-songwriter December 12 -Peter Goldring , politician December 16 -Judy Sgro , politician December 16 -Mike Radcliffe , politician December 19 -Zal Yanovsky , rock musician (d.2002 ) December 24 -Daniel Johnson, Jr. , politician and 25thPremier of Quebec December 24 -Dan Miller , politician and 32ndPremier of British Columbia Stephen Leacock July 27 -Clifford William Robinson , lawyer, businessman, politician and 11thPremier of New Brunswick (b.1866 ) September 5 -Gustave Biéler ,Special Operations Executive agent duringWorld War II (b.1904 ) September 9 -John Stuart Foster , physicist (b.1890 ) September 14 -John Kenneth Macalister ,World War II hero (b.1914 ) September 14 -Frank Pickersgill ,World War II hero (b.1915 ) September 14 -Roméo Sabourin ,World War II hero (b.1923 ) September 27 -Aimee Semple McPherson , evangelist (b.1890 ) October 1 -William Mulock , politician and Minister (b.1844 ) November 3 -Jack Miner , conservationist (b.1865 ) November 26 -Henry Cockshutt , Lieutenant Governor ofOntario (b.1868 ) Historical documents [ edit ] D-Day maps assure success, as whenRegina Rifles land knowing "nearly every foot" ofCourseulles before taking it[ 3]
"ThroughoutD-day , the assault was pressed forward with considerable success" as three infantry brigades move inland[ 4]
Film: CBC war correspondentMatthew Halton "reminisces about the liberation of the ancient city ofCaen in Normandy"[ 5]
"The Abortive Thrust Up the Caen–Falaise Road " by Canadians draws in German forces,aiding U.S. breakout from Normandy[ 6]
War artist in Normandy campaign describes evading friendly flak and enemy mines (plusV-1 attacks)[ 7]
Photo and painting: Amphibious vehicles carry troops across Scheldt River, Belgium, 1944[ 8]
Men of1st Canadian Parachute Battalion go on 3-dayhunger strike while training in England after D-Day[ 9]
Battlemorale under "terrible strain" as fresh recruits with only 30 days' training go intocombat in Netherlands [ 10]
In September along Adriatic coast, beauty and blood mingle in Italian countryside duringbattle to take Coriano Ridge [ 11]
News: Defence ministerRalston resigns; editorial: PM King not disclosing "the facts and the principles" in cabinet'sconscription crisis [ 12]
In "scorching reply" to PM King, Ralston says he was fired and PM not acknowledging urgency of Army manpower crisis[ 13]
In Commons session arising from cabinet crisis,PM King announces that 16,000 conscripts will be transferred to Europe[ 14]
"We must finish with Hitler first" -Canadian effort in Pacific war is limited by demands of European campaign[ 15]
Map: Canadianwar effort , including timeline and "Canada's War Development" inset with military andhome front statistics[ 16]
Newsletter: Monthly digest ofnews about wartime production and needs in Europe and Pacific[ 17]
Compassionate return, leave and prisoner escort duty are advised for Canadian soldiers with long overseas service[ 18]
Halifaxblood donation advertisement - "Hundreds Of New Blood Donors Needed To Save The Lives Of Our Fighting Men!"[ 19]
Film: "That They May Live" details blood collection with scenes ofblood donation and processing, andserum freezing and delivery to warfront[ 20]
New Zealand prime minister says postwar promises must surmount those who stand still and look backward or who look forward and stand still[ 21]
Canadian andU.S. diplomats discussproposals for new world organization, especially regarding clout of less than great powers[ 22]
Canadian ambassador saysU.S.S.R. will be troublesome, but "will throw its full weight behind the forces working for peace and security"[ 23]
Magazine for Canadians ofvarious ethnic origins has article titles like "Beyond Race and Nationality" and "'Foreign' Canadians in the Present War"[ 24]
Young woman survivor describes her cattle car transport from Hungary to arrival atAuschwitz concentration camp [ 25]
With theirproperties sold , indications are that Japanese Canadians will not be allowed back to coastal British Columbia[ 26]
Japanese-Canadian newspaper of Kaslo, B.C. says government intends todisperse Japanese Canadians across Canada after war[ 27]
OntarioRacial Discrimination Act outlaws signs and symbols (but not stated opinions) that discriminate based on race or creed[ 28]
Drawing:Toronto streetcar passengers read that Soviets have ended Germansiege of Leningrad [ 29]
Garden club president explains lure ofsuburbs (like his one,Port Credit (Mississauga), Ont.) to gardeners[ 30]
Fired as army commander, but not yet defence minister,Gen. A.G.L. McNaughton visits his Saskatchewanboyhood home [ 31]
"We are in another world" - Canadianwar artist describes layers ofcloud as seen from aircraft[ 32]
^ "King George VI | The Canadian Encyclopedia" .www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . Retrieved4 December 2022 .^ Lentz, Harris M. (4 February 2014).Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2 ^ Historical Officer, Canadian Military Headquarters,"Operation 'Overlord' and its Sequel: Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe, 6 Jun – 31 Jul 44 (Preliminary Report)" (Report No. 131, February 12, 1945), para. 44, pg. 10. Accessed 20 July 2020 ^ Historical Officer, Canadian Military Headquarters,"Operation 'Overlord' and its Sequel: Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe, 6 Jun – 31 Jul 44 (Preliminary Report)" (Report No. 131, February 12, 1945), para. 50, pg. 11. Accessed 20 July 2020 ^ "Matthew Halton recalls capturing Caen" (1956), Second World War, War and Conflict, CBC Archives. Accessed 21 January 2021^ Historical Officer, Canadian Military Headquarters,"Operation 'Overlord' and its Sequel: Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe, 6 Jun – 31 Jul 44 (Preliminary Report)" (Report No. 131, February 12, 1945), pgs. 26-8. Accessed 20 July 2020 ^ Letter of Eric Aldwinckle (July 15, 1944). Accessed 20 July 2020http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/pw20c/case-study/creative-dialogue-across-ocean-eric-aldwinckles-letters-harry-somers?page=7 (scroll down to 15 July) ^ "Buffalo amphibious vehicles carrying troops across the Scheldt River to Hooftplaat" Library and Archives Canada.Orville Norman Fisher,"Sheldt Crossing" Canadian War Museum.Accessed 6 October 2024^ Historical Section (G.S.), Army Headquarters,"The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in the Low Countries and in Germany" (Report No. 17, October 27, 1947), para. 9, pg. 4. Accessed 21 July 2020 ^ Historical Section, Canadian Military Headquarters,"Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe, 1944;(...)The Clearing of the Scheldt Estuary" (Report No. 188, April 7, 1948), para. 198, pgs. 131-2. Accessed 20 July 2020 ^ R.G. Sawdon,"Scenic Illusion" Another River to Cross. Accessed 20 July 2020 ^ F.C. Mears, "Further Cabinet Breach Said Healed for Present;[...]Ministers in Line; But Several Reported to Disagree With King on Draftees" (pgs. 1, 18), and "The People Should Be Told" (pg. 8),The (Montreal) Gazette, Vol. CLXXIII, No. 264 (November 3, 1944). Accessed 22 July 2020 ^ "Ralston Demands Conscription Now to Meet Losses;(...)Reveals King Asked Resignation When Action Demanded" The (Montreal) Gazette, Vol. CLXXIII, No. 272 (November 13, 1944), pgs. 1, 20. Accessed 22 July 2020^ "Canadian Forces; Tabling of Order in Council Respecting Extension of Service of N.R.M.A. Personnel" (November 23, 1944), House of Commons Debates, 19th Parliament, 5th Session: Vol. 6, pgs. 6515-16. Accessed 22 July 2020^ "Canada And The Pacific War" Winnipeg Tribune (June 3, 1944). Accessed 21 July 2020^ Stanley Turner,"Canada at War" (1944), David Rumsey Historical Map Collection. Accessed 12 December 2021 ^ Industrial Information Section, Wartime Information Board,"Wallnews; Dec. 1944" University of British Columbia Library. Accessed 17 April 2022 ^ Historical Officer, Canadian Military Headquarters,"Return and Leave to Canada for Personnel of the Canadian Army Overseas" (Report No. 124, October 12, 1944). Accessed 21 July 2020 ^ Canadian Red Cross Society,"January 30 to February 5; Blood Donors Registration Week" The Halifax Chronicle (February 2, 1944), pg. 11. Accessed 20 July 2020 ^ Associated Screen Studios (for Canadian Red Cross Society),"That They May Live" (1944). Accessed 14 July 2021 ^ "Address of the Right Honourable Peter Fraser(...)to Members of the Senate and of the House of Commons" (June 30, 1944), Official Report of Debates House of Commons[...]Volume V, 1944, pg. 4424. Accessed 4 July 2021^ United States Department of State,"Memorandum of Conversation, by the Chief of the Division of Eastern European Affairs (Bohlen)" (November 5, 1944), Interest of the United States in the Reaction of Non-Participating Governments to the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals, Foreign Relations of the United States; Diplomatic Papers, 1944, pgs. 933-6. Accessed 22 July 2020 ^ Letter of Ambassador L.D. Wilgress to Prime Minister Mackenzie King (November 9, 1944). Accessed 20 July 2020^ Canadians All; The Canadian MagazineVol. II, No. 3-4 (Autumn 1944). (See also argument for commonalities of Canadian cultural groups inCanadians All ) Accessed 17 May 2022 ^ Eva Olsson (formerly Ester Malek),"Veteran Stories: Eva Olsson" The Memory Project. Accessed 22 July 2020 ^ "British Columbia; Little Hope for Japanese Return to Coastal Areas" Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 36 (Amache, Colorado, March 8, 1944), pg. 5. Accessed 15 February 2020^ "Regulatory Supervision" Granada Pioneer, Vol. II, No. 94 (Amache, Colo., September 30, 1944), pg. 2. Accessed 22 July 2020^ Ontario,"An Act to Prevent the Publication of Discriminatory Matter Referring to Race or Creed" (March 14, 1944). Accessed 22 July 2020 ^ Paraskeva Clark,"In a Toronto Streetcar" (1944; location unknown), Art Canada Institute. Accessed 18 May 2022 ^ J.H.L. Morgan, "Foreword," Clover Leaf Horticultural Society;[...]First Annual Show;[...]August 26, 1944 (unpaginated). Accessed 7 July 2020https://www.archeion.ca/1944-yearbook (click on image) ^ Ken Liddell,"Boyhood Days Recalled By General" Regina Leader-Post (May 16, 1944), pg. 14. Accessed 22 July 2020 ^ Letter of Eric Aldwinckle (March 17, 1944). Accessed 22 July 2020http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/pw20c/aldwinckle-eric-letter-17-march-1944-3 http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/pw20c/aldwinckle-eric-letter-17-march-1944-4 http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/pw20c/aldwinckle-eric-letter-17-march-1944-5 http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/pw20c/aldwinckle-eric-letter-17-march-1944-6 http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/pw20c/aldwinckle-eric-letter-17-march-1944-7 (note: this site has also labelled another letter (dated March 17, 1943) as 17 March 1944)
1944 in North America
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