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Events from the year 1943 in Canada.
Incumbents[edit]
Federal government[edit]
Provincial governments[edit]
Lieutenant governors[edit]
Premiers[edit]
Territorial governments[edit]
Commissioners[edit]
- January 8 - Stuart Garson becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing John Bracken, who had governed for 21 years
- May 11 - J. Walter Jones becomes premier of Prince Edward Island, replacing Thane Campbell
- May 18 - Harry Nixon becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Gordon Conant
- May 23 - William Aberhart, premier of Alberta, dies in office
- May 31 - Ernest Manning becomes premier of Alberta
- July - The 1st Canadian Infantry Division is part of the invasion of Sicily.
- August 4 - Ontario election: George Drew's PCs win a minority, defeating Harry Nixon's Liberals
- August 17 - George Drew becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Harry Nixon
- August 19 - The Quebec Agreement is signed in Quebec City, between Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
- December 20 - December 27 - Battle of Ortona rages in Italy.
Arts and literature[edit]
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January to March[edit]
- January 9 - Elmer MacFadyen, politician (d.2007)
- January 18 - Carl Ray, artist (d.1978)
- January 23 - Bill Cameron, news anchor, television producer, columnist and author (d.2005)
- January 28 - Paul Henderson, ice hockey player
- February 19 - Art Hanger, politician
- February 23 - Charles Dalfen, chairperson of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (d.2009)
- February 27 - Gordon Earle, politician
- March 15 - David Cronenberg, filmmaker, screenwriter and occasional actor
- March 25 - Loyola Hearn, politician and Minister
April to June[edit]
- April 1 - Shirley Render, politician
- April 2 - Alan Tonks, politician
- April 3 - Richard Manuel, composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist (d.1986)
- April 12 - Jenny Meldrum, hurdler and heptathlete
- April 22 - Edwin Tchorzewski, politician (d.2008)
- May 11 - Nancy Greene, alpine skier, Olympic gold medalist and World Champion, Senator
- June 5 - Jean-Claude Lord, Canadian director and screenwriter
- June 21 - Diane Marleau, politician and Minister (d.2013)
July to September[edit]
- July 15 - John H. Bryden, politician, journalist and historian
- July 30 - Jean Friesen, politician
- July 31 - Ryan Larkin, animator, artist and sculptor (d.2007)
- August 9 - Joe Handley, politician and 10th Premier of the Northwest Territories
- August 12 - Anne Cools, Senator
- August 29 - Arthur B. McDonald, astrophysicist, Nobel Prize in Physics winner
- September 9 - Daurene Lewis, politician and nation's first black female mayor (d.2013)
- September 12 - Alain Dostie, cinematographer, film director and screenwriter
- September 12 - Michael Ondaatje, novelist and poet
- September 19 - Lyle Vanclief, politician and Minister
- September 22 - Maurice Baril, General and Chief of the Defence Staff
- September 27 - Randy Bachman, guitarist and songwriter
October to December[edit]
- October 16 - Paul Rose, convicted of murder and kidnapping of Pierre Laporte in 1970 and leader of PDS (1996–2002) (d.2013)
- October 24 - Frank Pitura, politician
- October 26 - Diane Gerace, high jumper
- November 7 - Joni Mitchell, musician, songwriter and painter
- November 13 - André-Gilles Fortin, politician (d.1977)
- November 18 - Michael H. Rayner, public servant (d.2004)
- November 22 - Yvan Cournoyer, ice hockey player
- November 27 - Nicole Brossard, poet and novelist
- December 2 - Larry Grossman, politician (d.1997)
- December 13 - Ferguson Jenkins, baseball player
- December 14 - Linda McIntosh, politician
- December 28 - David Peterson, politician and 20th Premier of Ontario
- December 29 - Rick Danko, musician and singer (d.1999)
- December 30 - Linda Thom, shooter and Olympic gold medalist
- February 9 - Albert Hickman, politician and 17th Prime Minister of Newfoundland (b.1875)
- May 23 - William Aberhart, politician and 8th Premier of Alberta (b.1878)
- July 2 - Robert James Manion, politician (b.1881)
- July 4 - Gordon Sidney Harrington, politician and Premier of Nova Scotia (b.1883)
- July 12 - Joseph Boutin Bourassa, politician (b.1853)
- October 18 - Albert Charles Saunders, jurist, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b.1874)
- November 26 - Charles G.D. Roberts, poet and prose writer (b.1860)
- November 29 - Robert Hamilton Butts, politician (b.1871)
- December 9 - Peter Dmytruk, World War II military hero (b.1920)
- December 23 - Edgar Sydney Little, politician (b.1885)
1943 in North America
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