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It is well documented that Canada scooped up thousands of Japanese Canadians during World War II, confiscated their possessions and shipped them off to detention camps for the duration of the war.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King used the War Measures Act to facilitate the move, but as for the history of internment, the unjust treatment of Japanese Canadians is part of a larger and longer story.
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The War Measures Act was passed in August of 1914, not long after the declaration of World War I.