Joe was born to Gilberta (Cabral) and Manuel Camara on March 16th, 1949 in Sao Miguel Acores in Portugal. He was the oldest of three. At the young age of 12 he left Sao Miguel and his family to travel by boat to mainland Portugal where he studied at Bom Jesus de Braga Seminary, in Braga until the age of 19. After graduating in 1968 he travelled on his own to meet his parents and siblings, Irene (Camara) Kivlichan (Robert) and Louis Camara (Rose) in Brampton, Ontario, Canada where they had already immigrated.

He worked at Northern Telecom as a supervisor for a while until he earned his real estate license in 1971. He married the love of his life, Lucy (Da Luz) Camara whom he met at the first real estate brokerage he worked for, Fernandes Real Estate. They married in July of 1974. Their first daughter, Jennifer (Camara) Rodrigues was born in 1976. Two years later they had their second daughter, Amy (Camara) De Frenza and also opened his own real estate company, Flower City Realty in downtown Brampton. In 1980, they had their last child, their son Jason Camara.

Joe was a pioneer in his field, working at several brokerages over his career. However, over the last 20 years, he worked side-by-side with his son at Re/Max Realty Services. He was a mentor, educator and leader who was respected and revered by everyone he encountered. In the 52 years of his career, he helped many people and gained many beautiful friends whom he cherished immensely. He was a social butterfly and found joy serving his community by serving his church and the Portuguese Community Centre for many years.

As much as he enjoyed his career, his greatest love was his family; his wife of more than 48 years, whom he adored, his three children, whom he was always proud of, their spouses, Manny Rodrigues (Jennifer), Tony De Frenza (Amy) and Elizabeth Camara (Jason), whom he treated and loved like his own and his six beautiful grandchildren, Olivia, Lucas, Nicholas, Alessandra, Anabelle and Rocco; they were the light of his life.

Joe is predeceased by his parents and leaves behind his two siblings. He was a caring uncle to all of his nieces and nephews. Although he suffered many health challenges since the age of 50, he never lost his great sense of humour or his eternal optimism. His positivity and joy for life was infectious and set an example that we all try to live up to.

He will be greatly missed by all that knew him and never forgotten by his family who will love and adore him until the end of time. His legacy will live on forever.