Canada--Emigration and immigration--History
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Group photo of Sikh emigrants on arrival in Vancouver, BC.
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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.
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Mugshot of Husain Rahim.
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Photo of South Asian immigrants at CPR Pier, Vancouver.
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Photo of Indian immigrants near the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) wharf in Victoria, BC.
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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.
2021_02_007.pdf
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Certificate of Registration of Indar Singh. Includes a picture of Indar Singh. Route: Emp. Japan.
2021_02_006.pdf
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Certificate of Registration of Juarkor, Ajaeb Singh, and Gur Bakhsh Singh [the children of Indar Singh and Basant Kaur]. Includes three pictures of the children. Route: Emp. Japan.
2021_02_005.pdf
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Certificate of Registration of Basant Kaur. Includes a picture of Basant Kaur and a child. Route: Emp. Japan.
2023_22_04_016.pdf
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A colonial history of displacement written by Dr. Sarah Beaulieu, originally published in A Social History of South Asians in British Columbia.