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In 1885, the Parliament of Canada enacted the Chinese Immigration Act
The first immigrants from China
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First Chinese to stay were lured by the Fraser River gold rush
about 17 thousands came to Canada as railway workers between 1870-1885
Chinese immigration
Approximately 4,000 Chinese resided in the new mainland colony of British Columbia
1780
The first immigrants from China arrived in British North America in the 1780s.
They were mostly men, and their numbers were relatively small. In the 1850s, however, much larger numbers began to arrive in the United States and Canada from China. There was both a push factor and a pull factor. The pull factor was the discovery of gold in California in 1849.
1780
1850's
The first Chinese to stay were attracted by the Fraser River Gold Rush. Some of them came with the original gold prospectors from California in 1858; others came from Hong Kong and China.
When the gold rush waned, most people were engaged in placer mining, and they were limited to digging areas that white people thought were no longer profitable. Others offer services such as growing and selling fresh vegetables, chopping firewood, and running laundries and restaurants.
1850
1885's
Chinese Immigration Act
In 1884 it imposed a $10 head tax on all Chinese;
Imposed a $50 head tax on all Chinese entering Canada after I January 1886;
Parliament raised the head tax to $100 in the Chinese Immigration Act of 1900 and to $500 in the Chinese Immigration Act of 1904
1885
1871 to 1885
British Columbia agreed to join the new federation on the condition that Canada built a transcontinental railway connecting Western Canada's west and east. The salary paid by the railway to Chinese workers is only one-fifth of that of white workers engaged in the same work. In 1880, five years before the completion of the railway, Canadian Pacific Railway signed a number of agreements with Chinese labor contractors in Guangdong Province. Initially, over 5000 workers came directly from China through these contracts, while another 7000 Chinese railway workers were recruited from California.
After the completion of the railway, the demand for cheap labor in China sharply decreased. Chinese workers began to compete with white workers Anti China public opinion is beginning to rise.
1871
1950's
1950
1860's
By the summer of 1860, approximately 4,000 Chinese resided in the new mainland colony of British Columbia, but their numbersfluctuated with the prosperity of the mines.
Between 1881 and 1884 as many as 17,000 Chinese came to British Columbia. Over half came directly from China: a substantial portion of the rest from the United States.