Insights and Stories on Sugar Beets

Art Miki's family was removed from B.C. to a Manitoba sugar beet farm in 1942. Today, Miki is an Order of Canada and Order of Manitoba recipient and the author of Gaman - Perserverance. Photo: Supplied

The forced Japanese-Canadian farmers of the Second World War

Nov. 10, 2025 at 5:14 pm CST

Manitoba’s sugar beet farms drew on displaced Japanese-Canadians from B.C. during the Second World War

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