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There were 40 known prisoner-of-war camps across Canada during World War II, although this number also includes internment camps that held Canadians of German and Japanese descent. [1] Several reliable sources indicate that there were only 25 or 26 camps holding exclusively prisoners from foreign countries, nearly all from Germany. [2] [3] [4]
Pages in category "World War II internment camps in Canada" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Canada" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 2013, as a part of the permanent exhibition Italian Canadians as Enemy Aliens: Memories of World War II at the Columbus Centre in Toronto, funded by Villa Charities Inc and Citizenship and Immigration Canada, artist Harley Valentine created a monument recognizing the internments called "Riflessi: Italian Canadian Internment Memorial". The ...
The actions of Japan leading up to World War II were also seen as cause for concern. Japan withdrew from the League of Nations in 1933, ignored the naval ratio set up by the Washington Naval Conference of 1922, refused to follow the Second London Naval Treaty in 1936, and allied with Germany with the Anti-Comintern Pact. Because many Canadians ...
This is a list of internment and concentration camps, organized by country.In general, a camp or group of camps is designated to the country whose government was responsible for the establishment and/or operation of the camp regardless of the camp's location, but this principle can be, or it can appear to be, departed from in such cases as where a country's borders or name has changed or it ...
World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Canada (12 P) W. World War II airfields in Canada (2 C, 7 P) World War II internment camps in Canada (19 P)
List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Australia; List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in Canada; List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps administered by France