# 1942 in Canada

Events from the year 1942 in Canada.

## Incumbents
### Crown

* Monarch – George VI

### Federal government

* Governor General – Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
* Prime Minister – William Lyon Mackenzie King
* Chief Justice – Lyman Poore Duff (British Columbia)
* Parliament – 19th

### Provincial governments
#### Lieutenant governors

* Lieutenant Governor of Alberta – John C. Bowen
* Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – William Culham Woodward
* Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Roland Fairbairn McWilliams
* Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – William George Clark
* Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Frederick F. Mathers (until November 17) then Henry Ernest Kendall
* Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Albert Edward Matthews
* Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Bradford William LePage
* Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Eugène Fiset
* Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – Archibald Peter McNab

#### Premiers

* Premier of Alberta – William Aberhart
* Premier of British Columbia – John Hart
* Premier of Manitoba – John Bracken
* Premier of New Brunswick – John McNair
* Premier of Nova Scotia – A.S. MacMillan
* Premier of Ontario – Mitchell Hepburn (until October 21) then Gordon Daniel Conant
* Premier of Prince Edward Island – Thane Campbell
* Premier of Quebec – Adélard Godbout
* Premier of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson

### Territorial governments
#### Commissioners

* Controller of Yukon – George A. Jeckell
* Commissioner of Northwest Territories – Charles Camsell

## Events

* January 10 – Elizabeth Monk and Suzanne Filion become the first female lawyers in Quebec
* February 10 – The German submarine U-136 torpedoes and sinks HMCS Spikenard, which had eight survivors.
* 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.
* June 20 – The Japanese submarine I-26 shells the Estevan Point lighthouse on Vancouver Island.
* 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* August – The National Resources Mobilization Act is repealed as a result of the April plebiscite.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 6 – HMCS Assiniboine sinks the German submarine U-120. Max Bernays will be awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal for his actions in the battle.
* August 19 – Dieppe Raid
* September 7 – The German submarine U-165 sinks HMCS Raccoon near Anticosti Island. All sailors aboard Racoon are killed.
* September 9 – The Canadian government establishes the Wartime Information Board, a government agency responsible for pro-conscription propaganda.
* September 11 – The German submarine U-517 sinks HMCS Charlottetown near Cap-Chat, Quebec, killing 9 out of the crew of 64.
* September 14 – The German submarine U-91 sinks HMCS Ottawa in the North Atlantic, killing 114 sailors, with 69 surviving.
* October 14 – The German submarine U-69 sinks the ferry SS Caribou in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, killing 137. Margaret Brooke will be named a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her actions during the sinking.
* October 21 – Gordon Conant becomes premier of Ontario, replacing Mitchell Hepburn
* December 12 – The Knights of Columbus Hostel fire in St John's, Newfoundland, kills 99.

## Sport

* April 18 – The Toronto Maple Leafs win their fourth Stanley Cup by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 3 after being down to the Red Wings 3–0. The deciding Game 7 was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
* April 20 – The Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Portage la Prairie Terriers win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association's Oshawa Generals 3 games to 1. The deciding Game 4 was played at Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg
* December 5 – The Toronto RCAF Hurricanes win their only Grey Cup by defeating the Winnipeg RCAF Bombers 8 to 5 in the 30th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto

## Births
### January to March

* January 12 - Hilary Weston, businessperson and 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
* January 16 - René Angélil, husband and manager of Céline Dion
* January 19 - John Reynolds, politician
* February 5 - Tim Sale, politician
* February 19 - Norm Sterling, politician
* February 20 - Phil Esposito, ice hockey player
* February 22 - Gerard Jennissen, politician
* March 3 - Menaka Thakka, dancer

### April to June

* April 8 - Harold Gilleshammer, politician
* April 10 - Nick Auf der Maur, journalist and politician (died 1998)
* April 21 - Pierre Lorrain, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2004)
* April 22 - Sandra Birdsell, novelist and short story writer
* April 26 - Sharon Carstairs, politician and Senator
* May 1 - Becky Barrett, politician
* May 3 - Earl McRae, journalist (Ottawa Sun) (died 2011)
* May 8 - Pierre Morency, Canadian poet and playwright
* May 29 - Larry Mavety, ice hockey player and coach (died 2020)
* June 9 - John Gerretsen, politician
* June 10 - Preston Manning, politician
* June 15 - Ian Greenberg, media businessman (died 2022)
* June 21 - Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, Native rights advocate
* June 25 - Michel Tremblay, novelist and playwright

### July to September

* July 1 - Geneviève Bujold, actress
* July 4 - Len Harapiak, politician
* July 11 - Terry Carisse, singer, guitarist, and songwriter (died 2005)
* July 11 - Nancy Zerg, poet
* July 22 - Anita Neville, politician
* July 24 - Gloria George, Native leader
* August 1 - Michael Martchenko, illustrator
* August 10 - Jim Downey, politician
* August 18 - Jim Abbott, politician
* August 24 - Gary Filmon, politician and 19th Premier of Manitoba
* August 24 - Tony Hunt, artist
* August 25 - Ivan Koloff, pro wrestler
* August 30 - Rick Salutin, novelist, playwright and critic
* September 4 - George Baker, politician and Senator
* September 13 - Michael Breaugh, politician (died 2019)
* September 13 - Michel Côté, businessman and politician
* September 20 - Gérald Tremblay, businessman and politician, 41st Mayor of Montreal

### October to December

* October 10 - Roy Miki, poet and scholar
* October 11 - Dianne Brushett, politician
* November 1 - Ralph Klein, politician and 12th Premier of Alberta (died 2013)
* November 19 - Jim Ernst, politician
* November 20 - Raymond Bonin, politician
* December 1 - Charlie Penson, politician
* December 19 - John Godfrey, educator, journalist and politician
* December 21 - Oliver Bowen, engineer
* December 30 - Matt Cohen, writer (died 1999)

### Full date unknown

* Yves Lever, film critic and historian
* Dermot O'Reilly, musician, producer and songwriter (died 2007)
* Jay Roberts, football player, lung cancer (died 2010)

## Deaths

* January 16 - Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, 10th Governor General of Canada (born 1850)
* January 30 - Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, politician and 1st Premier of the Northwest Territories (born 1857)
* February 4 - Louis-Adolphe Paquet, theologian (born 1859)
* March 11 - Raoul Dandurand, politician (born 1861)
* March 15 - Edgar Nelson Rhodes, politician, Minister and Premier of Nova Scotia (born 1877)
* March 21 - J. S. Woodsworth, politician (born 1874)
* April 24 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, author (born 1874)
* May 18 - Herménégilde Boulay, politician (born 1861)
* June 17 - Charles Fitzpatrick, lawyer, politician and 5th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1853)
* October 6 - Ella Cora Hind, journalist and women's rights activist (born 1861)
* December 26 - Frank Dawson Adams, geologist (born 1859)