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It was used to imprison people who were descents of German, Ukrainian, and Slavic origin. Though the descendants were Canadian. It gave the government powers of security. -
Two days after male Japanese citizens were taken away from the coast of British Columbia, a large evacuation started. Some of the people only had 24 hours of notice, and curfew was put into place, and cars, cameras, and radios were taken for protective measures. -
The British Columbia Security Commission forced men to work at road camps. Not only that, but they made the women and children go to "ghost town" detention camps. -
After the declaration of war on Japan, many wanted an uprooting and Internment of Japanese Canadians. Since the Japanese arrived, there were many people wanting their exclusion. -
On January 16th, they began to remove male immigrants from Japan. Roughly 120, 000 people from Japanese decent were moved during the year 1942. -
On February 24th, the first Group of 100 Nationals left Vancouver. Also, all Japanese male citizens from the ages 18-45 were removed from the coast of British Columbia. -
The Canadian government issued a war time measures act which forced Japanese Canadians into protective areas. Any and all the property that couldn't be carried were put into protective costody. -
Everyone of Japanese race was forced to leave the protected area. They also had to give all of their belongings to Custodian of Enemy Alien Property.