# War Measures Act

The Canadian Encyclopedia

- Address: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-measures-act
- Kind: reference
- Last checked: 2026-09-26
- Archived copy: none yet

## Cited by

- [Canada: War Measures Act regulations authorize review of hundreds of newspapers and ban political organizations](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1939-canada-defence-of-canada-regulations-censorship)
- [Claim 884: Cabinet invoked the War Measures Act again for the Second World War.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/884)
- [Claim 885: The War Measures Act took effect on August 25, 1939, one week before Canada's own declaration of war, and Cabinet used it to bring in the Defence of Canada Regulations.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/885)
- [Claim 886: The Defence of Canada Regulations were implemented on September 3, 1939.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/886)
- [Claim 887: The Regulations gave authorities power to review and restrict 325 newspapers and periodicals and to ban more than 30 organizations, including the Communist Party of Canada.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/887)
- [Claim 888: The Regulations let the Minister of Justice detain, without due process, anyone who acted in a manner prejudicial to public safety or the safety of the state.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/888)
- [Claim 889: Free speech was restricted and anyone critical of government positions could be interned without charge or trial.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/889)
- [Claim 890: Montreal mayor Camillien Houde was arrested at city hall in 1940 and interned in Ontario for four years for denouncing government conscription policy.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/890)
- [Claim 892: The wartime Regulations were replaced by similar legislation on December 31, 1945.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/892)

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