Canadian citizenship test practice question · True or false
Chinese workers helped build the Canadian Pacific Railway, and Chinese immigrants later had to pay a Head Tax. The Government of Canada apologized for the Head Tax in 2006.
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Answer: True
Chinese labourers did much of the hard railway work in British Columbia. The federal government formally apologized for the Head Tax in 2006.
Checked November 7, 2026