The Japanese Internment took place between the years of 1941 and 1949. At the time most of the Japanese population was concentrated in British Columbia, on the West Coast of Canada. The Japanese first immigrated to Canada to work on the rail road in 1900. By 1921 the Japanese population numbered nearly 16000 people and had possessed nearly half of the fishing licenses in British Columbia. In 1941 23000 Japanese were living throughout Canada.

On December 7 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. After the attack there government took all Japanese owned boats, radios, and cameras. After the public pressured the government, and they took action and the government moved all Japanese from a 100 mile wide security strip along the B.C. coast. Later the government gave a further statement that declared that all people of Japanese origin were co

This is a situation that has been discussed in the past and will continue to be talked about in the future. The Japanese Internment is a big part of Canada's past, and history. The mistakes of World War II will help Canada grow and learn how to act in similar situations in the future. In a way the Internment has helped Canada a great deal, giving Canada experience, and knowledge for preparation for future conflicts.

nsidered aliens until the end of World War II.

Another strong argument raised by the Japanese Internment is why the Canadian Government Interned the Japanese Canadians. A good Question is "on what grounds, or what right did the Canadian Government have to arrest the Japanese." At the time the Government had no proof that the Japanese were spying on them, but still the they interned the Japanese until the war ended. Even after the war, Makenzie King still deported 4000 Japanese Canadians back to Japan. Throughout whole internment and deportation that was acted upon the Japanese Canadians, the Government had no proof of any war crimes, or espionage that was suspected of the Japanese Canadians. The Government only acted in fear of Canada's National security.

Many people belived that even befor the war, racial prejudice towards the Japanese was showed by the government. For example in 1907 the Government had restricted the number of Japanese immigrants to a mere 400 a year. Many people believe that the Japanese skin color was a factor in the internment. During the war German, Italian, and Austrian Canadians were left alone, while the Japanese were sent to prison Camps, and abandoned mining towns to live in, and being deported back to Japan for no reason, other that their home land was waging war aga

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