In Canada’s history, Chinese immigrants of all genders and women of all types faced restrictions on the kind of work they could perform. Compare and contrast the restrictions placed on women with...

Running Head: AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESTRICTIONS FACED BY CHINESE IMMIGRANTS AND WOMEN IN CANADA’S HISTORY        1
AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESTRICTIONS FACED BY CHINESE IMMIGRANTS AND WOMEN IN CANADA’S HISTORY        10
AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESTRICTIONS FACED BY CHINESE IMMIGRANTS AND WOMEN IN CANADA’S HISTORY
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Restrictions faced Chinese immigrants in Canada from 1800 to 1939    3
Comparison    6
Brief reasoning of the restrictions    7
Conclusion    9
References    10
Introduction
    Social history sculptures the culture of a nation. The laws made and amended over the time are highly influenced by the historical happenings.Canada’s history has been carved by countless women living in Canada and the Chinese population who immigrated to Canada in the expectation of
ight future and better jobs. This determined group of people continuously questioned the way things were done in Canada that deprived them of their basic rights. Their fight yielded results and several important human rights have now become core Canadian values.Specifically pointing out to the events during 19th century and early 20th centuries, a
ief proceeding will be illustrated in this report.
Restrictions faced Chinese immigrants in Canada from 1800 to 1939
    Chinese settlers were a part of various types of work in Canada such as laundrymen, teamsters, cooks, domestic servants and many more The ChineseCanadian workers lived in poverty-stricken conditions. They had no basic right to be called as citizens of Canada, no right to vote or be a part of the government. This clique was termed as labour class people and was made to do the hazardous and dirty jobs. Chinese settlerswere demonstrated as cheap and easily availablelaboursand were taken advantage because of the economic condition they were in and they accepted of low wages from Canadians. As cited by Ramirez and Chun, (2016) Chineselabourers in Canada was subjected to low wages (on a usual basis workers were paid almost 50% less of what Canadian workman were given for the same work).The jobs done by them and the restrictions are discussed below-
    The Chinese immigrants in mostcities of Canada were primarily involved in doing laundry. In city of Vancouver, the popular Wah Chong laundry started much before the city came into existence in 1886 (Dawson, Fa
okhi, Rowe, Baradaran & Lichti, 2018). Before automatic washing machines were available, laundry was a hard work. First step was boiling the water, then clothes must be scru
ed properly and then shirts are starched in order and smoothly ironed. The Canadians that easily afforded it would send their dirty laundry to be done. White people handed over this work to the Chinese people because it was termed as women's work. In addition, it was not awell-accepted job. Laundry workers worked for 6 hours longcontinuously for a week. They were not paid much from thisasthe payment were much lower, becauseof cutthroat competition from other washhouses. White peoplehad advanced steam laundry machineries that were designed to handlelarge orders offrom several hotels and hospitals. A huge amount of money was required to initiate steam laundries.In addition, the Chinese immigrant workers had less money, so they did the work in the traditional way that is more of hard work and yielded less profit.
    The Chinese immigrants toiled in the gold fields, often on abandoned claims. The Chinese lot worked as cooks in small cafes and restaurants and they were paid much lower considering the work they performed. As they were treated as the labour class people, they had to work as domestic servants. During 1880s the work done byChineseworkers was on the railway. For the next 40 years, Chinese Canadianworkersweredoing the hard labour of constructing a well industrialized economy. Skilled or party-skilled, Chinese workers worked in British Columbia sawmills and canneries and also became gardeners or grocers, pedlars, shopkeepers, and many more.
    According to the Chinese Immigration Act (1885), the Canadian judiciary forced every Chinese immigrant, and their family member, wanting to enter Canada to pay a head tax of $50 (Ramirez & Chun, 2016). The farm labour system was exploitative and dehumanizing both on and off the fields. Many workers became physically ill after...