Chinese Immigration Act, 1923

Chinese Immigration Act, 1923
Parliament of Canada
Enacted by14th Canadian Parliament
Commenced1 July 1923
Repealed14 May 1947
Repeals
Repealed by
Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946
Status: Repealed

The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, also known as the "Chinese Exclusion Act" (the duration of which has been dubbed the Exclusion Era),[1] was a Canadian Act of Parliament passed by the government of Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada.[2][3] Immigration from most countries was controlled or restricted in some way, but only the Chinese were completely prohibited from immigrating to Canada.

The act was repealed in May 1947 after World War II, due to Canada having been a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

  1. ^ "Chinese Canadian Recognition and Restitution Act". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons, Canada. 2005-04-18. p. 1100.
  2. ^ Stoke, Harold W. (1933). "Some Problems of Canadian Federalism". American Political Science Review. 27 (5): 806. doi:10.2307/1946903. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1946903. S2CID 147095086.
  3. ^ "Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21". pier21.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-06.