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With larger numbers of Japanese immigrants arriving between 1905 and 1907, an atmosphere of hate and discrimination culminated in the 1907 Riot in Vancouver against Asians.
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1,200 Japanese Canadian fishing boats are impounded. Japanese language newspapers and schools close.
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Removal begins of Japanese immigrant males from coastal areas.
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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.
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Mass evacuation of Japanese Canadians begins. Some given only 24 hours notice. Cars, cameras and radios confiscated for “protective measures”. Curfew imposed.
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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
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British Columbia Security Commission initiates scheme of forcing men to road camps and women and children to “ghost town” detention camps.
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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.
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A loyalty survey carried out by the RCMP on March 12, 1945 guaranteed the expulsion of all Japanese Canadians from the province of BC.