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Canada passed its first

Chinese Immigration Act in 1885.

The Chinese Immigration Act (also known as the Chinese Exclusion Act) in 1923, prohibiting almost all Chinese immigration to Canada.

Unable to afford the costly Head Tax fees, most Chinese men could not bring their wives and children to Canada. The result, Chinese Canadian community became a “bachelor society.” Wives and families were separated from their husbands for many years, some were never reunited.

On June 22, 2006, Prime Minister Stephen Harper rose in the House of Commons and apologized for Canada’s treatment of Chinese immigrants between 1885 and 1947.

Where?

why was this an

issue?

-In BC and in canada in

general

-Places where there was an

abundance of chinese people

coming to live there.

Parts of China had hard conditions, making it difficult to live in. Which is one of the reasons they wanted to come to Canada.

why?

Who?

When?

The Chinese head tax was a fixed fee charged to each Chinese person who was entering Canada.

As soon as the CPR was completed in 1885, British Columbia was faced with econmic fall causing lots of unemployment.

Scared, that cheap Chinese labour would take jobs away from whites, various labour groups told the federal government to intervene.

At the same time, many politicians in BC raised alarm about the consequences of uncontrollable Chinese immigration.

Thats when federal government started to limit the Chinese population in Canada

The first wave of Chinese came to Canada in 1858 to pan for gold in BC. Most of these imigrants were young, landless, men. They were here to find gold, also escaping harsh conditions in China

The Canadian government and provinces profited from these taxs. The various head taxes collected over 38 years amassed some $23 million

The next wave of Chinese migrants came to Canada in the 1880s to build the final section of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in BC. Recruited from China, they were given the most dangerous tasks like working with explosives, tunneling and carrying massive rocks. Because of the harsh conditions they faced, about 4 Chinese died for every mile of the CPR. They earned only one dollar a day.

Bibilography

http://www.roadtojustice.ca/laws/chinese-head-tax

http://www.culturalcentre.ca/chinese_albertan_history/policies.htm

http://canadaonline.about.com/od/historyofimmigration/a/chineseheadtax.htm

Socails 11 textbook (crossroads

http://www.cpj.ca/files/docs headtax_kit_no_cover1.pdf

Chinese Head Tax

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