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Chinese Head Tax
The head tax was that any Chinese immigrant coming to Canada had to pay a fee. This was the first condition that discriminated immigrants based on their home country and ethnicity. -
Komagata Maru Incident
Komagata Maru was a ship that carried economic immigrants from Hong Kong to Vancouver in 1914. The passengers were challenging the Continuous Passage regulation. This stated that "immigrants must come from the country of their birth, or citizenship, by a continuous journey and on through tickets purchased before leaving their birth country". This regulation was started to slow the number of Indian immigrants coming to Canada. -
Internment of Ukrainian Canadians
This is when many Ukrainian people were arrested and sent to camps because of their identity. The Canadian government made these arrest due to the War Measures Act. The 'prisoners' had to work as laborers and did not receive money for doing so. This took place because Canada was at war with Germany and Austria-Hungary and Ukraine was apart of it. -
Internment of Italian Canadians
In World War II Italian Canadians were arrested and sent to camps due to the War Measures Act. This started when Italy declared war on Canada. The government seized the property of those imprisoned. Many of the arrested were men but their families came with them. -
Internment of Japanese Candians
Canadians with Japanese descent were moved to the west coast after japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Due to the War Measures Act, men, women, and children were forced to leave everything that they owned except for what they could carry with them. They were then put into camps and were not allowed to leave without permission from the RCMP. The government promised to return their homes and businesses to them but later sold all of those things. -
Refugees being added as an immigration category
In 1976 Canada made refugees one of the immigration categories. This meant that from then on, Canada accepted refugees no matter what instead of by crisis. -
Immigration Act
This act talked about who could be let into Canada to live here. This act started the idea that only specific people who were a threat to other Canadians could be refused entry and not a whole specific group of people. It also created the 4 main classes of immigrants who would be allowed to live in Canada. -
The Singh Decision
April 4th is now known as Refugee Day due to a decision made by the supreme court in 1985. It happened because Satnam Singh was trying to get refugee status in Canada after coming from India but he was turned down under the Immigration Act. Due to the supreme courts view on this, refugees now have the right to a hearing, the Immigration and Refugee Board was started to give those hearings, and the government gives people waiting refugee status the necessities they need. -
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
This act replaced the Immigration Act of 1976. Some objectives were were to save and provide protection to people who are in danger, Affirm Canada's commitments to protect refugees, grant immigrants fair consideration if they feel they are being persecuted, and offer refuge to people facing danger due to their race, religion, political views, or for being apart of a social group. -
Creation of all Immigration Categories
Canada made all the categories for the immigrants it accepted. some of these categories are; Refugees, Economic (workers), Family Class, and Immigrants who are accepted for humanitarian reasons.
