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=History=

Founding (August 2017 - September 2019)
On 9 August 2017, coinciding with the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Canadian Nationalist Party organized the Toronto Nationalist Rally at the University of Toronto's St. George campus. The event's Facebook page described the rally as an opportunity to "discuss the nationalist movement in Canada," and to protest Canada's immigration policy. A counter-protest was organized in response to the rally, and the University of Toronto denied the party opportunity to organize on campus grounds.

In November 2017, party leader Travis Patron announced his intent to officially register the CNP as a federal political party and field candidates for the 2019 federal election. On 26 November, Patron started a cross-country tour in Toronto. During the tour, the party's meeting at the Belgian Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba was cancelled following protests. The club's treasurer subsequently resigned, and the organization voluntarily withdrew from Folklorama, the city's multicultural festival. In early September 2018, Patron reached out to People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier "to see if there would be any interest in possibly co-operating with the Canadian Nationalist Party." Bernier declined any further discussions with Patron.

In June 2019, members of the Canadian Nationalist Party were among several far-right groups protesting against Pride parades alongside Yellow Vest demonstrators in Hamilton, Ontario, and Pegida in downtown Toronto. Both protests resulted in violence against counter-protesters, with the latter demonstration resulting in a violent altercation between anti-fascist counter-protesters inside the Eaton Centre. The RCMP launched a hate crime investigation against Patron after Ottawa-based human rights lawyer Richard Warman filed a formal criminal complaint about a video Patron uploaded to YouTube warning of a "parasitic tribe" controlling Canadian institutions and calling for their permanent removal from Canada. During the investigation, the RCMP pursued intellectual property violations against the Canadian Nationalist Party for using RCMP trademarks without permission. On 23 August, the party lost their registered office location in the Toronto Star Building after Telsec revoked their services.

The Canadian Nationalist Party gained registered federal political party status on September 20, 2019.