During the Viet Nam war era, what was the Canadian gov't's official policy on Americans who went to live in Canada to avoid the draft. Was Canada's immigration enforcement agency giving any priority to deporting Americans who came to stay w/o proper papers, due to the draft?

by Queen_Molly

I was curious about this, as I was wondering how easy or hard it was for Draft dodgers during the Viet Nam era to go and stay in Canada.

tenlenny

I don't know about the legality of anything but my grandparents would let draft dodgers stay with them for a few days and some hot meals and beer. Open door policy, it was only required you make a note in their guest book and was suggested you put some change in the beer jar if you were able. I don't know how common this was though.