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The Chinese Immigration Act, 1885 was an act of the Parliament of Canada that placed a head tax of $50 (equivalent to $1,749 in 2023) on all Chinese immigrants entering Canada. It was based on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Chinese Immigration, which were published in 1885.
Following the Royal Commission was the passing of the first Chinese Immigration Act on 20 July 1885, which looked at the recommendations made by Chapleau and Gray. A head tax of $50 was set, much higher than the $10 suggested in the commission, intending to be an obstacle for entry to Canada.
In 1885, the Government of Canada passed the Chinese Immigration Act, 1885, levying a 'Head Tax' of $50 on any Chinese coming to Canada, thereby making Chinese people the only ethnic group to pay a tax in order to enter Canada. [1] What's more is that, well before the 1885 Act, a series of Chinese tax acts were passed in British Columbia. [13]
Head tax receipt. The head tax was introduced in 1885, as a means of controlling Chinese immigration. The Chinese head tax was a fixed fee charged to every Chinese person entering Canada. The head tax was first levied after the Canadian parliament passed the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 and it was meant to discourage Chinese people from ...
Before 1923, Chinese immigration was heavily controlled by the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885, which imposed an onerous head tax on all immigrants from China.. After various members of the federal and some provincial governments (especially British Columbia) put pressure on the federal government to discourage Chinese immigration, the Chinese Immigration Act was passed.
Chinese Exclusion Act – (United States) China exclusion policy of NASA, 2011 – (United States) Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 – Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 – Definitions of whiteness in the United States; Eugenics in the United States; Geary Act; Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965; Magnuson Act
Texas Senate Bill 147, which would bar Chinese citizens from buying property, evokes for critics a history of anti-Asian discrimination facilitated by laws.
The growing sinophobia was reflected in 1882 when the United States Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, ceasing Chinese immigration. [2] In the Humboldt Bay area, the logging industry drew Chinese laborers, who formed a Chinatown in Eureka around Fourth and E streets. By 1880 the Chinese population in Eureka was reported to be 96. [3]