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Chinese Head Tax
The Chinese head tax was a fixed fee charged to each Chinese person entering Canada. This tax was made after the construction of the Canadian pacific railway because Canadians were afraid that the Chinese would take their jobs. When the tax was first created, it was $50.00, and by the time it was abolished, it was at $500.00. -
Internment of Ukrainian Canadians
The Ukrainian Canadian internment was part of the confinement of enemy aliens in Canada during and for two years after the end of the First World War, under the terms of the War Measures Act. Canada was at war with Austria-Hungary and about 4,000 Ukrainian men and some women and children of Austria-Hungarian citizenship were kept in twenty four internment camps and related work sites also known, at the time, as concentration camps. -
Komagata Maru Incident
The Komagata Maru was a ship that sailed from India to Canada carrying economic migrants who didn't like their living conditions back in India. It was an incident in which the Canadian government denied the Komagatas entrance into Vancouver. This was due to the Asian Exclusion act, this act made it so that a ship coming to Canada could not make any detours if they wanted to be allowed entry. -
Internment of Italian Canadians
The Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King used the War Measure Act to arrest and put people who were Italian descents into camps.The arrest was mainly intended for Italian men, however, some families had to go to camps together. They spent up to two years in these camps and were known as enemy aliens. -
Internment of Japanese Canadians
Beginning after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Canadians of Japanese heritage were taken from their homes and businesses and sent to internment camps. The Canadian government shut down all Japanese-language newspapers, took possession of businesses and personal property, but in order to fund interment, property belonging to Japanese Canadians was sold, including fishing boats, motor vehicles, houses, and personal belongings. -
Refugees being added as an immigration category
Refugees were not a part in any immigration categories until 1969, but this event was barley noticed and went unreported in the media. -
Immigration Act
The Immigration Act of 1976 represented an important shift in Canadian immigration law. It was the first immigration act to clearly outline the fundamental objectives of Canadian immigration policy, and define refugees as a distinct class of immigrants. Nearly all of the committee’s recommendations were accepted by the government and incorporated into the Immigration Act. -
Creation of Immigration Catagories
The immigration act made many differant catagories for refugees, some of which are:
ARC: Authorization to Return to Canada
PRTD: Permanent resident travel document
RHB: Rehabilitation
SV: Status Verification
TRP: Temporary Resident Permit -
Singh Decision
Satnam Singh came to Canada from India seeking refugee status, but Canada's government rejected his case under the immigration act. They did not let him state his case or his appeal to the government on his case. The supreme court of Canada said that this violated section 7 of the charter of rights and freedoms, which said, "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice." -
Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is an Act of the Parliament of Canada, passed in 2001, which replaced the Immigration Act, 1976 as the primary federal legislation regulating immigration to Canada. The IRPA creates a high-level framework detailing the goals and guidelines the Canadian government has set with regards to immigration into Canada by foreign residents.
