^Shyu, Larry N. Diplomatic relations through wartime alliance: the Republic of China's relations with Canada. Journal of Modern Chinese History. 2008, 2 (2): 185. However, formal diplomatic relations were not established until 1942, when Canada and the Republic of China (ROC) became wartime allies in their common fight against the Axis powers.
^Hilliker, John; Barry, Donald. Canada's Department of External Affairs. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. 1995: 56. ISBN 9780773507388. The Nationalist Chinese embassy remained in Ottawa, but Canada did not send a representative to the government in Taiwan (Formosa).