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1939 in Canada

Events from the year 1939 in Canada.

May 17 - George VI and Queen Elizabeth begin their royal tour of Canada, eventually visiting every province.
September 3 - The Department of Labour establishes the Wartime Prices and Trade Board to control inflation
September 7 - Prime Minister Mackenzie King calls for a special session of Parliament, to discuss a declaration of war versus Nazi Germany. The session lasts until September 13.^[1]
September 10 - World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, one week after Britain does so
September 11 - World War II: Canada establishes a High Commission of Canada in Canberra, Australia. Australia reciprocates, the next day.^[2]
September 16 - World War II: The Royal Canadian Navy escorts the first of many transatlantic convoys
September 28 - World War II: Air training facilities are set up in Canada to train pilots from Britain and the rest of the Commonwealth.
October 25 - The Quebec election is won by the Liberals under Joseph-Ad lard Godbout.
December 17 - World War II: The 1st Canadian Infantry Division lands in Scotland en route to England. The division is accompanied by a team of announcers and technicians, who set up Radio Canada's overseas service.
November 9 - Ad lard Godbout becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Maurice Duplessis

Brian Mulroney

Joe Clark

April 14 - Ian Binnie, jurist and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada
April 20 - Wayson Choy, writer
April 24 - Dan Hays, politician
April 24 - Ernst Z ndel, neo-Nazi,Holocaust denier and pamphleteer
May 7 - Sidney Altman, molecular biologist, joint 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate
May 11 - Ken Epp, politician
May 26 - Gerry McAlpine, politician
June 5 - Joe Clark, journalist, politician, statesman, businessman, professor and 16th Prime Minister of Canada
June 5 - Margaret Hollingsworth, playwright

July 12 - David Bazay, television journalist (d.2005)
July 25 - Catherine Callbeck, politician and 30th Premier of Prince Edward Island
August 12 - Roy Romanow, politician and 12th Premier of Saskatchewan
August 15 - Hardial Bains, founder and leader of Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) (d.1997)
August 21 - JoAnn Wilson, murder victim (d.1983)
August 23 - Isabel Bassett, broadcaster and politician
August 31 - Dennis Lee, poet and children's writer
September 1 - Jake Epp, politician
September 2 - Henry Mintzberg, academic and author on business and management
September 4 - Jim Penner, businessman and politician (d.2004)
September 30 - Len Cariou, actor

November 6 - Joyce Fairbairn, Senator and first woman to serve as Leader of the Government in the Senate
November 18 - Margaret Atwood, author, poet, critic, feminist and social campaigner
November 23 - bill bissett, poet
November 30 - Louis LeBel, jurist and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada
December 2 - Francis Fox, politician, Minister and Senator
December 21 - Lloyd Axworthy, politician and Minister
December 24 - James K. Bartleman, diplomat, author and 27th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

January 24 - Alfred Edmond Bourgeois, politician (b.1872)
March 7 - Joseph Flavelle, businessman (b.1858)
March 8 - Henry Pellatt, financier and soldier (b.1859)
May 6 - Edward S. Rogers, Sr., inventor and radio pioneer (b.1900)
July 12 - Fernand Rinfret, politician (b.1883)
November 12 - Norman Bethune, physician and medical innovator (b.1890)
November 28 - James Naismith, sports coach and innovator, inventor of basketball (b.1861)
December 22 - Herbert James Palmer, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1851)