sent to Nova Scotia after the American Revolution , several hundred arrived before and after the war in what would become known as Upper Canada
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Chinese immigration
Chinese migrants had to pay a $50 "entry" or "head" tax before being admitted into Canada.
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Black immigration
Between 1800 and 1865, approximately 30,000 Black people came to Canada via the Underground Railroad
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Historical discrimination
Jewish students were prohibited from studying at Canadian universities, depicted immigrants as poor, illiterate, diseased, morally lax, politically corrupt and religiously deficient.
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womens rights
the right to vote in provincial and federal elections, the right to own property, the right to earn a fair wage, and finally, the right to be recognized as “persons” under the law.
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religious minorities immigration 1900 - 1970
**Roman Catholic minority in a predominantly Protestant Canada-West**.