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Internment and The Law

War Measures Act, 22nd August 1914
Canadian Research Knowledge Network

The Laws Establishing Canada's First World War Registration and Reporting System of Aliens of Enemy Nationality
By Mark Minenko C.D., LLB, LLM.

Canada's Response to Aliens of Enemy Nationality Enemies during the First World War – the Internment Operations Office and Registration System
By Mark Minenko C.D., LLB., LLM.

Orders in Council


1914

Alien Enemy Relief - Relief of Distress

1914-2986 Relieve distress in Montreal and Ft. William Report.pdf
1914-3206 Relieve distress in Montreal Report.pdf

Registration Reporting

1914-2920 Reg. and Reporting P.C. 2721 amended addition Undertaking Report.pdf

1915

Budget for Internment Operations

1915-1246 Money to Otter $100k.pdf
PC 1033 War Purchasing Commission.pdf
PC 1098 War Purch Comm head staff person.pdf
PC 1744 More staff for Otter - listing of staff.pdf
PC 2199 $100 in Sept 1915 and to comply with War Purchasing Commission OC.pdf
PC 2386 extra $15000 for alien registration.pdf
PC 2423 $200k Sept 1915.pdf
PC 2910 $100k Dec 1915.pdf
PC 388 $150K for Internment Ops.pdf
PC 504 MacPherson can sign cheques for Otter.pdf
PC 798 $100k for FY 15 16.pdf

Business Financial Issues

1915-0017 Patents payment follow British Report.pdf
PC 2893 Wheat requisition.pdf

Naturalization

1915-0371 Naturalization Certificate different than Imperial one.pdf

1916

Registration and Reporting

1916-2194 Registration and Reporting Report.pdf
1916-2194 Registration and Reporting.pdf
1916-2521 Reg and Rep OC Chief of Police defined in P.C. 1916-2721.pdf
1916-2521 Reg and Report OC Chief of Police defined in P.C. 1916-2721 Report.pdf
1916-2815 Reg and Reporting P.C. 2721 amended changing part of Criminal Code for offences. Report.pdf

1917

Business Financial Issues

1916-3189 Government action taking ships question of constituitionality.pdf
1916-3258 Property in Enemy Countries Report.pdf
1916-3258 Property in Enemy Countries.pdf
1917-0572 Mineral Rights not for aliens Report.pdf
1917-0572 Mineral Rights not for aliens.pdf
1917-1268 Alien Enemy companies cannot have water, land rights Report.pdf
1917-1268 Alien Enemy companies cannot have water, land rights.pdf
1917-2843 Transfer of ships to foreign owned co. and defining foreign controlled company Report.pdf
1917-2843 Transfer of ships to foreign owned co. and defining foreign controlled company.pdf
1917-3035 Patents license to pay fees in enemy country Report.pdf
1917-3035 Patents license to pay fees in enemy country.pdf

Cabinet War Committee

1917-3005 War Committee of Cabinet established Report.pdf
1917-3005 War Committee of Cabinet established.pdf
1917-3061 Reduce Cabinet workload by delegating work within departments Report.pdf
1917-3061 Reduce Cabinet workload by delegating work within departments.pdf

Defence of Canada Order, 1917

1917-0987 Defence of Canada Order, 1917 Consolidation.pdf
1917-1451 Def of Canada O, 1917 increasing fine and jail Report.pdf
1917-1451 Def of Canada O, 1917 increasing fine and jail.pdf

Homestead

1917-1249 Homestead Status of French soldier fighting in France waived requirements Report.pdf

Internment Ops. Branch Budget

1917-0266 Money for Otter Report.pdf
1917-0266 Money for Otter.pdf
1917-1225 Money for Otter Report.pdf
1917-1225 Money for Otter.pdf
1917-1380 Money for Otter.pdf
1917-1381 Money for Otter.pdf
1917-1776 Money to Otter Report.pdf
1917-1999 Money to Otter Report.pdf
1917-1999 Money to Otter.pdf
1917-2000 Money to Otter.pdf
1917-2336 Money to Otter Report.pdf
1917-2336 Money to Otter.pdf
1917-3004 Money to Otter Report.pdf
1917-3004 Money to Otter.pdf
1917-3480 Money for Otter.pdf
1917-3481 Money for Otter.pdf
1917-995 Money for Otter Report.pdf

Labour

1917-0921 Forestry Corps established.pdf

Military Issues

1917-0667 Life insurance claims can be based upon military death records Report.pdf
1917-0667 Life insurance claims can be based upon military death records.pdf
1917-0694 Military detention barracks, provision for soldiers Report.pdf
1917-0694 Military detention barracks, provision for soldiers.pdf
1917-1177 Oath for enlisting non-Br. subjects Report.pdf
1917-1177 Oath for enlisting non-Br. subjects.pdf
1917-1257 CEF attestation falsification penalty added and JP jurisdiction expanded Report.pdf
1917-1257 CEF attestation falsification penalty added and JP jurisdiction expanded.pdf
1917-1507 Oath for Military expanded to JPs and Officers Report.pdf
1917-1507 Oath for Military expanded to JPs and Officers.pdf
1917-1663 Uniforms and badges, wearing them Report.pdf
1917-1663 Uniforms and badges, wearing them.pdf
1917-2830 Military compulsory vaccination and venearal disease testing Report.pdf
1917-2830 Military compulsory vaccination and venearal disease testing.pdf
1917-761 CPRailway forced to charge returning Serbian reservists reduced rate Report.pdf
1917-761 CPRailway forced to charge returning Serbian reservists reduced rate.pdf

MSA

1917-1433 MSA prohibit depart Canada liable for mil service Report.pdf
1917-1433 MSA prohibit depart Canada liable for mil service.pdf
1917-1531 Statutory Dec for permission to leave Canada by military age men Report.pdf
1917-1531 Statutory Dec for permission to leave Canada by military age men.pdf
1917-1799 MSA crime for males to leave Canada Report.pdf
1917-1799 MSA crime for males to leave Canada.pdf
1917-2564 MSA or national service keep Certificate leaving country in good order Report.pdf
1917-2564 MSA or national service keep Certificate leaving country in good order.pdf
1917-3036 MSA RNWMP exemption Report.pdf
1917-3036 MSA RNWMP exemption.pdf

Police

1917-1876 RNWMP given military rank when enrolled Report.pdf
1917-1876 RNWMP given military rank when enrolled.pdf
1917-2736 Lawyer named controller of RNWMP.pdf

Telegraph Telephone

1917-3019 Telegraph communications suspended Ireland and Canada Report.pdf
1917-3019 Telegraph communications suspended Ireland and Canada.pdf

1918

Banking Financial Issues

1918-1772 Money to other coutries Report.pdf
1918-1772 Report.pdf
1918-1772.pdf
1918-1976 Patent License Report.pdf
1918-1976 Patent licenses.pdf
1918-2785 Claims against Aliens enemies.pdf
1918-2785 Enemy debts Report.pdf
1918-2822 War loss claims.pdf
1918-2822 War losses Report.pdf

Defence of Canada Order, 1917

1918-2241 Def of Can O. destroy material.pdf
1918-2241 Def of Can Order destroy war material Report.pdf

Internment Ops. Budget

1918-1870 Money for Otter.pdf

Labour Issues

1918-1743 Ban strikes.pdf
1918-2525 Labour disputes strikes Report.pdf

Misc. Issues - Straw Burning

1918-1966 Straw Burning Report.pdf

Register Report

1918-1908 Register Report p. 8 c Return of those not previously Registered.pdf

1919

Misc. Issues

1919-413 Liquor law preventing sale and making of liquor Report.pdf

Police and Policing

1919-0110 Police thanks for help with alien enemies Report.pdf
1919-0110 Police thanks for help with alien enemies.pdf

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