Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre
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Background
Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre is a museum that preserves and interprets one of ten Canadian concentration camps where more than 27,000 Japanese Canadians were incarcerated by the Canadian government during and after World War II (1942 to 1949). The centre was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2007.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
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Facility profile
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Death-row facility
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Visiting
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Mailing
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Practical info
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Contact & address
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Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Fenbrook InstitutionGravenhurstMediumFederal institution
- Spirit Lake Internment Camp
- Hampton Gaol
- Beaver Creek InstitutionGravenhurstMinimumFederal institution
- York County Gaol
- Nova Scotia Youth FacilityWatervilleYouth institution
Data completeness
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Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q14874725)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nikkei-internment-memorial-centre
"Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nikkei-internment-memorial-centre.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/nikkei-internment-memorial-centre},
urldate = {2026-10-20}
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