This social history of migration from Hiroshima to Canada tells the story of a community that was destroyed in 1942 but remains in the memories of a rapidly decreasing number of senior citizens. It describes the political, economic, and social circumstances that precipitated emigration from Hiroshima prefecture to Canada between 1891 and 1941, and it examines the lives and experiences of those who settled in western Canada.Starting with the history of the feudal fiefs of Aki and Bingo that were merged into Hiroshima prefecture, Ayukawa explains the immigrants' reasons for migration. Interviews with three generations of community members in Canada, as well as with those who never emigrated, supplement research on immigrant labour, the central role of women, and the challenges Canadian-born children faced as they navigated life between two cultures."Hiroshima Immigrants in Canada, 1891-1941" draws on both Japanese- and English-language sources. The author herself is a second-generation member of the community she is writing about. Scholars of Japanese Canadian history and culture, BC history, and diaspora and migration studies will find it informative; general readers will be interested in the cultures in question.