Chinese head tax happened back in 1885 when the CPR was completed. Every person of chinese origin coming into canada had to pay $50 to enter which increased all the way up to $500 in 1903. Not only did they have to pay to enter canada but they were denied canadian citizenship. In all the canadian federal government collected $23 million off of head tax. I think this was very wrong because they it was only the people of chinese origin that had to pay head tax to enter, and with the chinese labour wages they were making very little and to make $500 they would work for almost 2 years.
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