What is Head tax (Canada)?
{{no sources|date=March 2024}} The '''Chinese head tax''' was a fixed fee charged to each [[Chinese people|Chinese]] person entering [[Canada]]. The head tax was first levied after the Canadian [[parliament]] passed the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885. It was meant to discourage Chinese people from entering Canada after the completion of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]]. The tax was abolished by the Chinese Immigration Act of 19. That act stopped all Chinese [[immigration]] excep business people, clergy, educators, student, and other categories. [[Category:Taxation in Canada]] [[Category:19th century in Canada]] [[Category:Migration laws]]