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Chinese Immigration to Canada
Racism
Minors were treated poorly by caucasians
They were paid less and used for cheap labor
They got given all the hard jobs during the CPR, like handling explosives.
All the Chinese workers were excluded from the "last Spike" photo of the CPR.
Chinese people were forced to pay to get into Canada
Why Canada?
Chinese people moved to Canada because they couldn't pay the higher tax rates in China after the war against Britian.
Chinese people moved overseas for the gold in Canada.
China had lots of floods and droughts and destroyed homes
and took everything from people.
Too many Chinese people were entering Canada so they started charging them $50 to enter Canada, $50 is now worth about $1300.
Food began to be scarce in China so they needed to move to find resources.
Jobs
They were used as cheap labor to build the CPR.
They were given jobs as coal miners, digging in mines.
They had there own village in Canada called "China Town" where Chinese people could run their own shops, and own stores like laundrymats.
Chinese people teamed up with Canada during war against Japan.
they weren't allowed to work any normal jobs, they had to work for cheap as labourers.
Pros
Chinese people had a major roll in building the CPR.
Moving to Canada benefited many Families.
There was a source of Gold in Canada.
Chinese people were accepted after they helped in the war against Japan.
Chinese people moving to Canada made it more of a diverse country.