C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. The subject was en route to Canada as the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act was coming into force, and permitted entry under its Section 41. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the Act.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions. C.I.9 annotation relates to travel.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. C.I.44 annotation on the back relates to registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. C.I.44 annotation on the back relates to registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

This record was found among the belongings of WONG Mow, a tailor who ran his own shop in Vancouver’s Chinatown.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

This record was found among the belongings of WONG Mow, a tailor who ran his own shop in Vancouver’s Chinatown.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. The subject was en route to Canada as the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act was coming into force, and permitted entry under its Section 41. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. An annotation relates to a legal matter.

This record was found among the belongings of WONG Mow, a tailor who ran his own shop in Vancouver’s Chinatown.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. An annotation relates to a legal matter.

This record was found among the belongings of WONG Mow, a tailor who ran his own shop in Vancouver’s Chinatown.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

This record is in the archives of the Wongs' Benevolent Association located in Vancouver’s Chinatown; the subject was likely a member and received services there. Clan and village based societies were established throughout the diaspora to provide mutual aid among early overseas Chinese.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada.

This record is in the archives of Wong Kim Sing, a merchant associated with Vancouver's Chinatown.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

This record was found among the family papers of Tom Wing Shung.

C.I.5 certificate issued to a Chinese subject entering Canada. This early version of the certificate was in use from 1885 to 1911. It was redesigned in 1912 to include photo identification, and to make payment or exemption from payment of the head tax more clear. The subject was exempt from paying the head tax under classification as a merchant’s daughter.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. The subject was en route to Canada as the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act was coming into force, and permitted entry under its Section 41.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued to a Chinese subject entering Canada. This early version of the certificate was in use from 1885 to 1911. It was redesigned in 1912 to include photo identification, and to make payment or exemption from payment of the head tax more clear. The subject paid the head tax.

In 1913, the subject reported this certificate as lost or destroyed, and a C.I.28 certificate was issued to replace it. This certificate was found among the private papers of the Chack (Jack) Nam Yipp family.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

This certificate was found among the private records of QUAN Yuen Yen, a businessman associated with Victoria.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

This certificate was found among the records of QUAN Yuen Yen, a businessman associated with Victoria’s Chinatown.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions. C.I.9 annotation relates to travel.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Annotation on the back relates to registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. The subject was en route to Canada as the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act was coming into force, and permitted entry under its Section 41. An annotation on the back relates to issue of a C.I.45 certificate instead of the registration stamp in fulfillment of Section 18 of the Act. Additional stamps relate to travel and/or other functions.

C.I.5 certificate issued to a Chinese subject entering Canada. This early version of the certificate was in use from 1885 to 1911. It was redesigned in 1912 to include photo identification, and to make payment or exemption from payment of the head tax more clear. The subject paid the head tax.

C.I.5 certificate issued in receipt of the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.