History of Japanese Canadians

By gillian5545

  • fishing boats

    1,200 Japanese Canadian fishing boats are impounded. Japanese language newspapers and schools close.

  • Removal begins

    Removal begins of Japanese immigrant males from coastal areas.

  • Protected area

    The government passed Order-in-Council 365 that created an area 100 miles (160 km.) inland from the coast as a “protected area”

  • The Males are ordered to be removed

    All male Japanese Canadian citizens between the ages of 18 and 45 ordered to be removed from 100-mile-wide zone along the coast of British Columbia.

  • Evacuation of Japanese Canadians

    Mass evacuation of Japanese Canadians begins. Some given only 24 hours notice. Cars, cameras and radios confiscated for “protective measures”. Curfew imposed.

  • Japanese Canadians Must turn over property and belongings

    Japanese Canadians ordered to turn over property and belongings to Custodian of Enemy Alien Property as a “protective measure only”. Eventually these assets were sold and proceeds used to pay for the interment

  • British Columbia force men to road camps

    British Columbia Security Commission initiates scheme of forcing men to road camps and women and children to “ghost town” detention camps.

  • Order-in-Council 469

    Properties left behind were to be held in trust but Order-in-Council 469 passed on January 19, 1943 authorized the government to sell the properties without the owners’ consent.

  • loyalty survey

    A loyalty survey carried out by the RCMP on March 12, 1945 guaranteed the expulsion of all Japanese Canadians from the province of BC. The Ultimatum: move east of the Rocky Mountains or be exiled to Japan.