Internment of Japanese Canadians
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From 1942 to 1949, Canada forcibly relocated and incarcerated over 22,000 Japanese Canadians—comprising over 90% of the total Japanese Canadian population—from British Columbia in the name of "national security". The majority were Canadian... Wikipedia
Start date: January 14, 1942
Location: British Columbia
Date: January 14, 1942 – April 1, 1949
Deaths: At least 107; at least 6 homicides by sentries
Displaced: Over 22,000 Japanese Canadians
Enabling laws: War Measures Act > Defence of Canada Regulations;
Outcome: Financial reparations given to surviving victims in 1988, reinstatement of citizenship for deported surviving victims
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