1948 in Canada

• June 7 – Ontario election: George Drew's PCs win a second consecutive majority
• June 24 – Saskatchewan election: Tommy Douglas's Co-operative Commonwealth Federation wins a second consecutive majority
• July 22 – The Dominion of Newfoundland votes 52% to 48% to join the foreign nation of Canada in a questionable referendum.
• August 17 – 1948 Alberta general election: Ernest Manning's Social Credit Party wins a fourth consecutive majority
• October 19 – Thomas Kennedy becomes premier of Ontario, replacing George Drew
• November 13 – Douglas Campbell becomes premier of Manitoba, replacing Stuart Garson
• November 15 – Louis Saint Laurent becomes prime minister, replacing Mackenzie King

• February 2 – Barbara Ann Scott becomes the first Canadian to win the figure skating gold medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland
• April 14 – The Toronto Maple Leafs win their seventh Stanley Cup by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4 games to 0.
• April 30 – The Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League's Port Arthur West End Bruins win their only Memorial Cup by defeating the Ontario Hockey Association's Barrie Flyers 4 games to 0. All games were played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto
• November 27 – The undefeated Calgary Stampeders win their first Grey Cup by defeating the Ottawa Rough Riders 12 to 7 in the 36th Grey Cup played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto. This Cup is notable for the Stampeders' fans making a party out of the game and launching the Grey Cup festival that precedes the championship game.

• March 14 – Ernest Frederick Armstrong, politician (b.1878)
• March 28 – John Duncan MacLean, teacher, physician, politician and Premier of British Columbia (b.1873)
• May 20 – George Beurling, most successful Canadian fighter pilot of World War II (b.1921)
• May 21 – James Ralston, lawyer, soldier, politician and Minister (b.1881)

• List of Canadian films

"A common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations" - UN proclaims Universal Declaration of Human Rights[2]

Parliamentary committee studying draft UN human rights declaration speaks to global variety of rights interpretations[3]

Canadian children "had no idea what to do with us" - Holocaust orphan arrives in Canada and settles in Regina[4]

"Fitting together the scattered jigsaw-puzzle pieces of their lives" - Japanese Canadians move on, and why they have to[5]

Ottawa-Quebec politics rule out Black U.S. troops in Quebec, where their presence "might be misunderstood and misrepresented"[6]

"Maximum dramatic appeal" and "simplicity" of secret U.S.A.-Canada free-trade proposal encourage optimism for success[7]

Lester Pearson says "the world needs the textiles which Japan" would produce if it received Most favoured nation trade status[8]

Ambassador to China keen to see Canadian presence (banks, Canadian Pacific ships and planes, TCA and Navy) in southeast Asia[9]

U.S.A. to hold multi-party talks on North Atlantic security matters, including Soviet intentions and U.S. commitment[10]

Canada wants North Atlantic security organization to involve foreign ministry consultation and economic and social collaboration[11]

Kinks in Canada-U.S. joint defence arrangements, including roles, responsibilities and functions, need to be worked out[12]

Canada seeks to know U.S. policy on partition of Palestine, especially regarding possibility of UN Security Council authorizing force[13]

Cabinet decides not to support UN membership for Israel before it recognizes Israel's provisional government[14]

With Nationalist forces "off balance and low in morale" in Chinese Civil War, Canada plans evacuations[15]

South African ambassador seeks Canada's support for white supremacy policy to block communism and Indians "swamping" whites[16]

Cabinet seeks better ways to exclude from Canada top leaders of "unions known to be communist dominated" and fellow travellers[17]

Cabinet Defence Committee sees need for Arctic icebreaker to support government stations and wartime amphibious operations[18]

"Frenzied," "shrill" and "a pitch of hysteria which could scarcely be raised" - anti-U.S. Soviet propaganda assessed[19]

Given CBC cooperation and with policy "guidance notes," Pearson ponders propaganda broadcasts to communist controlled countries[20]

Newfoundland must be independent because England couldn't help if it wanted to and confederation means federal government rule[21]

"I fear the return of Responsible Government" - Newfoundlander dreads days of privation recurring if Canada is rejected[22]

Refus Global calls Quebeckers to free themselves from past fears and anguish at nauseating recent evils with passion and unity[23]

CBC Radio interview with figure skating champion Barbara Ann Scott after she won gold medal at Winter Olympics in St. Moritz[24]

CBC radio play from "series of dramatized programmes on human relation" involving National Committee for Mental Hygiene of Canada[25]

"Absolute and undying ambition to succeed" - CBC network announcer Elwood Glover's memories of his early radio career[26]

Ducks Unlimited naturalist says prairie drought can seem catastrophic, but only cover 1% of waterfowl breeding territory[27]