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The Ward, c. 1910.Toronto's first Chinatown was situated in The Ward, an area that attracted new immigrants to the city.. Toronto's Chinatown first appeared during the 1890s with the migration of American Chinese from California due to racial conflict and from the Eastern United States due to the economic depression at the time.
Chinese-Vietnamese and mainland Chinese immigrants dominate this neighbourhood. The East Chinatown community was heavily affected leading up to the 2001 by Toronto's bid for the 2008 Olympics and subsequently by the construction of the "Studio District", in South Riverdale next to the Toronto Port Lands. [6]
Toronto is a common stop for Vietnamese monks doing tours in North America. [10] In 1976 Chan Nhu, the first Vietnamese Buddhist group in Toronto, opened. By 1992 the Vietnamese Zen Meditation Group, a Vietnamese Buddhist Association, had been founded, and there were four Vietnamese Buddhist temples opened: Amida, Hao Nghiem, Linh-Son, and Van Duc.
The restaurant primarily serves Asian fusion dishes, anchored by Chinese cuisine and Canadian ingredients. [5] It also draws upon French and Korean cooking techniques. [6] A core part of the restaurant's menu is its 'Canadian take on traditional Chinese dim sum', serving items such as char siu bao in icing sugar-topped "Mexico buns" and fun guo filled with chicken and black truffle.
Greater Toronto has several cities with concentrated Chinese neighbourhoods and Chinatowns. Toronto's Downtown Chinatown has a high concentration of ethnic Chinese residents and businesses extending along Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue, which was created as a response to the expropriation of the city's First Chinatown.
Toronto band Do Make Say Think have a song titled "Chinatown" on their 2002 album & Yet & Yet. The film Suite Suite Chinatown, directed by Aram Siu Wai Collier, was screened at the 14th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. [17] The Pixar animated short, Bao, was set in Toronto, and included scenes from Toronto's Chinatown. [18]
Chinese communities include Chinatown, Toronto.. According to The Path of Growth for Chinese Christian Churches in Canada by Chadwin Mak, in 1994, there were about 100,000 ethnic Chinese in Scarborough, 65,000 in Downtown Toronto, 60,000 in the eastern portion of the former city of Toronto, 40,000 in North York, and 10,000 in Etobicoke/Downsview.
Jean Bessie Lumb, CM, née Wong (1919–2002) was the first Chinese Canadian woman and the first restaurateur to receive the Order of Canada for her community work. Most notably, she was recognized for her pivotal role in changing Canada’s immigration laws that separated Chinese families and for her contribution in saving Toronto's First Chinatown and Chinatowns in other cities.