Italian Canadian internment

They included the Casa d'Italia consulate on Beverley Street, the fascist newspaper Il Bollettino and the Dopolavoro ("After Work") social club.

Those affected by the War Measures Act and Defence of Canada Regulations were forced to register with the RCMP and report to them on a monthly basis.

[12] Canada Post was also to issue a commemorative stamp in memory of the internment of Italian-Canadian citizens,[13] however, Bill C-302 did not pass through the necessary stages to become law.

[14] In 2013, as a part of the project Monument: Italian Canadian War Stories of the Columbus Centre in Toronto, funded by Villa Charities Inc. and Citizenship and Immigration Canada, artist Harley Valentine created a monument recognizing the internments called Riflessi: Italian Canadian Internment Memorial.

[15] The main statue is composed of profiles representing an internee family of Italian Canadians—a father, a pregnant mother, and a child—that combine to form a single figure in mirror polished stainless steel.

Italian-Canadian man being arrested at Casa d'Italia in Toronto on June 10, 1940
Italian-Canadian men at an internment camp