German is one of the largest ethnic group of the new franc in Canada, in addition, there are two hundred families living in the Lawerence valley in Canada In the year 2016 and also a large population lived in Ontario other known as central Canada.
3,322,405 Canadians reported German origin and 404,745 people reported German as there language.
In the early part of the war, the German presence in Canada was objected.
they received many backlashes from the English Canadians.
hence public schools weren't allowed to teach German language and German people weren't allowed to speak it as well and the orchestra refused to play German music and, riots were formed in Victoria, Winnipeg, and Montreal where the germans hade their business shops.
The internment camps
The internment camps where the German Canadians were placed during world war 1 was opened on August 18,1914.At this time many immigrants had came to Canada seeking land and freedom.After the outbreak of the war,civilians with links to Germany,Turkey and Austria-Hungry were arrested for being threats to Canada security husband and fathers where force into camps but women and children were not expected to work.Out of the 8,579 men 2,009 were German.In 1917 the civilian camps were closed camps were closed because of the labor shortage in Canada.
Historical significance
When the German came to Canada everything was great they were working and contributing back to the country . As the years goes by they started to receive hate from the government whom restricted them from certain things such as there culture and different places In addition to that the government decided to force all these German into a camp and make them work hard labor some where even arrested for being a threat to Canada which was not true they weren't a threat to Canada they were just a group of people who are willing to work and want to give there family a better life but instead there life was taken from them.
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