Events
- March 20 - Henry Duncan Graham Crerar becomes chief of the Canadian Army
- June 6 - World War II: The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division lands at Juno Beach, part of the Invasion of Normandy
- June 15 - Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a landslide majority, defeating William John Patterson's Liberals
- July 10 - Tommy Douglas becomes premier of Saskatchewan, replacing William Patterson
- July 23 - The 1st Canadian Army is activated in Normandy, becoming the largest combat force to ever be placed under Canadian command.
- August 1 - The House of Commons approves the Family Allowance Act
- August 8 - Alberta election: Ernest Manning's Alberta Social Credit Party wins a third consecutive majority
- August 17 - World War II: The Canadian Army liberates Falaise
- August 30 - Maurice Duplessis becomes Premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Adélard Godbout
- October 1 - The Battle of the Scheldt estuary begins
- October 21 - Smokey Smith earns the Victoria Cross on the Savio River in Italy.
- December 24 - HMCS Clayoquot sunk off Halifax by a German U-boat
- Conscription Crisis of 1944
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