Parti national social chrétien
The Parti national social chrétien (known in English as the Christian National Socialist Party and later renamed the National Unity Party) was formed by Quebec fascist and Hitler admirer Adrian Arcand in February 1934. In October the party fused with the Canadian Nationalist Party based in the Prairies and in June 1938 it merged with Nazi and fascist clubs in Ontario and Quebec (many of which were known as Swastika clubs) to form the National Unity Party.
Known colloquially as the Blue Shirts, the group boasted that it would seize power in Canada but the party exaggerated its own influence.
On May 30, 1940, the party was banned under the War Measures Act and Arcand and many of his followers were arrested and detained for the duration of the war.
