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Komagata Maru Incident
The Komagata Maru was a ship that set sail from Hong Kong with its destination set to Canada. The boat was from Hong Kong but was filled with Indian men wanting to immigrate to Canada. Upon arrival, they were treated terribly and were racially discriminated. This had forced them to return back to their home country where an altercation happened and caused the death of 22 people and the imprisonment of over 200 passengers. -
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WW1
The first World War had started between the Axis power and the Allies. During this period very little immigration happened in Canada. -
War Measures Act
This was a statue that was adopted by the government during the 2 wars and during the October Crisis in 1980. This Act allowed the government to detain and deport enemy aliens. This included putting them in internment camps and applying rules forcing them to act differently. -
Immigration Change 1914
Immigration into Canada had drastically dropped in 1914. In 1913 before WW1 had initiated, 400 thousand immigrants were accepted into Canada. After the war had started only 150 thousand immigrants had moved to Canada. -
Hutterites Immigration
A group of 4000 German-speaking people called the Hutterites had immigrated to Canada from the USA due to the discrimination they had received in their home country. Despite their lifestyles, they were allowed to live in Canada due to an agreement made in 1899. In Canada, they received much discrimination in Alberta. -
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Immigrant Dismissal
Immigrants were forced to leave their jobs that they got in Canada in order to make positions available for returning soldiers from the War. -
Immigration Act Amendment
After the Winnipeg General Strike, the Canadian government had made changes to the Immigration Act. These changes included the ability to deport any foreign people who did not fit in with society. This mainly included Doukhobors, Mennonites, and Hutterites. -
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Roaring Twenties
This was the period during the 1920s after the first war had ended. During this period Canada had experienced economic growth and immigration rates into the country rose after the war. -
1921 Census
A nationwide census was done and discovered that of the 8 million people living in Canada around 22% of them were immigrants -
Russian Mennonites
Mennonites in communist Russia were facing persicution so in order to prevent this Canada opened its borders and allowed 20,000 Mennonites to enter the country despite their previous decision. -
Opium and Narcotic Drug Act
An amendment to this act was made in 1922 allowing the government to deport any immigrant who was living in the country for 5 years for the possession of illegal substances. This amendment was targeted to the Chinese population as they had suffered the most from this. -
Chinese Immigration Act
The Chinese Immigration Act was put into place preventing all Chinese people from immigrating to Canada. This did not include students, children on Canadians, and diplomats. This Act was not argued from any Non-Chinese Canadians. -
Railway Agreement
The Canadian government needed the construction of a railway and allowed immigrants to enter the country in order to help on the project. Over a 3 year period 180,000 immigrants from Europe entered the country in order to help with the project. -
Low Immigration Rates
At this time the immigration rates in Canada had reached an all-time low in the countries history. This was caused by the Great Depression and the second world war. -
Mennonite Immigration
A board had fought for a group of 1000 Mennonites so that they would be allowed to enter the country rather than being deported to Siberia. Eventually after being rejected by several of the prairie provinces, Ontario allowed them to enter the country. -
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The Great Depression
During this period Canada had gone through an economical crisis when the stock market crashed. This led to a lack of jobs and money. -
Asiatic Immigration
An order made by a council ruled that nobody of an Asiatic race is allowed to immigrate to Canada unless they are the wife or child of a previous immigrant. -
Red Raid
The Canadian Government called in a Red Raid when they deported several political leaders of the left-wing. These members were people who were part of political groups on the left side of the political spectrum. Some of these people who were deported were Canadian born citizens. -
Canadian Naturalization
94% of applications for naturalization were refused by the Canadian government. -
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WW2
Canada got involved in a second world war due to its alliance with Great Britain. We were fighting against Germany, Japan, and Italy.
