What is the "head tax"?
Answer: Race-based entry fee charged for Chinese entering Canada.
The head tax was a fee that Chinese immigrants had to pay to enter Canada per Discover Canada.
All answer choices
- Race-based entry fee charged for Chinese entering Canada. (correct answer)
- Fee charged for anyone entering Canada after 1900.
- A tax imposed on beer beginning in 1867.
- Fee charged for moving westward in the early 1900s.
This practice question is based on Discover Canada, the official study guide for the Canadian citizenship test. Brush up on this topic in our History study guide.
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