War Measures Act

Not to be confused with the Wartime Measure Act of 1918 or the Wartime Elections Act

War Measures Act
Parliament of Canada
  • An act to confer certain powers upon the Governor in Council and to amend the Immigration Act
Citation5 George V, Chap. 2
RSC 1985 c. W-2
Enacted byParliament of Canada
Assented toAugust 22, 1914
RepealedJuly 21, 1988
Repealed by
Emergencies Act
Status: Repealed
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The War Measures Act (French: Loi sur les mesures de guerre; 5 George V, Chap. 2)[1] was a statute of the Parliament of Canada that provided for the declaration of war, invasion, or insurrection, and the types of emergency measures that could thereby be taken. The Act was brought into force three times in Canadian history: during the First World War, Second World War, and the 1970 October Crisis.

The Act was questioned for its suspension of civil liberties and personal freedoms, including only for Ukrainians and other Europeans during Canada's first national internment operations of 1914–1920, the Second World War's Japanese Canadian internment, and in the October Crisis.[2] In 1988, it was repealed and replaced by the Emergencies Act.

  1. ^ "War Measures Act". www.lermuseum.org. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. ^ War Measures Act Conference (1977: McMaster University). (1978). The Japanese Canadian experience: the October crisis [proceedings]. Wilfrid Laurier University Book Shelves: London, Ontario: P. Anas Pub.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)