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The Toronto Chinese Business Association, which represents ethnic Chinese businesspersons in the Toronto area, had about 1,100 members in 1991. It was founded in 1972. This organization is a sister association of the Ontario Chinese Restaurant Association.
The earliest record of Toronto's Chinese community is traced to Sam Ching, who owned a hand laundry business on Adelaide Street in 1878. [2] Ching was the first Chinese person listed in the city's directory [3] and is now honoured with a lane named after him. [4]
Chinatown, Toronto (also known as Downtown Chinatown or West Chinatown) is a Chinese ethnic enclave located in the city's downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is centred at the intersections of Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West .
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 .
East Chinatown is a Chinese neighbourhood located in the city of Toronto's east end in Riverdale and one of the several Chinatowns in Toronto. It was formed during the early 1970s and is centred on Gerrard Street East between Broadview Avenue and Carlaw Avenue.
Pages in category "Chinese-Canadian culture in Toronto" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Chinese Canadians are Canadians of full or partial Han Chinese ancestry, which includes both naturalized Chinese immigrants and Canadian-born Chinese. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] They comprise a subgroup of East Asian Canadians which is a further subgroup of Asian Canadians .
Ching was the first Chinese person listed in the city's directory [3] and is now honoured with a lane named after him. [4] The first Chinese café (the term referred to Chinese-owned establishments that served a combination of western and Chinese food) in Toronto was opened in 1901 at 37 1/2 Queen Street West opposite City Hall.