PIER 21/IMMIGRATION WORLD WAR II BRIDES CANADA A detailed article that might help you.
EXCERPT: Before the Canadian government amended its immigration policy to provide a humanitarian response to the European displaced person and political refugee crisis, it focus its attention on the resettlement of soldier's dependents. The resettlement of war brides and their children from 1942 to 1948 marked the first time that the federal government provided a "home to home: service.
EXCERPT: According to the Department of National Defense (DND) approximately 48,000 marriage with 22,000 childbirths were known to have occurred between 1942-1946. In all, 44,886 (93%) of these unions involved British women, followed by 1,886 (4 percent) with Dutch women, while 649 (1 percent) were with Belgian women. These marriages were not limited to the British Isles or northwest Europe and included 362 marriages with women of other nationalities (see Table 1). Approximately 97 percent of all births resulting from these marriages were born to British women.
