C.I. Certificates Collage
Archives of the Chinese Canadian Military Museum.
The Chinese Exclusion Act required all Chinese in Canada, including Canadian-born Chinese to register for C.I. Certificates. Failure to produce a C.I. Certificate could result in detention, fines or imprisonment. Collage of C.I. 5, C.I. 30, C.I. 44 and C.I.45 Certificates (front row: Peggy Wong, Bing Tong Wong, Marion Laura Mah back row: Chou Heun Wong, Jack Sing Mew)