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March 8, 2014
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Anti-Chinese Legislations in Canada before 1947

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After the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, Canada no longer needed Chinese labour. This was compounded by tremendous resentment in the majority of the Canadian population as the Chinese were willing to work more for less money. In response to these anti-Chinese sentiments, the federal government passed a series of legislation in an effort to deter Chinese from entering Canada. The two most notable acts were the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 and the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923. These imposed quotas and a Head Tax on Chinese, and other Asian, immigrants.

Because of Chinese Canadians' contribution in World War II, and the fact that those anti-Chinese legislation were against the United Nations Charter, Canada slowly repealed all anti-Chinese legislations in Canada, starting in 1947.




  • History of Canada

  • Chinese Canadian

  • History of Chinese immigration to Canada

  • Institutional racism

  • Head Tax

  • Chinese Immigration Act of 1923


Category:Canadian history
Category:Canadian law
category:Human migration

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Anti-Chinese Legislations in Canada before 1947".


Last Modified:   2005-04-13


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