Vietnam War resisters in Canada
Vietnam War resisters in Canada were American draft evaders and military deserters who found refuge from prosecution in Canada. American war resisters who sought refuge in Canada during the Vietnam War would ignite controversy among those seeking to immigrate to Canada. According to scholar Valerie Knowles, draft evaders were typically college-educated and middle class who could no longer defer induction into the Selective Service System. Deserters were usually lower-income and working class who had been inducted into the armed services right after high school or had later volunteered, hoping to obtain a skill and broaden their limited horizons.

Many continued to remain in Canada for their lives, and formed a small community of American war resisters in Canada. Unlike the situation in Sweden, Canadian authorities discreetly harboured the resisters and did not generally openly oppose the U.S. role in the Vietnam War.
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