Immigration Laws for the past century

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    Immigration Laws

  • Immigration Act

    Immigration Act
    All Immigrants of Asiatic Origen were required to have $200 in their position before entering Canada. Meanwhile, other immigrants only had to have $25 to enter Canada.
  • Immigration Act Amendment

    Immigration Act Amendment
    The Government made new restrictive regulations in response to social and economic turmoil. Following the first world war, there was a widespread fear of communism and suspension in enimy imagrents.
  • The Chinese Immigration act of 1885

    The Chinese Immigration act of 1885
    This was the first piece of Canadian Legislation Law to exclude immigrants from there ethnic origin. Each person that was Chinese seeking to enter Canada had to pay a duty of $50