▁and ▁also ▁one ▁of ▁Japanese ▁national s . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁there ▁are ▁about ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁Japanese ▁Canad ians ▁in ▁Toronto . ▁Adam ▁Mc D ow ell ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Post ▁stated ▁that ▁Toronto ' s ▁Japanese ▁community ▁was ▁" ne ver ▁very ▁large ▁compared ▁to , ▁say , ▁the ▁Chinese ▁or ▁Italian ▁communities ". ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁mid - 2 0 1 0 s , ▁Toronto ▁has ▁a ▁Little ▁Japan , ▁which ▁was ▁formerly ▁the ▁city ' s ▁first ▁Ch in at own . ▁ ▁History ▁Two ▁sil k ▁workers , ▁Ken ji ▁I sh ik awa ▁and ▁Sh iges ab uro ▁U bu k ata , ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁City ▁of ▁Toronto ▁Directory ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 7 ; ▁they ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁persons ▁of ▁Japanese ▁her itage ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁this ▁directory . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁only ▁six ▁Japanese ▁families ▁in ▁Toronto ▁until ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁when ▁Japanese ▁Canad ians ▁were ▁moved ▁from ▁the ▁Pacific ▁Coast ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II . ▁The ▁population ▁of ▁Japanese ▁Canadian ▁individuals ▁in ▁Toronto ▁increased ▁to ▁ 5 , 0 0 0 ▁by ▁ 1 9 4 7 . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁E to b ico ke , ▁Sc ar borough , ▁and ▁other ▁sub urban ▁areas ▁in ▁Gre ater ▁Toronto ▁received ▁eth nic ▁Japanese ▁coming ▁from ▁western ▁Canada . ▁ ▁By ▁ 2 0 1 3