Major immigration events in canada

  • Chinese Head Tax

    Chinese Head Tax
    Canada discouraged immigration from Asia, so they made chinese immigrants pay a fixed fee
  • Komagata maru

    Komagata maru
    Canada only let indian immagrants in if they sailed one way from india to canada because no ship service offered this.
  • Internment of Ukrainian Canadians

    Internment of Ukrainian Canadians
    Canadian people of Ukrainian and German descent were arrested and taken to camps. They could only take what they could carry, the rest of their possessions were taken and sold.
  • Internment of the Italian Canadians

    Internment of the Italian Canadians
    Italian descended people were arrested an put in camps with only the belongings they could carry.
  • Internment of the Japanese Canadians

    Internment of the Japanese Canadians
    Moved japanese to west cost could only bring what they could carry.
  • Immigration Act

    Immigration Act
    No immigrants were allowed with suspicion of opposing the government or espionage.
  • Refugees being added as an Immigration Category

    Refugees being added as an Immigration Category
    Change to the act that meant they would only take refugees in steadily instead of in times of tragedy.
  • Singh Decision

    Singh Decision
    Canadian courts did not let a refugee go to court to claim his refugee status.
  • Immigration and Refugee Protection Act

    Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
    Establishes categories of who can come to Canada to make permanent homes.
  • Creation of the Immigration Categories

    Creation of the Immigration Categories
    Specifies the categories of immigrants and who qualifies as each category