Why Canada did not acquire interwar cruisers

Did Canada consider acquiring cruisers between the world wars?

Yes, but governments unwilling to fund defence prevented the County- and Town-class ideas from advancing.

Canada examined County-class and six-inch cruiser options, including the Town class. Domestic resistance to defence spending, rather than a shortage of suitable designs, was the decisive obstacle. Naval feasibility and political willingness pointed in different directions: Canada could identify useful ships but would not pay for them. The result is a compact example of budgets preventing a navy from turning sound force-structure ideas into hulls.