Japanese Internment

What

What

• Where the government held Japanese in WWII
• Where many Japanese were forced to work
• Where there were harsh conditions

Who

Who

• Japanese Canadians were Japanese people who lived in Canada

Why

Why

• Canadians were afraid the Japanese would invade Canada

When

When

• Started in 1942 and continued throughout the war
• Ended in 1949, 4 years after the war

Where

Where

• The Japanese were confined in Hastings Park surrounded by high wire fences
• Trains also carried many Japanese to ghost towns in the interior if BC
• Other Japanese worked on sugar beet farms on Manitoba and Alberta
• The farmers who didn't want Japanese workers on their farms crammed them into chicken coops and granaries
• •Some Japanese were sent to Prisoner Of War (P.O.W.)camps in Ontario

How

How

• Royal Canadian Navy officers confiscated boats owned by Japanese Canadians
• The Japanese were taken to internment camps

What

What

• The Japanese camps had no electricity or running water

What

What

• Japanese homes and businesses were sold by the government to pay for their detention
• Japanese people were not allowed to vote

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