Vietnam War resisters in Canada

Vietnam War resisters in Canada were American draft evaders and military deserters who avoided serving in the Vietnam War by seeking political asylum in Canada between 1965 and 1975. Draft avoiders were typically college-educated and middle class Americans who could no longer avoid conscription.^[1] Deserters were usually lower-income and working class who had been inducted into the United States Armed Forces right after high school or had later volunteered.^[1]

Many Americans who took refuge in Canada assimilated in the country and continued to reside there decades after the war's end in 1975.^[2] Unlike the Swedish authorities who also granted asylum to American war resisters, the Canadian authorities acted discreetly and did not publicly take a position on the United States' role in the war.