📆 Canada by Year

📅 Events in 1942

Jun 19, 1942

Japanese Canadian Evacuation Decree Enforced

Canadian authorities continue enforcing the relocation of Japanese Canadians from British Columbia under the War Measures Act, displacing over 22,000 people from their homes.

Social British Columbia

Aug 19, 1942

The Dieppe Raid

Over 6,000 Allied troops — mostly Canadians — launch a disastrous amphibious assault on Dieppe, France. More than 900 Canadians are killed and nearly 2,000 taken prisoner in under 6 hours.

Military