Chinatowns in Canada
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Chinatowns in Canada generally exist in the large cities of Victoria, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, and Montreal, and existed in some smaller towns throughout the history of Canada. P
The Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden in Vancouver's Chinatown is the first full-size Chinese or "scholars" garden built outside of China.
Chinese Dragon Dance in Calgary Chinatown
Millennium Gate on Pender Street in Vancouver's Chinatown
Entrance to Victoria's Chinatown.
First Chinatown, Toronto
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First Chinatown is a retronym for a former neighbourhood in Toronto, an area that once served as the city's Chinatown. The city's original Chinatown existed from the 1890s to the 1970s, along York Str
Chinatowns in Canada
…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. The development of this downtown Chinatown led to the development of Toronto's East Chinatown. Toronto's present downtown Chinatown developed in the…
The first Chinatown went along Elizabeth and York Street, between Dundas and Queen Street.
The Ward, c. 1910. Toronto's first Chinatown was situated in The Ward, an area that attracted new immigrants to the city.
Chinatown printers on Louisa Street. Now part of Toronto's City Hall.
View of Chinatown south of Dundas Street, on Elizabeth Street, c. 1934.