List of POW camps in Canada
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There were 40 known prisoner-of-war camps across Canada during World War II. The camps were identified by letters at first, then by numbers. The prisoners were given various tasks; many worked in the forests as logging crews. In addition to the main camps there were branch camps and labor camps.
The largest number of prisoners of war was recorded as 33,798. There were an additional 6,437 civil internees, members of the merchant marine and refugees.[citation needed]
Conditions in the Canadian camps tended to be better than average, and many times better than the conditions of the barracks that Canadian troops were kept in. It is believed that this treatment foiled many escape attempts before they even started. Notably, a group of German prisoners returned to Ozada camp after escaping because of encountering a Grizzly Bear.[citation needed]
Camp | Place | Province | Location | Period |
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10 | Chatham | Ontario | 260 km southwest of Toronto | 1944 1945-1946 |
10 | Fingal | Ontario | 40 km south of London | 1945-1946 |
20 (C) | Gravenhurst | Ontario | 170 km north of Toronto | 1940-1946 |
21 (F) | Espanola | Ontario | 330 km NNW of Toronto | 1940-1943 |
22 (M) | Mimico | Ontario | 15 km west of Toronto | 1940-1944 |
23 (C) | Monteith | Ontario | 700 km north of Toronto | 1940-1946 |
30 | Bowmanville | Ontario | 65 km ENE of Toronto | 1941-1945 |
31 (F) | Kingston | Ontario | 145 km SSW of Ottawa | 1940-1943 |
32 (H) | Hull | Quebec | 10 km north of Ottawa | 1941-(?) |
33 (F) | Petawawa | Ontario | 130 km WNW of Ottawa | 1942-1946 |
40 (A) | Farnham | Quebec | 50 km ESE of Montreal | 1940-1941 1942-1943 1944-1946 |
42 (N) | Newington (Sherbrooke) | Quebec | 130 km east of Montreal | 1942-1946 |
44 | Feller College / Grande Ligne | Quebec | 275 km northeast of Montreal | 1943-1946 |
45 | Sorel | Quebec | 65 km NNE of Montreal | 1945-1946 |
70 (B) | Fredericton | New Brunswick | 1941-1945 | |
100 (W) | Neys | Ontario | 800 km northwest of Toronto | 1944-1943 1944-1946 |
101 | Angler | Ontario | 800 km northwest of Toronto | 1941-1946 |
130 | Seebe | Alberta | 100 km west of Calgary | 1939-1946 |
132 | Medicine Hat | Alberta | 260 km ESE of Calgary | 1943-1945 |
133 | Ozada | Alberta | 130 km west of Calgary | 1942 |
133 | Lethbridge | Alberta | 160 km southeast of Calgary | 1942-1946 |
135 | Wainright | Alberta | 190 km ESE of Edmonton | 1945-1946 |