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The Vancouver Chinese Freemasons (VCF), a local chapter of the Chinese Freemasons founded in 1888, [68] and the Kuomintang were the two primary fraternal associations in Vancouver as of 1964. [60] As of 1991 the VCF had over 3,000 members. The Freemasons chapter founded the oldest Chinese newspaper in Canada, the Chinese Times, in 1907. The VCF ...
As of 2001, 374,000 Chinese resided in British Columbia, and 348,000 of them resided in the Vancouver metropolitan area. Chinese in British Columbia made up 34% of the total Chinese population in Canada, and 10% of the total population of British Columbia.
The launch of the North-West America at Nootka Sound, 1788. In 1788, some 120 Chinese contract labourers arrived at Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island. [1] [2]: 312 British fur trader John Meares recruited an initial group of 50 sailors and artisans from Canton and Macao, China, hoping to build a trading post and encourage trade in sea otter pelts between Nootka Sound and Canton. [1]
The first record of Chinese in what is known as Canada today can be dated back to 1788. The British fur trader John Meares hired a group of roughly 70 Chinese carpenters from Macau and employed them to build a ship, the North West America, at Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
The demographics of Metro Vancouver indicate a multicultural and multiracial region. Metro Vancouver is a metropolitan area, with its major urban centre being Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Vancouver census metropolitan area, as defined by Statistics Canada, encompasses roughly the same territory as the Metro Vancouver Regional ...
The Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver (CBA) is a Chinese Canadian organization headquartered in Vancouver. [1] It serves as a federation of various Vancouver-based Chinese organizations. [2] Douglas Aitken of The Georgia Straight stated that the CBA was the most important organization operating in the Vancouver Chinatown in the first ...
The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden 中山公园 (逸园）is a classical Chinese garden in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is a registered museum and one of Vancouver’s top tourist attractions. This Ming Dynasty-style garden-home is the first among its kind to have been built outside of China, and continues to be unique ...
e. Chinatowns in Canada generally exist in the large cities of Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, and Montreal, and existed in some smaller towns throughout the history of Canada. Prior to 1900, almost all Chinese were located in British Columbia, but have spread throughout Canada thereafter. From 1923 to 1967, immigration from ...