Tofino Council rescinds and apologizes for Japanese exclusion. A list of those who left after the war.

A powerful statement by Mayor Josie Osborne (original Westerly article). Thank you Mayor Osborne.

I am not going to comment further as there is no need.

What I will do below the video is share names of families from Tofino, Ucluelet and Clayoquot that I have discovered in my research about internment.

List of Japanese-Canadians “repatriated” to Japan after internment.

These names are from a list published by the Library of Canada here. These are persons and families who chose to go to Japan after the end of WWII (1946). I do not know if this is a complete listing of all Japanese-Canadians who left Canada. Some are adults born in Japan, some are children born in Canada. All are Naturalized or born Canadian citizens (British-subjects at the time). This is not a complete list of people evacuated to internment camps from the area.

Apologies if the table gets squished on narrow screens.

Surname		First Name	Residence	Internment
English	Japanese	English
Igabashi	五十嵐	Kimi	Clayoquot	Oyama
Igabashi	五十嵐	Menjiro	Clayoquot	Oyama
Sugura	杉浦	Nasaye	Clayoquot	Slocan
Sugura	杉浦	Shishitaro	Clayoquot	Slocan
Tamada	玉田	Shika	Tofino	Grand Forks
Tamada	玉田	Tsunekichi	Tofino	Grand Forks
Yoshida	吉田	Tsunekichi	Tofino	Lemon Creek
Izumi	和泉	Chitese	Tofino	Slocan
Izumi	和泉	Maejiro	Tofino	Slocan
Morishita	森下	Maejiro	Tofino	Slocan
Mayede		Tokuichi	Ucluelet	Golden
Takashita	竹下	Itaro	Ucluelet	Kamloops
Tsujimata	辻本	Fuji	Ucluelet	Kamloops
Tsujimata	辻本	Okuso	Ucluelet	Kamloops
Majikawa	梶川	Kanso	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Mayakawa	宮川山中	Yukio	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Mayakawa	宮川山中	Tomiso	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Mayakawa	宮川山中	Takao	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Tamai	玉井	Kasuyo	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Tamai	玉井	Kiyemi	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Tamai	玉井	Nidao	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Tamai	玉井	Toshiyo	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Tamai	玉井	Nisao	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Tamai	玉井	Tohumatsu	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Yoshida	吉田	Fusao	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Yoshida	吉田	Tsugio	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Yoshida	吉田	Masae	Ucluelet	Lemon Creek
Nakata	中田	Narayo	Ucluelet	New Denver
Hama	浜	Fujiye	Ucluelet	Slocan
Hama	浜	Hiremi	Ucluelet	Slocan
Hama	浜	Hugo	Ucluelet	Slocan
Hama	浜	Kasaye	Ucluelet	Slocan
Hama	浜	Roy	Ucluelet	Slocan
Hama	浜	Yameo	Ucluelet	Slocan
Hama	浜	Hirokishi	Ucluelet	Slocan
Shimizu	清水	Misao	Ucluelet	Slocan
Shimizu	清水	Naiko	Ucluelet	Slocan
Shimizu	清水	Nike	Ucluelet	Slocan
Shimizu	清水	Sumiko	Ucluelet	Slocan
Shimizu	清水	Kiuroku	Ucluelet	Slocan
Shimizu	清水	Mise	Ucluelet	Slocan
Sakai	酒井	Shotare	Ucluelet	Slocan
Tsujiuohi	つじうち	Kamekichi	Ucluelet	Slocan