The Japanese started immigrating to British Columbia in the late 19th and early 20th century. They came to British Columbia to create a better life, both for themselves and the family they left behind in Japan. Many moved to what is now known as the lower mainland, in order to set up farms as a viable way to generate wealth. They encountered much racial adversity early, but with the help of a few key organizations, established connections in their communities.
Workers tending crops on Tsuji family farm, in Mission, B.C.
A select group of Japanese men, and their families, made an impact in their farming community in the Municipality of Mission. This webpage is dedicated to them and the organizations that helped establish those roots. A page is also set aside for the extensive racism, as well as the Japanese Canadian internment of 1942, and the legacy of it on the Japanese community in Mission, British Columbia.