A declaration of war by Canada against Germany was made by order-in-council signed by George VI, King of Canada, on 10 September 1939, seven days after the United Kingdom and France had also entered a state of war with the Nazi regime. The royal proclamation of the Canadian declaration was published in the Canada Gazette.[1]
Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King announced the recommendation for a declaration of war in a radio-broadcast speech, made from Ottawa, on 3 September 1939.[2][3] The matter was then debated in Parliament, though, declaration of war is a matter of the royal prerogative and does not require parliamentary approval.
- ^ Stacey, C.P. (1948), "The Canadian Army 1939–1945" (PDF), The Canada Gazette, Ottawa: King's Printer: 1, retrieved 8 February 2023
- ^ "Canada Declares its Intentions to Support the United Kingdom". YouTube. CBC News. September 3, 1939. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ 1939 Canada at the Side of Britain, CBC, archived from the original on 20 February 2016, retrieved 11 February 2016
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