# How many Americans went to Canada to avoid the draft?

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**Created:** [July 17, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-americans-went-to-canada-to-avoid-the-draft/189058 "2003-07-17T04:15:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Major\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Major\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Kong)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-americans-went-to-canada-to-avoid-the-draft/189058/1 "2003-07-17T04:15:14Z")

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As it says.

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-americans-went-to-canada-to-avoid-the-draft/189058/2 "2003-07-17T07:21:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Major Kong \*  
> \*\*As it says. \*\*

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> Dickerson, James, North to Canada: "Of the approximately 191,522 Americans who fled from the U.S. to Canada to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War, a significant number did not return, even after amnesty was granted by President Carter. " This is a book by a man who went to Canada and he tells the stories of others who left the U.S.

From [http://www.illyria.com/vnbooks/vnbooks\_d.html](http://www.illyria.com/vnbooks/vnbooks_d.html)