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- January 27 - The cabinet order deporting Japanese-Canadians to Japan is repealed after widespread protests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- May 14 - The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 is repealed
- June 15 - The laws limiting Asian immigration to Canada are repealed, Canadians of Asian descent are allowed to vote in federal elections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
- September 30 - The last group of personnel who had been on active service, for World War II, since September 1, 1939, stood down.
- December 29 - Boss Johnson becomes premier of British Columbia
- Stephen Leacock Award: Harry L. Symons, Ojibway Melody
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“All strange and terrible events are welcome,
But comforts we despise.”
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