The Victorian City · event 5 of 12

1885

The Chinese head tax. Canada imposes a levy on Chinese immigrants alone, rising to $500 by 1903. Full exclusion follows in 1923 and is not repealed until 1947.

The The Victorian City era

  1. 1849
  2. 1850s
  3. 1867
  4. 1884
  5. 1885
  6. 1894
  7. 1898
  8. 1899
  9. 1904
  10. 1918
  11. 1933
  12. 1942

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