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Wickberg, Edgar, ed. (1982) From China to Canada: A history of the Chinese communities in Canada (McClelland and Stewart, 1982). Worrall, Brandy Liên (2006). Finding Memories, Tracing Routes: Chinese Canadian Family Stories. Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia. ISBN 978-1-84728-184-5. Archived from the original on August 17 ...
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]
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.
The Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, also known as the "Chinese Exclusion Act" (the duration of which has been dubbed the Exclusion Era), [1] was a Canadian Act of Parliament passed by the government of Liberal Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, banning most forms of Chinese immigration to Canada.
The history of Chinese Canadians in British Columbia began with the first recorded visit by Chinese people to North America in 1788. Some 30–40 men were employed as shipwrights at Nootka Sound in what is now British Columbia, to build the first European-type vessel in the Pacific Northwest, named the North West America.
From China to Canada: A History of the Chinese Communities in Canada is a 1982 book edited by Edgar Wickberg and published by McClelland & Stewart. [1] It was collectively produced by five authors: [2] Wickberg, Harry Con, Ronald J. Con, Graham Johnson, and William E. Willmott.
Pages in category "History of Chinese Canadians" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... History of Chinese immigration to Canada; F.
Canada is home to a large Chinese diaspora. Chinese Canadians are one of Canada's largest ethnic groups, after Europeans and First Nations population. In recent decades, China has consistently become Canada's largest source of immigration every year. The numbers are even larger when people from Hong Kong are added.