1908 - With agreement from Japan, the government of Canada limited the number of male immigrants to 400 per year. No limits applied to women and children.
1928 - The restriction on immigration was changed to 150 persons annually, a quota that was rarely met.
The early immigrant population was mostly young males. Although in 1908 the number of Japanese men who could immigrate to Canada was limited to 400 yearly, there was no limit on women.
Early History - Picture Brides
Through the exchange of photographs and letters, single men arranged for brides from Japan. These “picture brides” began arriving in 1908 and at their peak in 1913 some 300 to 400 came to Canada
Picture brides en route to Canada in 1915. Husbands, whom they had never met, were usually older and less educated.(photo: Toyo Takata, Toronto)
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