The United Nations Peacekeeping efforts began in 1948. Its first activity was in the Middle East to observe and maintain the ceasefire during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Since then, United Nations peac
14th Prime Minister of Canada, Lester B. Pearson a Nobel Peace Prize laureate
Canadian peacekeeper in 1976 wearing the distinctive UN blue helmet
Alpine Helicopters contract Bell 212 on MINUGUA peacekeeping duty in Guatemala, 1998
UN Soldiers in Eritrea as part of UNMEE. Photo by Dawit Rezene
Canada in the Cold War
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During the Cold War, Canada was one of the western powers playing a central role in the major alliances. It was an ally of the United States, but there were several foreign policy differences between
Roll-out for the Avro Arrow in October 1957
Two snipers of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Korea during the Korean War.
A RCAF CIM-10 Bomarc missile in North Bay, Ontario. Viewed as an alternative to the defunct Avro Arrow program, its adoption garnered controversy given its nuclear payload.
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and U.S. President Richard Nixon in Ottawa, 1972.