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Chinese Head Tax
The Chinese Head Tax was levied on Chinese immigration to Canada between 1885 and 1923, under the Chinese Immigration -
Komagata Maru Incident
The SS Komagata Maru was a chartered ship featured in a dramatic challenge to Canada’s former practice of excluding immigrants from India. .The SS Komagata Maru was a chartered ship featured in a dramatic challenge to Canada’s former practice of excluding immigrants from India. lt proved to be a bitter and tragic experience for the passengers, first in an unsuccessful and eventually physical confrontation with officials, police and the military at the Port of Vancouver. -
Interment of Italian Canadians
Italian-Canadian internment began when Italy declared war on Canada on June 10, 1940. Days later, Minister of Justice, Ernest Lapointe, signed the order that resulted in labeling thousands of Italian-Canadians as enemy aliens". Habeas corpus was suspended, and about 500 men 198 of them from Montreal and four women were eventually interned as enemy aliens. In addition, 100 Italian seamen, who were in Canadian waters on 10 June 1940, were also subject to internment -
Internment of Japanese Canadians
Japanese Canadian Interment was the detainment of Japanese Canadians following the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong and Malaya and attack on Pearl Harbor, and the subsequent Canadian declaration of war on Japan during World War 2. This forced relocation subjected Japanese Canadians to government enforced curfews and interrogations, in additions to job and property losses. -
Creation of Immigration Categories
The Immigration Act 1976, in Canada was insured in 1978 by the Parliament of Canada. It focused on who should be allowed into Canada, not on who should be kept out -
Immigration Act
The Immigration Act. 1976, in Canada was insured in 1978 by the Parliament of Canada. It focused on who should be allowed into Canada, not on who should be kept out. The act came into force in 1978, along with new immigration regulations. This act gave power to the provinces to set their own immigration laws and defined " prohibited classes" in much boarder terms. -
Refugees being added as an immigration catergory
On 4 June 1969, Canada belatedly signed the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 18 years after it was adopted by the United Nations, and 15 years after it entered into force. In the 40 years since Canada became a party to the Refugee Convention, it has gained the enviable reputation of being a world leader in protecting refugees. In fact, there has been good and bad in Canadian responses to refugees, both before and after signing the Refugee Convention -
Singh Desicion
In Canada, April 4 is known as Refugee Rights Day, following a 1985 Supreme Court decision known as the Singh decision. Satnam Singh came to Canada from India seeking refugee status. Canada's government rejected his case under the Immigration Act, 1976. -
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act dates from 2002. It is the most recent of many laws Canada has had about immigration since it became a country in 1867. It establishes categories of who can come to Canada from other countries to make permanent homes here. -
Interment of Ukrainian Canadians
The Ukrainian Interment was a part of the confinement of enemy aliens in Canada during and for two years after the end of the first World War, lasting 1914 to 1920, under the terms of Measure Act.Canada was at war with Austria-Hungary and about 4,000 Ukrainian men and some women and children of Austro-Hungarian citizenship were kept in twenty-four internment camps and related work sites – also known, at the time, as concentration camps.Their savings were confiscated until they were released.
