📆 Canada by Year

📅 Events in 1949

Jun 22, 1949

Newfoundland Joins Confederation Celebrated

The people of Newfoundland celebrate their first Dominion Day as a Canadian province, having joined Confederation on March 31, 1949, with Joey Smallwood as the province's first premier.

Politics Newfoundland and Labrador

Jun 30, 1949

Canada Joins NATO

Canada becomes a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), signing the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington. Canada has the distinction of proposing Article 2 on economic cooperation.

Military National