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In 1885 after the railway was finished and large amounts of cheap labor wasn't
needed, the Canadian government tried to discourage Chinese immigration by
placing a $50 Head Tax on them. In 1900 the tax was raised to$100, and again in
1903 it was raised to $500. The government collected over$23 million dollars from the
Chinese Head Tax
With the outbreak of WWI workers were needed again. In the last 2 years of the
war, Chinese immigrant numbers increased to 4000 a year!
After the war ended and soldiers went back to Canada to look for work, there was
another back lash against the Chinese. The Chinese had moved in owning land
and farms which was a bigger cause for alarm then their sheer numbers
On July 1st, 1923, Canada passed the Chinese exclusion bill, which stopped
Chinese immigration for a quarter of a century, it is known as 'Humiliation Day' In
2006, Stephen Harper gave a formal apology in the house of commons for the Head
Tax and exclusion on the Chinese
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