The Japanese Candians

By Jaymeson
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  • 1942

    1942

    The Japanese Canadians are beginning to be sent to camps. Most used for road construction and other unsafe projects.
  • New restrictions

    New restrictions

    The Japanese Canadians are forced to leave the coast, they are given a curfew and new restrictions.
  • Supervision and sold

    Supervision and sold

    They are supervised more closely and are having their belongings and properties sold as "protective measures."
  • Assignments

    Assignments

    B.C security made a program od assigning the men to road camps and the women and children to ghost town detention.
  • Given Authority

    Given Authority

    The soldier settlement is given the authority to buy or lease the properties and farms owned by the Japanese civilians. Farms are now being bought withing the owner's consent or knowledge
  • Forced

    Forced

    many citizens were forcefully uprooted and moved by force away from the coast.
  • Enemy Alien Property

    Enemy Alien Property

    The council grants the "Custodian of Enemy Alien Property" the right to dispose of the properties the Japanese Canadians owned without their consent while they were in the camps.
  • Possible Exile

    Possible Exile

    The Japanese Canadians were given the option to move East away from the rocky mountains and disperse among their communities to prove "loyalty" to Canada or they would be exiled to a foreign country.