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Chinese Immigration in Canada - Coggle Diagram
Chinese Immigration in Canada
War
-About 400 Chinese-Canadians fought in the war.
-In 1948, immigration policies were liberalized because workers were needed after the war.
-Chinese immigrants fought in the war to help convince the Canadian government to give them citizenship/voting rights.
-Chinese people came to Canada to escape civil war in China.
-Canada wanted Chinese soldiers fighting for Canada because they blended in with opposing Japanese soldiers.
Racism
-Chinese were the only ethnic group required to pay a head tax to enter into Canada.
-Chinese were not allowed to vote.
-Called racial slurs like "chink."
-White minors were violent towards Chinese minors.
Chinese workers were paid $1 a day, while white workers were paid $1.50-$2.50 a day.
-Chinese immigrants were given the more dangerous jobs.
Why
-In 1880, Canada began building the Canadian Pacific Railway and needed Chinese immigrants for cheap labour.
-Natural disasters (floods, earthquakes), pushed Chinese out of China.
-In 1858, gold was discovered in B.C., Chinese came to Canada to mine the gold.
-Chinese wanted to come to Canada to reunite with their families that had previously immigrated to Canada.
-China was experiencing crop failure and famine.
Now
-Head tax on Chinese immigrants was removed in 1923.
-Canada revoked the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1947 after pressures from the United Nations.
-1 in 5 Canadians are foreign-born.
-By the end of the 20th century, Canada became one of the largest immigrant/refugee receiving countries in the world.
-Canada is known as one of the most diverse nations in the world.