Invasion of Canada
The Invasion of Canada may refer to several events in history.
- The British and French colonial empires contested Canada through several wars:
 
- Quebec Expedition (1711)
 - King George's War (1744–1748)
 - The French and Indian War (1754–1763)
 
- The United States invaded Canada in two wars:
 
- The American Revolutionary War - see Invasion of Canada (1775)
 - The War of 1812
 
- A small group of American rebels from the Hunters' Lodges invaded Canada in the Patriot War (1837–1838) and the Battle of the Windmill in 1838
 - The Fenian raids, based in the United States, also targeted Canada between 1866 and 1871
 - The United States developed an invasion plan known as War Plan Red in the mid-1920s. The plan was a contingency for the unlikely event of war with the United Kingdom. It was officially withdrawn in 1939.
 - The Invasion of Canada is also a 1980 book by Pierre Berton about the War of 1812
 
Fiction
Invasions of Canada are sometimes depicted in fiction such as:
- Canadian Bacon, a 1995 comedy film which satirizes Canada–United States relations along the Canada–United States border written, directed and produced by Michael Moore
 
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