Labour History - Photographs

Statistical data of South Asian immigration to Canada between fiscal years 1904-1907. The data shows that incoming immigrants rose from 45 in 1904 to 2,623 in 1907.

Photo of Kartar Singh riding a horse cart with wood.

Text written by Kartar Singh Sarabha.

Portrait of Darshan Singh Sangha.

Numerical record of South Asian immigration to Canada. Racist immigration restrictions meant women did not begin arriving in significant numbers until the late 1950s. James G. Chadney, "East Indian immigration to Canada by sex: Adult Female", The Sikhs of Vancouver. AMS Press, 1984, 189. Reprinted in Sarjeet Singh, 1991, 138. more

Seaman labour reports illustration.

Group photo of labourers at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd. (now B.C. Forest Products), Youbou, BC during a day shift. Back Row: Sandager S. Chahl; Harbent S. Sandhu; Rasham S. Atwal; Hazura S. Singh; Sham S. Uppal; Rajmal S. Johal; Hansraj S. Bahala. Front Row: Buran S. Gill; Swarn S. Sihota; Charn S. Attwal; Hardit S. Gill; Santa S. Gill; Gurbux S.Singh.

Racist advertisement against Asians printed by BC's labour newspaper, The British Columbia Federationist, September 11, 1914, 4. more

Photo of Indian immigrants near the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) wharf in Victoria, BC.

Asiatic Exclusion League public meeting invitation published in The Province, August 10, 1907, 9.

Photo of damaged Japanese owned store during Vancouver riot of 1907 - 130 Powell Street.

Aims and objects of the White Canada Crusade by W. R. Page-Wilson and Associates.

Photo of new immigrants of South Asian origin near the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) wharf in Victoria, British Columbia making bricks.

Photo of South Asian men standing on a railway platform next to a Canadian Pacific Railway train. Various bags and bundles are on the ground next to and near the men.

Photo of Ocean Falls on BC's central coast, which was a remote community where South Asians worked in sawmills. more