Examples Of Biases In Canada

Biases are based on preconceived ideas and notions towards a specific group of people. These bias are in fact prejudice in nature and exemplifies the idea of supremacy. Sometimes these bias become an integral part of our society. This is evident when a leader of a first world nation could make a travel ban, banning immigration from a specific nation because of religion or ethnic background. As a society we retain these bias because of historical circumstances or ignorance. In Canada this is relevant due to historical circumstances as well as ignorance. From 1962 to 1885, Canada’s immigration law was cited to be extremely racist and blatant. In 1885 Canada imposed a Chinese Immigration Act. This Act was “referred to as a “head tax” on Chinese immigrants”(Taylor, K.W, 1991). This would mean that each Chinese person entering the country would have to pay a fee. At the time of imposing the tax it was $50. This rose to $500 around 1904. However, this wasn’t the worst of the Canadian immigration law. In 1906, Canada imposed the following regulations basically targeting non-European, disabled and non white members of …show more content…
Canada has one of the highest “per-capita” immigration rates in the world. (Tepperman, J., 2017) For comparison purposes this is three times higher than the United States. Canada has twice as many immigrants compared to the United States and that figure is growing. Half of Canadian immigrants arrive into the country with a college degree compared to just “27 %“ in the United States. (Tepperman, J., 2017) Immigrant children in Canada also read at the same educational level as there native born counterparts. The United States has a way wider gap when it comes to reading levels of native born and immigrant populations. With lower birth rates and an aging workforce, immigration is expected to account for nearly all of Canada’s immigration