1947 in Canada

All you want to know about 1947 in Canada

See also: 1946 in Canada, other events of 1947, 1948 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.

Contents

1 Events
2 Arts and culture
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

January 1 - Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect
January 27 - The cabinet order deporting Japanese-Canadians to Japan is repealed after widespread protests
February 13 - Oil is discovered near Leduc, Alberta
May 14 - The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 is repealed
June 15 - The laws limiting Asian immigration to Canada are repealed, Canadians of Asian descent are allowed to vote in federal elections
July 22 - Two new nuclear reactors go online at the Chalk River research facility
December 29 - Byron Johnson becomes premier of British Columbia, replacing John Hart

Arts and culture

Literary awards

See 1947 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.
Stephen Leacock Award: Harry L. Symons, Ojibway Melody

New books

Fearful Symmetry - Northrop Frye
Who Has Seen the Wind? - W.O. Mitchell

Births

January 14 - Bill Werbeniuk, snooker player
January 15 - Andrea Martin, comedian
January 23 - Clayton Manness, Manitoba politician
January 24 - Steve McCaffery, poet
February 10 - Louise Arbour, jurist
February 11 - Abby Hoffman, athlete
February 20 - Joy Smith, politician
March 1 - Alan Thicke, musician and actor
March 10 - Chris Axworthy, politician
March 10 - Kim Campbell, Prime Minister
March 13 - Judith Marcuse, dancer
March 24 - Louise Lanctôt, FLQ terrorist
May 3 - Doug Henning, magician
May 4 - John William Bosley, politician
May 25 - Doug Martindale, Manitoba politician
May 28 - Lynn Johnston, cartoonist
June 10 - Michel Bastarache, jurist
June 14 - Vanessa Harwood, ballet dancer
June 19 - John Ralston Saul, writer
July 13 - Rosella Bjornson, first female pilot for a commercial airline in North America
July 18 - Steven W. Mahoney, politician
July 22 - Gilles Duceppe, politician
July 22 - Bill Matthews, politician
August 8 - Ken Dryden, hockey goalie and politician
August 24 - Linda Hutcheon, critic
August 30 - Allan Rock, politician
October 3 - Carroll Morgan, heavyweight boxer
October 13 - Jon Gerrard, Manitoba politician
November 10 - Bryan Gibson, boxer
November 17 - Inky Mark, politician
November 22 - Jacques Saada, politician
November 28 - Bonnie Mitchelson, Manitoba politician
December 27 - Mickey Redmond, hockey player and commentator
December 31 - Burton Cummings, musician

Deaths

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