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In 1755 British authorities deported the Acadians, a farming people who had lived in the Maritimes for five generations. The oath they would not swear, the order read aloud in the church at Grand Pré, the ships, the deaths, and the long road home.

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1942 to 1949British Columbia

War, Hard Times, and Rights · 1942 to 1949

22,000 People, One Order in Council: The Uprooting and Internment of Japanese Canadians

In 1942 Canada removed about 22,000 Japanese Canadians from the British Columbia coast, sold their property without consent, and lifted the last restrictions only in 1949. This is how it happened, and how the community won redress.

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War and Conflict

The Expulsion of the Acadians: Why 11,500 People Were Deported From Their Own Farms in 1755

22,000 People, One Order in Council: The Uprooting and Internment of Japanese Canadians