Internment of Japanese Canadians

By mori5094
  • About 1,200 fishing boats owned by Japanese Canadian people are impounded. Japanese language newspapers and schools shut down.

    About 1,200 fishing boats owned by Japanese Canadian people are impounded. Japanese language newspapers and schools shut down.

  • Japanese male immigrant from coastal areas start being removed.

    Japanese male immigrant from coastal areas start being 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.

    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.

  • All Japanese Canadians are forced to leave

    All Japanese Canadians are forced to leave

    Mass evacuation of Japanese Canadians starts. Most were only given 24 hours notice or less. Many of their personal items such as cars, cameras and radios were confiscated for “protective measures”. Curfew imposed.
  • Japanese Canadians are foced to turn over all property and belongings they own to Custodian of Enemy Alien Property as a “protective measure only”. Eventually these assets were sold and proceeds used to pay for the interment.

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

  • Being transported out to camps

    Being transported out to camps

    British Columbia Security Commission initiates scheme of forcing men to road camps and women and children to “ghost town” detention camps.
  • The Japanese had two choices, deport to devastated Japan or spread out across Canada, except for B.C.

    The Japanese had two choices, deport to devastated Japan or spread out across Canada, except for B.C.

    As one of the Canadian government policies after the war had ended, the Japanese Canadians were forced to deport back to devastated Japan or spread out across Canada. A protest of the Public eventually stopped the deportations, but not before 4000 Japanese left the country.
  • Japanese Canadians were not allowed to return to Vancouver even though the war had ended.

    Japanese Canadians were not allowed to return to Vancouver even though the war had ended.

    The Victims (Japanese Canadians) were still not allowed to return to the west coast even 4 years after the end of the Second World War. They were allowed to return starting on the 1st of April in 1949 and regained their freedom and were allowed to vote in June of 1948 federally but not in British Columbia until March 31st of 1949.
  • Canada Apologizes 43 years later.

    Canada Apologizes 43 years later.

    September 22nd, 1988, was a very important day for Canada and Japan, more specifically, Japanese Canadians. It was the day that the Redress Agreement was signed by Art Miki, President of the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) and Prime Minister of Canada, Brian Mulroney. The Redress was acknowledging what the Canadian government did to the Japanese Canadians during and after the Second World War and gave each victim $21,000.