Events
- January 10 - Elizabeth Monk and Suzanne Pilon become the first female lawyers in Quebec
- 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.
- 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- August - The National Resources Mobilization Act is repealed as a result of the April plebiscite.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 19 - Dieppe Raid
- September 9 - The Canadian government establishes the Wartime Information Board, a government agency responsible for pro-conscription propaganda.
- October 14 - A German U-boat sinks the ferry SS Caribou, killing 137.
- October 21 - Gordon Conant becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Mitchell Hepburn
- December 12 - A fire at the Knights of Columbus Hall in St John's, Newfoundland kills 99.
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