immigration laws before 1945

By madisonleeann

  • First immigration act canada's open door policy

    very few restrictions only restrictions:paupers or imfirm people,and criminals

  • The domnion lands' act

    anyone 21 or older who paid 10$got 160 acres of land intern they had to work on 30 acres of it

  • Clifford Sifton

    in 1896, Clifford Sifton, as the new Minister of the Interior, actively pursued immagrants from all parts of Europe to open Canadian West. He simplified the regulations of the Dominion Lands Act ad enabled the immigrants to secure their land more quickly.

  • minister of interior 1905

    frank oliver became minister of interior in 1905

  • immigration act of 1906

    increased government's power to to deport certain classes of individuals and decreased the amount of landing money immigrants neededto have in their possession when they arrived

  • the vancouver riot

    bc tryed to stop immigration of asian people

  • amendment to the immigration act

    the Laurier government made an amendmnent which came in to effect in 1908, was knowen as the "continuous-journey regulation".all would-be immigrants to canada were required to tralvel to canada by continuous passage from their country of origin or citienship.
    no shipping company from india to canada at the time ment no indian immigrants

  • immigration act of 1910

    gave cabniet authority to "exclud immigrants belonging toany race unsuited to the climate or requirements of canada."

  • komagata maru

    in may 1914 .376 east indians (22 returning to canada) arrived in vancouver harborabord the komagata maru hired by a wealthy sikh merchant
    canadians were not happy and denied passangers food, and water

  • British Hindus residing Canada

    The British Hidus residing in Canada were now allowd to bring their wives and children to Canada. The continuous Regulation remained in effect until 1947.

  • Chinease Immigration Act

    In 1923 the government also abolished the head tax. It was replaced with the new Chinease immigration act whose provisions were so broad that chinease immigrants were virtually barred. The date this went into effect was called Humiliation Day. In place until 1947

  • Canadian Pacific agreement

    In 1925 th Canadian government signed an agreement with the Canadian Pacific railway allowing them to recruit cheap forgeign workers . This paved the way for Canada to recieve immagrants from countries previously designated as "non-preferred"