canadian immigration law before 1945

By mitchell.b

  • canada's open door policy

    it rejected criminals and paupers or inferm people
    encouraged immigration to canada
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    canadian immigration laws

  • the dominion lands act

    this one gave a quater section pf free land to anyone 21 and over for 10 dollars. the settlers had to live on this land for three years.

  • clifford siffton

    he was the new minister of the interior,actively pursed immigrants from all parts of europe.dominion lands of act enabled immigrants to secure their land more quickly.

  • frank oliver became in minister of the interior in 1905

    his first act was establish a canadian immigrant act known as the immigration act of1906.it increased the goverments power to deport certain classes of individuals and decreased the ammount of landing money.

  • vancouver riot

    the vancouver riot brought about demands from british columbia for the goverment to put measures in place to stop the immigration of asian people.

  • kinds findings

    as a result of the kings findings, the laurier goverment made an important amendment to the immigration act.this amendment, which came into effect in 1908, was known as the ''continous-journey regulation''.

  • immigration act of 1910

    this gave the cabinet the authority to ''exclude immigrants belonging to any race unsuited to the climate or requirements of canada''.

  • the continuous-journey regulation

    the continuous-journey to regulation and other barries to east indian immigration did not go unchallenge.the most dramatic challenge occurred in vancouver in may 1914 when 374 east indians arrived in vancouver harbour aboard the komagata maru,a japenese tramp steamer hired by a wealthy sikh merchant,

  • amendment to the immigration act

    allowed goverment to bar entry to specified groups of Doukhobours, mennonites, and hutterites.

  • immigration board of enquiry

    federal goverments finally allowed ''british hindus residing in canada'' with family and their children.

  • Mackenzie King

    in 1923 Mackenzie King change the law so that hutterites and other people could come to Canda.

  • German immigration

    allies lifted restriction of German immigarnts

  • new Chinese immigration act

    Canadian government abolished the head tax which had been placed on chinese immigrants.
    replaced with a new chinese immigration act; it made Chinese immigrants not allowed into Canada.
    Called "Humiliation Day" by the Chinese; it was in effect until1947.

  • Canadian railway agreement

    they wanted cheap foreign workers. immigrants from non perferred countries such as poland.

  • great depression

    During the depression to deprt approximately 30,000 immigrants were with public charge. Prime Minister King was sympethetic to refugees but he was interested in keeping Canada united.

  • Immigration laws after 1945

    the slump in immigration which occured after the first world war did not occur in 1945. Canada enjoyed a period of prospertity

  • Canadian Citizenship Act

    Canada resulted in the canadian citizenship act of 1947 on January 1. it provided for the conferring of a common Canadian citizenship on all Canadians.