---
title: '''Allons-y... Canadiens!'' (Canadian Department of National War Services)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/allons-y-canadiens-1941/
description: A young soldier with a fixed bayonet and a 'CANADA' shoulder title cries out in front of a large, backlit Union Jack.
section: Collection
---

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[!['Allons-y... Canadiens!' (Canadian Department of National War Services)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/allons-y-canadiens-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/allons-y-canadiens-1941.jpg)

# 'Allons-y... Canadiens!' (Canadian Department of National War Services)

A young soldier with a fixed bayonet and a 'CANADA' shoulder title cries out in front of a large, backlit Union Jack. The flag's prestige is attached to the French-language call 'Allons-y... Canadiens!' ('Let's go, Canadians!'), pairing enlistment with the imperial emblem.

- **Date:** 1941
- **Period:** [Second World War](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=wwii)
- **Made by:** Government of Canada, Department of National War Services, Information Service (artist Henry Eveleigh)
- **Region:** [North America](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=north-america)
- **Country:** [Canada](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=canada)
- **Medium:** [Poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=poster)
- **Issuer type:** [State](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=state)
- **Regime:** [Mackenzie King Government](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=mackenzie-king-government)
- **Leader:** [William Lyon Mackenzie King](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=william-lyon-mackenzie-king)
- **Audience:** [Domestic public](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=domestic-public)
- **Purpose:** [Recruit](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=recruit)
- **Themes:** [War and the military](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=war-military), [Empire and colonialism](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=empire-colonialism)
- **Event:** [World War II](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#event=world-war-ii)
- **Techniques:** [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)
- **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- **Source:** [Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Allons-y--_Canadiens!.jpg), retrieved September 29, 2026
- **Rights:** Public domain (Canadian Crown copyright expired; PD-Canada and PD-1996 per Wikimedia Commons) Government of Canada, Department of National War Services, Information Service; artist Henry Eveleigh, 1941-1942. BAnQ numérique, via Wikimedia Commons.

## Text on the object

Original (French) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Allons-y..
CANADIENS!

Publiée par le Service de l'Information, Ministère des Services nationaux de guerre, Ottawa.
IMPRIMÉE AU CANADA — UF - 1 L

[on the soldier's shoulder:] CANADA
[signature, upper right:] Eveleigh
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Let's go..
CANADIANS!

Published by the Information Service, Department of National War Services, Ottawa.
PRINTED IN CANADA — UF - 1 L

[on the soldier's shoulder:] CANADA
[signature, upper right:] Eveleigh
```

[← 'Zeitaku wa teki da!' (Luxury Is the Enemy!) street sign, Tokyo](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/luxury-is-the-enemy-sign-1940/) [Ils assassinent ! Enveloppés dans les plis de notre drapeau (They murder! Wrapped in the folds of our flag) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ils-assassinent-vichy-1941/)

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