1. Multiculturalism in British columbia
BC History
Multiculturalism in British columbia

2. “British Columbia is the most ethnically diverse province in Canada
“British Columbia is the most ethnically diverse province in Canada. Almost 30 percent of British Columbians immigrated to B.C. from another country. Just under one-quarter of the people in B.C. are a visible minority. Another five percent of the population is Aboriginal.”
“Multiculturalism is a way of life in B.C. By law, you have to respect other people’s lifestyles, beliefs, religion and culture and they have to respect yours.”
“When you move to B.C., you can continue practising your religious beliefs and cultural traditions. As a member of our ethnically diverse communities, you will also be able to experience the cultural heritage of other people from around the world.” -
So is everyone multicultural and accepting nowadays?

3. Has British Columbia always been a multicultural & accepting province?
British Columbia has not always been a multicultural and accepting province.

4. Multiculturalism or Lack of it
The lack of being an accepting and multicultural province caused a lot of issues for immigrants from all around the world such as the South Asians and the Black Immigrants.
It wasn’t just the immigrants that got affected, even Aboriginals were not treated fairly even though BC was part of their land.

5. Immigration Act, 1869
(Library and Archives Canada. Statutes of Canada. An Act Respecting Immigration and Immigrants, Ottawa: SC Victoria, Chapter 10.)
Continues Journey Regulation Act 1908
(Library and Archives Canada. Statutes of Canada. An Act to Amend the Immigration Act, Ottawa: SC 7-8 Edward VII, Chapter 33)

6. The Chinese Immigrants
Even their cemeteries would be separated from the others
Head Tax put on Chinese immigrants
Chinese cemetery; Kamloops
courtesy of the Kamloops Museum and Archives
(In a strange land : a pictorial record of the Chinese in Canada, )

7. Discriminations towards the Chinese
Newspaper Article #1
(Port Moody, B.C. )
Discriminations towards the Chinese
Newspaper Article #2
 ("No Chinese Wanted Here" from the Whitehorse Star Newspaper
Published June 28, 1902)

8. The Black Immigrants
Mifflin Wistar Gibbs

9. Aboriginals
St. Michael’s Indian Residential School in Alert Bay, British Columbia
Indian Act 1876

10. In Conclusion