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Historical Note:
Following Japan's attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 7 December 1941, the Government of Canada forcibly removed from the coastal islands and the west coast of B.C some 20,000 Japanese Canadians and sent them to internment camps in the BC interior. To pay for their internment, the Government of Canada liquidated their property held in trust by the Office of the Custodian of Enemy Property. In 1946, the Government of Canada deported and exiled 3,964 Japanese Canadians to Japan. Over half were Canadian-born. One third of the dependent children were under the age of 16. Japanese Canadians remaining in Canada were not permitted to return to the west coast until 1 April 1949. (Originally updated: 2024-07-31)