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Chinese head tax
The Chinese head tax was a fixed fee charged to each Chinese person entering Canada. It was meant to discourage Chinese people from coming into Canada. The tax was abolished by the Chinese immigration act of 1923. -
Internment of Ukrainian Canadians
Canada was ar war with Austria and Hungary and about 4000 Ukrainian men. Children were held in internment camps and concentration camps. Lots were paroled from camps in 1916-1917 to become paid workers. -
Komagata Maru incident
The komagata Maru incident wa a Japanese steamship that was carrying a group of citizens trying to immigrate into Canada. The steamship was carrying 352 passengers from Punjab, Brithish India. Of them 24 of them were admitted to Canada, and the ship was forced back to India. -
Internment of Italian Canadians
The Italian Canadian internment began when Italy declared war on Canada on June 10,1940. About 500 men and 4 women were considered enemy aliens. And 100 Italian seamen who were in Canada were also subjected the to internment. -
Internment of Japanese Canadians
It began after the attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7,1941 and lasting till 1949. Canadians of Japanese decent were removed from their homes and businesses to be sent to internment camps. All their belongings were sold even though they were told they weren't going to be. -
Creation of immigration categories
It is when people migrate into Canada. Most of these individuals become Canadian citizens after living in Canada for a while. There was major changes in law whith the Immigration act in 1976, the immigration and refugee protection act in 2002. In Canada there is four categories of immigrants family class, economic immigrants, other people accepted into Canada, and refugees. -
Immigration act
People who could have welfare or healthy would be refused entry. It created four more classes of immigrants to come to Canada, refugees, families, assisted relatives, and independent immigrants. Independent immigrants had to take part in the point system to get in to Canada. -
Singh decision
The decision is Satam Singh came to Canada from India looking for refugee status. Canada's government rejected him under the immigration act 1976. The government claimed that they do not have any status within the country. -
Immigration and refugee protection act
It is an act of the parliament of Canada which replaced immigration act,1976. It creates a high level framework detailing the goals and guidelines the Canadian government has set to immigration into Canada. The immigration and refugee protection regulations contain the laws to fit within the immigration and refugee protection act. -
Refugees being added as an immigration category