14 Nov 1935

Canada
20 Jun 1937

Photo(s) dated 20 Jun 1937
HMS York at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 20 Jun 1937
11 Feb 1940

Canada
  • Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada, died in Montreal. ww2dbase [Montreal, Quebec | AC]
18 Jul 1940

Canada
  • The Canadian Navy placed an order for 12 motor torpedo boat with Canadian Power Boat Company, Limited in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; this order would later result in MTB 332 through 343. ww2dbase [Montreal, Quebec | CPC]
20 Jul 1940

Canada
  • Canadian patrol vessel HMCS Ambler departed Quebec City, Quebec, Canada to patrol Riviere du Loup. ww2dbase [Quebec City, Quebec | CPC]
22 Jul 1940

Canada
  • Canadian corvette HMS Eyebright was launched at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Montreal, Quebec | CPC]
18 Jul 1941

Canada
  • In Canada, Canadian corvette HMCS Algoma arrived at Montreal, Quebec, and corvette HMCS Shediac arrived at Quebec City, Quebec. ww2dbase [Quebec City, Quebec | CPC]
3 Jul 1942

Canada
6 Jul 1942

Canada
  • German submarine U-132 attacked Allied convoy QS-15 at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada, sinking Belgian ship Hainaut (at 0521 hours; 1 was killed, 44 survived), sinking Greek ship Anastassios Pateras (at 0521 hours; 3 were killed, 26 survived), and fatally damaging British ship Dinaric (at 0646 hours; 4 were killed); Canadian minesweeper HMCS Drummondville rammed (and missed) U-132 and dropped depth charges, causing minor damage to U-132. ww2dbase [Second Happy Time | U-132 | Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Quebec | CPC]
17 Jul 1942

Canada
  • The keel of Canadian frigate Longueil was laid down at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Montreal, Quebec | CPC]
  • Canadian frigate Valleyfield was launched at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Quebec City, Quebec | CPC]
20 Jul 1942

Canada
  • German submarine U-132 damaged transport Frederika Lensen of Allied convoy QS-19 off Anticosti Island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Canada at 1839 hours; 4 were killed, 36 survived. Frederika Lensen would be beached to prevent sinking although she would ultimately be declared a total loss due to extensive damage. ww2dbase [Second Happy Time | U-132 | Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Quebec | CPC]
22 Jul 1942

Canada
  • The keel of corvette USS Pert was laid down by the Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Company, Limited in Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Quebec | CPC]
9 Nov 1942

Canada
  • German Abwehr spy, Werner Janowsky, landed from a submarine on the Gaspé peninsula in Quebec, Canada. Janowsky, a thirty-eight-year-old former French Foreign Legionaire had a wife living in Canada and knew the country well. He was swiftly apprehended by the Canadian police after arousing suspicion by trying to pay a New Carlisle hotel bill with time-expired Canadian currency. Janowsky would survive the war in British captivity. ww2dbase [Quebec | AC]
14 Jul 1943

Canada
  • Frigate Stormont was launched at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Montreal, Quebec | CPC]
19 Jul 1943

Canada
  • The keel of Canadian frigate HMCS Joliette was laid down at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Quebec City, Quebec | CPC]
20 Jul 1943

Canada
  • The keel of Canadian frigate HMCS Prestonian was laid down at Lauzon, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Lauzon, Quebec | CPC]
  • The keel of Canadian frigate HMCS Sea Cliff was laid down at Lauzon, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Lauzon, Quebec | CPC]
  • The keel of Canadian corvette HMCS Asbestos was laid down at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Quebec City, Quebec | CPC]
  • The keel of Canadian corvette HMCS Hawkesbury was laid down at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Quebec City, Quebec | CPC]
17 Aug 1943

Canada Photo(s) dated 17 Aug 1943
Mackenzie King and Franklin Roosevelt, Quadrant Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 17-24 Aug 1943
18 Aug 1943

Canada
20 Aug 1943

Photo(s) dated 20 Aug 1943
Louis Mountbatten, John Dill, Hastings Ismay, Ernest King, Henry Arnold, William Leahy, Kenneth Stuart, Percy Nelles, and George Marshall at Château Frontenac during Quebec Conference, Canada, Aug 1943Franklin Roosevelt, the Earl of Athlone, Mckenzie King, and Winston Churchill on the terrace at the Citadelle, Quebec, Canada, Aug 1943
12 Sep 1944

Photo(s) dated 12 Sep 1944
Earl of Athlone, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Mackenzie King, Octagon Conference, Citadelle de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, 12 Sep 1944
14 Sep 1944

Photo(s) dated 14 Sep 1944
C. G. Power, C. D. Howe, Winston Churchill, and Mackenzie King in Quebec, Canada, circa 14 Sep 1944
15 Sep 1944

Canada
  • Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill signed a secret agreement, granting Joseph Stalin's demands for Sakhalin Island, Kurile Islands, and a portion of Korea in return for a Soviet declaration of war on Japan. ww2dbase [Octagon Conference | Quebec | CPC]
14 Jul 1945

Canada
  • Corvettes HMCS Chilliwack and Fredericton were decommissioned at Sorel, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Sorel, Quebec | CPC]
15 Jul 1945

Canada
  • Corvettes HMCS Timmins and HMCS Thorlock were decommissioned at Sorel, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Sorel, Quebec | CPC]
17 Jul 1945

Canada
  • Canadian corvettes HMCS Trail and HMCS Dundas were decommissioned at Sorel, Quebec, Canada; corvette HMCS Athol was decommissioned at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. ww2dbase [Sorel, Quebec | CPC]
19 Jul 1945

Canada
  • Canadian corvettes HMCS Peterborough, HMCS Rosthern, and HMCS Owen Sound were decommissioned off Sorel, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Sorel, Quebec | CPC]
20 Jul 1945

Canada
  • Canadian corvette HMCS Oakville was decommissioned off Sorel, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Sorel, Quebec | CPC]
  • Canadian corvette HMCS Prescott was decommissioned off Sorel, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Sorel, Quebec | CPC]
  • Canadian corvette HMCS St. Lambert was decommissioned off Sorel, Quebec, Canada. ww2dbase [Sorel, Quebec | CPC]
2 Sep 1945

Photo(s) dated 2 Sep 1945
Chinese Free Mason members in the victory parade, De la Gauchetière Street, Montreal, Canada, 2 Sep 1945

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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