Repatriation of Japanese in Canada. 1945-1954.

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This file consists of assorted correspondence, memoranda, and records pertaining to the "repatriation" (or deportation) of Japanese nationals and Japanese Canadians from 1945 to 1954. It includes and pertains to the following: records regarding the immunization and vaccination of "repatriates"; discussions of the logistics of the "repatriation" procedure (e.g., transportation of individuals); correspondence regarding United States deportation procedure; news clippings critiquing the deportation policy (questions of the legality of the procedure); records documenting the RCMP canvassing in internment camps for ‘voluntary repatriates’; anti-Japanese media; copies of the deportation orders (P.C. 7355, 7356, 7357); reports that the deportation numbers were being ‘cut in half' and that there were ‘irregularities’ in how the RCMP obtained declaration forms; and petitions against the deportation (arguing that many individuals signed under coercion). This file highlights the "co-operation between the Department of Labour and the RCMP in the administration of the provisions of the [deportation] Order."

Canada. Royal Canadian Mounted Police created this archive.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized in full.