The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.

Government of Canada

The Government of Canada, formally His Majesty's Government, is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada. The term Government of Canada refers specifically to the executive, which includes ministers of the Crown and the federal civil service ; it is…

Internment of Japanese Canadians

Period of internment of Japanese people in Canada

From 1942 to 1949, Canada forcibly relocated and incarcerated over 22,000 Japanese Canadians—comprising over 90% of the total Japanese Canadian population—from British Columbia in the name of "national security". The majority were Canadian citizens by birth and were targeted…

April 1

Day of the year

April 1 is the 91st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 274 days remain until the end of the year.