Komagata Maru- Not-So-Proud

In 1914, a steamship named the "Komagata Maru" had sailed from Honk Kong to Shanghai and then to Vancouver, BC. The Komagata Maru had 356 passengers, 340 of which were Sikhs, 24 Muslims, and 12 Hindus. When the Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouver, BC, from Shanghai it wasn't allowed to dock because the government of Canada had exclusion laws designed to keep out immigrants of the Asian origin. Protest meetings were held throughout North America which was eventually resolved that if the passengers of the ship were not allowed on Canadian soil, the indo-Canadians will go back to India to start a revolution.

This is not a proud moment in Canadian history because it made Canada look like a place where immigrants of the Asian origin are not welcome. It also made Canada look like a place based on ethnicity and discrimination.