Japanese Internment “The Yellow Peril” WWII in Canada
Canadian POWs in Hong Kong
Almost 2000 Canadians attacked Hong Kong in Japanese troops armed with superior weapons attacked
1672 Canadians were captured and sent to a POW camp in Japan
The prisoners, treated inhumanely, suffered from disease and starvation.
In 1998 our own Canadian government compensated our Hong Kong veterans $ each
Back in Canada – War Measures Act invoked again
Fear of Japanese Canadians working as spies resulted in the internment of
Japanese Canadians were seized, held in barns at Hastings Park then moved into BC’s interior
The gov’t confiscated Japanese property, possessions were auctioned off and owners received nothing Anti-Japanese marches in Vancouver convinced 750 people to move voluntarily
1945 – Japanese Canadians were forced to either move back to Japan or permanently settle east of the Rocky Mountains
1988 – our Gov’t apologized and compensated those still Alive $ each and restored Canadian citizenship to those deported 3964 Japanese Canadians were deported, 2000 of them Canadian citizens