As Canadians, we cherish our multiculturalism, but it wasn't so long ago that we strictly limited the number of immigrants...unless you were white of course. These limitations extended to Black people, either from the United States or from around the world, with specific language and policies put in place to restrict "any immigrant belonging to the Negro race". One such policy was called the Immigration Act of 1910.
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