C.I.28 certificate issued to replace a lost or destroyed C.I.5 certificate. The original C.I.5 certificate was issued related to 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.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under 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.45 certificate issued as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. The subject was an immigrant; it is possible that she had lost her entry certificate for the registration stamp. It is otherwise unclear why this certificate was issued which relates to Canadian-born subjects.

C.I.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.28 certificate issued to replace a lost or destroyed C.I.5 certificate. The original C.I.5 certificate was issued related to 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.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.36 certificate issued in exchange for a C.I.5 certificate issued before 1912 that had no photograph. The original C.I.5 certificate was issued related to 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.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.36 certificate issued in exchange for a C.I.5 certificate issued before 1912 that had no photograph. The original C.I.5 certificate was issued related to 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.30 certificate issued to a subject entering Canada belonging to a class with exemption from paying the head tax. Registration stamp on the back relates to Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.30 certificate issued to a subject entering Canada belonging to a class with exemption from paying 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. 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.

C.I.36 certificate issued in exchange for a C.I.5 certificate issued before 1912 that had no photograph. The original C.I.5 certificate was issued related to 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.

The identity (name) of the certificate subject was acquired by the photographed subject to come to Canada.

C.I.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. The certificate was issued upon the subject’s return to Canada while being abroad in 1923/24.

C.I.45 certificate issued as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act. The subject was an immigrant with an entry certificate available for the registration stamp; it is unclear why this certificate was issued which relates to Canadian-born subjects.

C.I.36 certificate issued in exchange for a C.I.5 certificate issued before 1912 that had no photograph. The original C.I.5 certificate was issued related to 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.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

This certificate and the identity of its subject were acquired by another to come to Canada.

C.I.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act.

C.I.45 certificate issued to a Canadian-born subject as proof of registration under 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.10 certificate issued to a Chinese person wishing to enter the United State as evidence of their membership to an exempt class. The U.S. had its own Chinese Exclusion Act (An act to execute certain treaty stipulations related to Chinese) in force from 1882 to 1943, prohibiting entry of Chinese labourers. The C.I.10 certificate was issued by the Government of Canada in compliance with its Section 6.

C.I.36 certificate issued in exchange for a C.I.5 certificate issued before 1912 that had no photograph. The original C.I.5 certificate was issued related to 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 item is among records transferred to the BC Archives of individuals who died intestate, with no known spouse or children in Canada.

Report of coroner's inquiry concerning the death and burial of Lee Ting. This item is among records transferred to the BC Archives of individuals who died intestate, with with no known spouse or children in Canada.

Translation of the will left by the late Leong Dak as made by Mar Jok and Mar Fee. This item is among records transferred to the BC Archives of individuals who died intestate, with with no known spouse or children in Canada.

List of widow and children entitled to the estate of Leong Dak in accordance with the Succession Duty Act of British Columbia. This item is among records transferred to the BC Archives of individuals who died intestate, with with no known spouse or children in Canada.

C.I.28 certificate issued to replace a lost or destroyed C.I.5 certificate. The original C.I.5 certificate was issued related to the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada.

This record was found among the private papers of Gee Huey Fai.

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.28 certificate issued to replace a lost or destroyed C.I.5 certificate. The original C.I.5 certificate was issued related to 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 certificate was found among the records of QUAN Yuen Yen, a businessman associated with Victoria's Chinatown.

Declaration of intention of Wong Mow under regulation 1 of the Canadian Citizenship Act.

Series consists of Chinese Immigration (C.I.) registration and identification certificates related to implementing Canada’s Chinese Immigration Act that was law from 1885 to 1947, with amendments made in 1887, 1892, 1900, 1903, and 1923. Certificates were first issued to register and identify Chinese persons entering Canada. This function was expanded with the 1923 amendment requiring registration and identification of all Chinese persons residing in the country, immigrant and Canadian-born.

The series includes the most common C.I. certificates issued before the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act banned practically all further Chinese entry, therefore commonly known as the Chinese Exclusion Act:
-The C.I.5 certificate issued in relation to the head tax payment required for Chinese entry to Canada, commonly known as the head tax certificate. Early versions of the certificate in use before 1912 are present.
-C.I.36 certificate issued in exchange for a C.I.5 certificate issued before 1912 that had no photograph.
-C.I.30 certificate issued to a Chinese person entering Canada belonging to a class with exemption from paying the head tax.
-C.I.28 certificate issued to replace a lost or destroyed C.I.5 or C.I.30 certificate.

The series includes a large number of C.I.45 certificates created in 1923 and 1924. The certificate was used to implement Section 18 of the 1923 Chinese Immigration Act that required the registration of all Chinese residing in Canada within twelve months. It was issued as proof of registration of a Canadian-born Chinese who did not possess an entry certificate for the registration stamp.

Also included in the series are samples of lesser-known C.I. certificates and records, including the C.I.4, C.I.10, C.I.18 and C.I.18a, C.I.46, and C.I.50.

The series includes a small number of N.F.63 certificates related to Chinese entry to the Dominion of Newfoundland. Newfoundland’s Act Respecting the Immigration of Chinese Persons (commonly known as the Newfoundland Chinese Immigration Act) was in force from 1906 until Newfoundland and Laborador joined Confederation in 1949.

A small number of certificates relates to birth in Canada, travel documentation, registration as overseas Chinese with the Chinese government, and Canadian citizenship received following the repeal of the Chinese Immigration Act in 1947.