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Head tax certificate for Chong Do Dang.

Title

Head tax certificate for Chong Do Dang.

Subject

Canada, history, law, immigration, Chinese head tax

Description

This document is a head tax certificate issued to Chong Do Dang, age 10. Once a Chinese migrant paid the required head tax, the individual would be issued a certificate like this one.

Creator

Sam (family) 1881

Publisher

Library and Archives Canada, http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=106579
Library and Archives Canada (LAC): https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/chinese-canadians/021022-119.01-e.php?&document_id_nbr=21&interval=9&q1=Document&page_sequence_nbr=1&&page_id_nbr=151&&&PHPSESSID=pmk61dd0si7oi8s3duvd85nf16

Date

11 February, 1922

Rights

Public domain
Sam (family)
Library and Archives Canada

Format

image file/jpeg

Language

English

Type

Document

Identifier

MIKAN no. 106579

Original Format

paper

Files

chang dong dang head certificate tax.jpg
head tax side 2.jpg

Collection

Citation

Sam (family) 1881, “Head tax certificate for Chong Do Dang.,” Exhibits, accessed November 24, 2024, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/2224.