Abbreviation | CLPD |
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Formation | 1934 (as Canadian League Against War and Fascism) |
Dissolved | 1940 (banned) |
Type | Non-governmental organization |
Purpose | Anti-fascist front |
Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Region served | Canada |
Chairman | A. A. MacLeod |
Parent organization | World Committee Against War and Fascism |
The Canadian League for Peace and Democracy, founded in October 1934 as the Canadian League Against War and Fascism, was an anti-fascist mass organization chaired by A. A. MacLeod and allied with the Communist Party of Canada. It gained prominence as a leading organizer of opposition within Canada to Nazi Germany following Hitler's rise to power and as an opponent of fascist groups organizing within Canada in the years leading up to World War II. It was dissolved in 1940 following the implementation of the Defence of Canada Regulations.