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Ukrainian Internments at Stanley Barracks
Photos and transcription by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted October, 2012
On the north side of Stanley Barracks at Exhibition Place can be found this 1998 plaque. Placed here by the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Ukrainian Canadian community of Ontario, here's what it says:
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Thousands of Ukrainians and other Europeans were needlessly imprisoned as "enemy aliens" during Canada's national internment operations of 1914-1920. The Stanley Barracks Receiving Station was used for this purpose between 14 December 1914, and 2 October 1916. Stanley Barracks, constructed in 1841 to replace Fort York, stood on this site until 1953. Only the Officers' Quarters remain, located due south of this plaque.
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Ukrainian Canadian internment
Related Ontario plaque
Kapuskasing Internment Camp 1914-1920
Other plaques at Stanley Barracks
Edward Hanlan 1855-1908
Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1873-1973
Stanley Barracks
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