File 23-2-17-21, Part 2: Japanese Division. Segregation and Repatriation. Voluntary Repatriation. Plans. 1946/05 - 1947.

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This file includes extensive correspondence, memoranda, and records from 1946 relating to the "voluntary repatriation," or deportation of Japanese Canadians and Japanese nationals, and the plans taken to carry out this policy. It includes: correspondence regarding the deportation of those with Canadian citizenship (and the revocation of this status as per P.C. 7356); several lists of naturalized Japanese Canadians subject to deportation; lists of "voluntary repatriates" on the sixth sailing; RCMP reports relating to the deportation of individuals; records relating to the financial and other assistance to 'repatriates' by the government (and the cancellation of such assistance); logistical considerations and arrangements for the deportation (e.g. transportation, baggage restrictions); correspondence and memoranda regarding the transfer of funds (exchange rate) and property of those being deported; discussions with United States authorities and institutions in cooperation to carry out deportation policy; as well as correspondence regarding working with the Canadian Liaison Mission in Tokyo. This file speaks primarily to issues of citizenship and governmental responsibility, as the government grappled with the issue of deporting its own citizens and criticism from the public for paying for this procedure. These records demonstrate the government's efforts to eliminate the possibility of Japanese Canadians returning to Canada.

Canada. Department of Labour 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.