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Record of Chinese immigration, by fiscal year, 1886 to 1917

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Record of Chinese immigration, by fiscal year, 1886 to 1917
  Paying tax Exempt from tax Percentage of total arrivals admitted exempt from tax Registration for leave Total revenue
  number % number $
1886 to 1891 4,590 222 4.61 7,041 239,664
1892 3,276 6 0.18 2,168 166,503
1893 2,244 14 0.62 1,277 113,491
1894 2,087 22 1.04 666 105,021
1895 1,440 22 1.50 473 72,475
1896 1,762 24 1.34 697 88,800
1897 2,447 24 0.97 768 123,119
1898 2,175 17 0.78 802 109,754
1899 4,385 17 0.39 859 220,310
1900 4,231 26 0.61 1,102 215,102
1901 2,518 26 1.02 1,204 178,704
1902 3,525 62 1.73 1,922 364,972
1903 5,245 84 1.58 2,044 526,744
1904 4,719 128 2.64 1,920 474,420
1905 8 69 89.61 2,080 6,080
1906 22 146 86.90 2,421 13,521
19071 91 200 68.73 2,594 48,094
1908 1,482 752 33.67 3,535 746,535
1909 1,411 695 33.00 3,731 713,131
1910 1,614 688 29.89 4,002 813,003
1911 4,515 805 15.13 3,956 2,262,056
1912 6,083 498 7.57 4,322 3,049,722
1913 7,078 367 4.93 3,742 3,549,242
1914 5,274 238 4.32 5,450 2,644,593
1915 1,155 103 8.19 4,373 588,124
1916 20 69 77.53 4,064 19,389
1917 272 121 30.78 3,312 140,487
Total 73,669 5,445 6.88 68,525 17,593,056
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17.