People

The Japanese Canadian Monument in Victoria features a 300-foot-long wall engraved with the names of the nearly 22,000 individuals who were forcibly uprooted, incarcerated, and stripped of their livelihoods, properties, and homes in 1942. Over 70% were born in Canada.

Individuals are grouped according to where they were living in 1942, ranging from coastal fishing villages to Fraser Valley farms. The wall also contains the names of 3,000 children born into exile and internment between 1942 and April 1, 1949, when full citizenship rights and freedom of movement were finally restored.