Vietnam War resisters in Canada

Vietnam War resisters in Canada were Americans who did not wish to serve in the Vietnam War by seeking political asylum in Canada between 1965 and 1975. They were typically college-educated and middle class Americans who were eligible for conscription. They tended to be lower-income and working class who had been inducted into the United States Armed Forces right after high school or had later volunteered.

Many Americans who took refuge in Canada assimilated in the country and continued to reside there after the war's end in 1975.

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