1885
Legislation / immigrationSupplement
Canada imposes the Chinese head tax
Canada; Chinese immigrants and families
A race-specific entry tax imposed an additional financial barrier on Chinese immigration. Later increases deepened its burdens before a broader exclusion law replaced it.
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Context / qualification
This entry does not treat later tax increases as having been enacted in 1885.