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Events from the year 1942 in Canada.

Incumbents

Crown

  • Monarch – George VI

Federal government

  • Governor General – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
  • Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King
  • Chief Justice – Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia)
  • Parliament – 19th

Provincial governments

Lieutenant governors

  • Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John C. Bowen
  • Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – William Culham Woodward
  • Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Roland Fairbairn McWilliams
  • Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – William George Clark
  • Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Frederick F. Mathers (until November 17) then Henry Ernest Kendall
  • Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Albert Edward Matthews
  • Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Bradford William LePage
  • Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Eugène Fiset
  • Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Archibald Peter McNab

Premiers

  • Premier of Alberta – William Aberhart
  • Premier of British Columbia – John Hart
  • Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
  • Premier of New Brunswick – John McNair
  • Premier of Nova Scotia – A.S. MacMillan
  • Premier of Ontario – Mitchell Hepburn (until October 21) then Gordon Daniel Conant
  • Premier of Prince Edward Island – Thane Campbell
  • Premier of Quebec – Adélard Godbout
  • Premier of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson

Territorial governments

Commissioners

  • Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell
  • Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Charles Camsell

Events

  • January 10 – Elizabeth Monk and Suzanne Filion become the first female lawyers in Quebec
  • February 10 – The torpedoes and sinks , which had eight survivors.
  • February 26 – Japanese Canadians are interned and moved further inland.
  • April 27 – A national plebiscite is held on the issue of conscription. Most English-Canadians are in favour, while most French-Canadians are not.
  • June 20 – The shells the Estevan Point Lighthouse on Vancouver Island.
  • July – The Official Food Rules is published, for the first time.
  • August – The National Resources Mobilization Act is repealed as a result of the April plebiscite.
  • August 6 – sinks the . Max Bernays will be awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal for his actions in the battle.
  • August 19 – Dieppe Raid
  • September 7 – The sinks near Anticosti Island. All sailors aboard Racoon are killed.
  • September 9 – The Canadian government establishes the Wartime Information Board, a government agency responsible for pro-conscription propaganda.
  • September 11 – The sinks near Cap-Chat, Quebec, killing 9 out of the crew of 64.
  • September 14 – The sinks in the North Atlantic, killing 114 sailors, with 69 surviving.
  • October 14 – The sinks the ferry in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, killing 137. Margaret Brooke will be named a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her actions during the sinking.
  • October 21 – Gordon Conant becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Mitchell Hepburn
  • December 12 – The Knights of Columbus Hostel fire in St John's, Newfoundland, kills 99.

Sport

  • April 18 – The Toronto Maple Leafs win their fourth Stanley Cup by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3 after being down to the Red Wings 3–0. The deciding Game 7 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
  • April 20 – The Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Portage la Prairie Terriers win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association's Oshawa Generals 3 games to 1. The deciding Game 4 was played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
  • December 5 – The Toronto RCAF Hurricanes win their only Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg RCAF Bombers 8 to 5 in the 30th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto

Births

January to March

  • January 12 - Hilary Weston, businessperson and 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
  • January 16 - René Angélil, husband and manager of Céline Dion
  • January 19 - John Reynolds, politician
  • February 5 - Tim Sale, politician
  • February 19 - Norm Sterling, politician
  • February 20 - Phil Esposito, ice hockey player
  • February 22 - Gerard Jennissen, politician
  • March 3 - Menaka Thakka, dancer

April to June

  • April 8 - Harold Gilleshammer, politician
  • April 10 - Nick Auf der Maur, journalist and politician (died 1998)
  • April 21 - Pierre Lorrain, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2004)
  • April 22 - Sandra Birdsell, novelist and short story writer
  • April 26 - Sharon Carstairs, politician and Senator
  • May 1 - Becky Barrett, politician
  • May 3 - Earl McRae, journalist (Ottawa Sun) (died 2011)
  • May 8 - Pierre Morency, Canadian poet and playwright
  • May 29 - Larry Mavety, ice hockey player and coach (died 2020)
  • June 9 - John Gerretsen, politician
  • June 10 - Preston Manning, politician
  • June 15 - Ian Greenberg, media businessman (died 2022)
  • June 21 - Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, Native rights advocate
  • June 25 - Michel Tremblay, novelist and playwright

July to September

  • July 1 - Geneviève Bujold, actress
  • July 4 - Len Harapiak, politician
  • July 11 - Terry Carisse, singer, guitarist, and songwriter (died 2005)
  • July 11 - Nancy Zerg, poet
  • July 22 - Anita Neville, politician
  • July 24 - Gloria George, Native leader
  • August 1 - Michael Martchenko, illustrator
  • August 10 - Jim Downey, politician
  • August 18 - Jim Abbott, politician
  • August 24 - Gary Filmon, politician and 19th Premier of Manitoba
  • August 24 - Tony Hunt, artist
  • August 25 - Ivan Koloff, pro wrestler
  • August 30 - Rick Salutin, novelist, playwright and critic
  • September 4 - George Baker, politician and Senator
  • September 13 - Michael Breaugh, politician (died 2019)
  • September 13 - Michel Côté, businessman and politician
  • September 20 - Gérald Tremblay, businessman and politician, 41st Mayor of Montreal

October to December

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  • October 10 - Roy Miki, poet and scholar (died 2024)
  • October 11 - Dianne Brushett, politician
  • November 1
  • Evelyn Gigantes, politician (died 2026)
  • Ralph Klein, politician and 12th Premier of Alberta (died 2013)
  • November 8 - Lise Watier, businesswoman
  • November 19 - Jim Ernst, politician
  • November 20 - Raymond Bonin, politician
  • December 1 - Charlie Penson, politician
  • December 19 - John Godfrey, educator, journalist and politician
  • December 21 - Oliver Bowen, engineer
  • December 30 - Matt Cohen, writer (died 1999)

Full date unknown

  • Yves Lever, film critic and historian
  • Dermot O'Reilly, musician, producer and songwriter (died 2007)
  • Jay Roberts, football player, lung cancer (died 2010)

Deaths

  • January 16 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 10th Governor General of Canada (born 1850)
  • January 30 - Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, politician and 1st Premier of the Northwest Territories (born 1857)
  • February 4 - Louis-Adolphe Paquet, theologian (born 1859)
  • March 11 - Raoul Dandurand, politician (born 1861)
  • March 15 - Edgar Nelson Rhodes, politician, Minister and Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1877)
  • March 21 - J. S. Woodsworth, politician (born 1874)
  • April 24 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, author (born 1874)
  • May 18 - Herménégilde Boulay, politician (born 1861)
  • June 17 - Charles Fitzpatrick, lawyer, politician and 5th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1853)
  • October 6 - Ella Cora Hind, journalist and women's rights activist (born 1861)
  • December 26 - Frank Dawson Adams, geologist (born 1859)

See also

  • List of Canadian films

References