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[[Image:Figure09.jpg|right|thumb|Workers at a British Columbia internment camp, 1916]]  

[[Image:Figure09.jpg|right|thumb|Workers at a British Columbia internment camp, 1916]]  

The '''Ukrainian Canadian internment''' was the confinement of over 5,000 [[Ukrainian]] immigrants from 1914 to 1920.  These "''enemy aliens''" were kept in 26 internment camps across [[Canada]].  80,000 other Ukrainian [[immigrant]]s, deemed "''enemy aliens''" were required to report to the police. The internment was the result of rampant [[racism]] and [[xenophobia]] in Canada at the time.

The '''Ukrainian Canadian internment''' was the confinement of over 5,000 [[Ukrainian]] immigrants from 1914 to 1920.  They were enemy aliens because they were citizens of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, with which Canada was at war.  They were kept in 26 internment camps across [[Canada]].  80,000 other Ukrainian [[immigrant]]s, mostly women and children, were required to report to the police. The internment was the result of wartime fears of enemy sabotage, although the Ukrainians had little or no loyalty to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.  

==Terminology==

==Terminology==

The camps that the immigrants were placed in were, both now and at the time, regarded as [[concentration camps]].<ref>The term "concentration camp" was used at the time. See for example, the Officer Commanding, 5th Military Division, Quebec, to Major General Otter, 4 January 1915 in National Archives of Canada (NAC) Record Group (RG) 24, Volume 4513, File 2</ref>

The camps that the immigrants were placed in were called [[concentration camps]] at the time.  The camps had adequate food and housing and there was no brutality.<ref>The term "concentration camp" was used at the time. See for example, the Officer Commanding, 5th Military Division, Quebec, to Major General Otter, 4 January 1915 in National Archives of Canada (NAC) Record Group (RG) 24, Volume 4513, File 2</ref>

In 1914, Canada passed the War Measures Act, which required "''aliens of enemy nationality''" to register with the police.<ref>[http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~sprague/wma.htm Text of Act]</ref>  Because of their emigration form territories under the control of the [[Austria|Austro-Hungarian Empire]], this effected around 80,000 Ukrainians.     

In 1914, Canada passed the War Measures Act, which required "''aliens of enemy nationality''" to register with the police.<ref>[http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~sprague/wma.htm Text of Act]</ref>  Because of their emigration form territories under the control of the [[Austria|Austro-Hungarian Empire]], this effected around 80,000 Ukrainians.