Events from the year 1946 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Monarch – George VI
Federal government
Governor General – the Earl of Athlone (until April 12) then the Viscount Alexander of Tunis Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King Chief Justice – Thibaudeau Rinfret (Quebec) Parliament – 20th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John C. Bowen
Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – William C Woodward (until October 1) then Charles Arthur Banks Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Roland Fairbairn McWilliams Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – David Laurence MacLaren Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Henry Ernest Kendall Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Albert Edward Matthews (until December 26) then Ray Lawson Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Joseph Alphonsus Bernard Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Eugène Fiset Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Reginald John Marsden Parker
Premiers
Premier of Alberta – Ernest Manning
Premier of British Columbia – John Hart
Premier of Manitoba – Stuart Garson
Premier of New Brunswick – John McNair
Premier of Nova Scotia – Angus Macdonald
Premier of Ontario – George A. Drew
Premier of Prince Edward Island – J. Walter Jones
Premier of Quebec – Maurice Duplessis
Premier of Saskatchewan – Tommy Douglas
Territorial governments
Commissioners
Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell
Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Charles Camsell
Events
January 21 – The Bluenose sinks off Haiti. May 14 – The Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946 is passed. It creates Canadian citizenship separate from the British. May 31 – All Japanese-Canadians ordered deported to Japan. April 12 – Sir Harold Alexander appointed the new Governor General of Canada, replacing the Earl of Athlone. June 23 – The 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake affects Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia. June 27 – Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 is enacted, defining a Canadian citizen and including a reference to being a British subject. July 15 – A royal commission investigates a Soviet spy ring in Canada. Secret information was found to be leaked and among the Canadians held suspect was the one parliamentary delegate of the Labor-Progressive (Communist) Party. August 3 – A Canadian wheat agreement provided for British purchases of large amounts of Canadian wheat at prices considerably below the world market. October 14 – Canada Savings Bonds introduced for the first time. November 8 - Viola Desmond refuses to leave her seat in a movie theatre and is arrested. The Canadian Army Command and Staff College is established.
Arts and literature
January 8 – Betty Beaumont, Canadian American site-specific artist, all media
August 29 – Leona Gom, Canadian poet and novelist
October 28 – Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet
November 7 – Diane Francis, Canadian journalist and author
Sport
April 9 - The Montreal Canadiens win their sixth Stanley Cup by defeating the Boston Bruins four games to one. The deciding Game 5 was played at the Montreal Forum. April 27 - The Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Winnipeg Monarchs win their third (and final) Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association Toronto St. Michael's Majors 4 games to 3. All games were played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. November - The New York Knicks win the first National Basketball Association game by defeating the Toronto Huskies 68–66 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. November 30 - The Toronto Argonauts win their seventh Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28 to 6 in the 34th Grey Cup at Varsity Stadium in Toronto.
Births
January to March
January 10 – Alexis Nihon, Jr., real estate businessman, Olympic wrestler for The Bahamas (1968) (d.2013) January 15 – Veronica Tennant, ballet dancer and dance and performance film producer and director January 17 – Domenic Troiano, rock guitarist (d.2004) January 18 – Paul Shmyr, ice hockey player (d.2005) January 22 – Serge Savard, ice hockey player January 30 – Jean-Paul Daoust, writer February 6 – Kate McGarrigle, folk music singer-songwriter (d.2010) March 1 – Gerry Boulet, rock singer (d.1990) March 5 – Richard Bell, musician (d.2007) March 6 – Marcel Proulx, politician March 7 – Elaine McCoy, politician (d. 2020) March 11 – Paul DeVillers, politician March 19 – Donny Gerrard, singer (d. 2022) March 22 – Rivka Golani, viola player March 26 – Marion Boyd, politician (d. 2022)