Thank you to all who were able to scan and send their C.I. and Head Tax certificates for the Chinese Canadian Museum Project!

Submissions are now closed.

If you’d like to see the exhibits, be sure to visit these locations before:

August 19th: Lillian Smith Library at 239 College St, Toronto

and

August 30th: Scadding Court Community Centre at 707 Dundas St. W., Toronto

Canada’s troubled colonialist history includes the 1923 Chinese Immigration (Exclusion) Act, which deemed people of Chinese descent “unsuitable for citizenship” and prevented entry into Canada by people of Chinese heritage for 24 years. As a result of the Exclusion Act husbands were separated from wives, parents were separated from their children. It was not until 1967 that race-based discrimination was legally removed

背景信息：
加拿大殖民历史包括1923年实施的《華人移民法》（又称《排华法案》）。该法认为华裔 “不适合入籍”，并在24年间禁止华裔入境加拿大。《排华法案》迫使夫妻、亲子分离。而这样基于种族的歧视直到1967年才被从法条中删除。加拿大殖民歷史包括1923年實施的《華人移民法》（又稱《排華法案》）。該法認為華裔 “不適合入籍”，並在24年間禁止華裔入境加拿大。 《排華法案》迫使夫妻、親子分離。而這樣基於種族的歧視直到1967年才被從法條中刪除。