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Canada
Much of the unused ordinance in Canada after the Second World War was dumped along the country's eastern and western coasts at sites selected by Canadian Military authorities. Other UXOs in Canada are found on sites used by the Canadian military for military operations, training and weapons tests. These sites are labeled under the "legacy sites" program created in 2005 to identify areas or risk due to unexploded military ordinance. As of 2019, the Department of National Defense has confirmed 62 locations as legacy sites, with a further 774 sites in assessment. There has been some controversy because some of the lands that were appropriated by the Canadian Military during the Second World War were owned by First Nations, such as the 2,000 acres that make up Camp Ipperwash in Ontario, and were given with the understanding that the land would be given back at the end of the war. These lands have required and still need extensive clean-up efforts due to the possibility of the presence of UXOs.