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Jun 5, 2019 · Vancouver has long been a magnet for immigrants from all over the world. It is one of Canada's most diverse cities and prides itself on its multiculturalism. Immigrants began arriving from...
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Chinese Canadians are a sizable part of the population in Greater Vancouver, especially in the Chinese communities in the city of Vancouver and the adjoining suburban city of Richmond. The legacy of Chinese immigration is prevalent throughout the Vancouver area.
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- 578 Carrall St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K2, Canada
- Getting to Vancouver Chinatown. Address. Chinatown, Vancouver, BC, Canada. If you're staying in Downtown Vancouver, getting to Chinatown is easy: just hop on the Canada Line / Skytrain (Vancouver's rapid transit system) and get off at the Stadium - Chinatown station.
- Vancouver Chinatown Landmarks & Attractions. Address. 26 W Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6B 1R3, Canada. Web Visit website. The Millennium Gate (junction of Taylor Street and Pender Street; pictured) is the grand "entrance" to Vancouver Chinatown.
- Chinatown's Can't-Miss Attraction: Dr. Sun Yat Sen Chinese Garden. Address. 578 Carrall St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K2, Canada. Phone +1 604-662-3207.
- Vancouver Chinatown Shopping. Address. 121 E Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1T6, Canada. Phone +1 778-991-8888. Web Visit website. Shopping in Chinatown is largely focused on Chinese goods and imports, though not exclusively.
Oct 26, 2022 · According to Statistics Canada, the largest non-white ethnic groups in Metro Vancouver are Chinese (comprising 19.6 per cent of the population), South Asian (14.2 per cent) and Filipino (5.5...
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During the late 19th Century, what would come to be known as Vancouver’s Chinatown consisted of roughly 90 Chinese residents in the neighbourhood of Carrall Street and Pender Street, then called Dupont. Many arrived in Vancouver to work at the Hasting Sawmill, or take advantage of lucrative trade opportunities.
The Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouveris founded by merchants Wong Soon King, Lee Kee, Shum Moon, Yip Sang, Leong Suey, and Chow Tong to support Vancouver’s Chinese community. Headquarters are built on Dupont Street.
Chinatown residents number over 1000, mostly in multi-family dwellings and single rooms packed with workers. Businesses including grocery stores, butcher shops, tailors, and saloons, and a 500 seat theatre were built in the neighbourhood to service the community.
Construction of new tenement housing on Carrall Street creates the areas which come to be known as Shanghai Alley and Canton Alley.
A riot headed by Vancouver’s Asiatic Exclusion League between September 7 and September 9 leads to attacks on dozens of Chinese residents, and the damaging of numerous businesses and homes. After order was restored, then Labour Minister William Lyon Mackenzie-King compensates damages to the order of $36,000 to the affected communities.
Chinatown now covers four square blocks between Carrall Street and Main Street, then called Westminster Avenue.
Vancouver’s Chinese population numbers 3,559 making it the largest Chinese population and Chinatown in Canada – a designation it holds to this day.
Construction begins on the Sam Kee, located on Pender Street. After 24 feet of depth is appropriated from the lot by the City of Vancouver, Sam Kee commissions a building designed by architects Brown and Gillam, with a ground floor measuring at a depth of 4 foot 11 inches. Overhanging windows above add depth on the second floor, while basements ext...
Chinatown grows significantly in population and infrastructure, featuring two Chinese theatres, a library, a hospital, six schools. Many benevolent associations and organizations construct their headquarters, using a mixture of Western and Chinese architecture styles.
The Parliament of Canada passed the Chinese Immigration Act, which would come to be known as the Chinese Exclusion Act. This comes to have a heavy impact on Vancouver’s Chinese population.
Today the Chinese are the largest visible ethnic group in Vancouver; the city has a diverse Chinese-speaking community with speakers of several dialects, notably Cantonese and Mandarin. [43] [120] Neighbourhoods with distinct ethnic commercial areas include Chinatown , Punjabi Market , Little Italy , Greektown , and (formerly) Japantown .
The largest non British or Irish ethnic groups situated in Vancouver include Chinese, Indians and Germans . The metropolitan area has one of the most diverse Chinese-speaking communities with several varieties of Chinese being represented.
