Fascism in Canada (French: Fascisme au Canada)
consisted of a variety of movements and political
parties in Canada during the 20th century.
Largely a fringe ideology, fascism has never
commanded a large following amongst the Canadian
people, and was most popular during the Great
Depression.
Most Canadian fascist leaders were interned
at the outbreak of World War II under the
Defence of Canada Regulations and in the post-war
period, fascism never recovered its former
small influence.
The Canadian Union of Fascists, based in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, was modeled on Oswald Mosley's British
Union of Fascists.
Its leader was Chuck Crate.
Parti National Social Chrétien was founded
in Quebec in February 1934 by Adrien Arcand.
In October 1934, the party merged with the
Canadian Nationalist Party, which was based
in the prairie provinces.
In June 1938, it merged with Nazi groups from
Ontario and Quebec (many of which were known
as Swastika clubs), to form the National Unity
Party.Fascist concepts and policies, such
as eugenics, formulated in the US, found a
friendly reception in Canada in some provinces,
such as Alberta, where, under a Social Credit
government, alleged mental defectives and
other 'non-producers' were involuntarily sterilized
to prevent the birth of more similar people.
Social democrat Tommy Douglas, Premier of
Saskatchewan, wrote his 1933 master thesis
paper endorsing some of the ideas of eugenics,
but later abandoned and rejected such notions.
== See also ==
Neo-Nazism in Canada
Christie Pits riot
John Ross Taylor
Ernst Zündel
SS St Louis
Fascism in North America
