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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 Street and Elizabeth Street between Queen and Dundas Streets within St. John's Ward (commonly known as The Ward).
Chinatowns have existed in Canada since the 1850s, with the first recorded visit in 1788. [3] The first Chinese landed on the Canadian west coast in 1788 and have integrated with the Canadian multicultural society. [4] Major timeline for Chinese Canadian history is: [4] 1788 – First recorded Chinese visitor in Canada; 1858 – Fraser River ...
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.
The first suburban Chinatown in Toronto with its Chinese residents originating from Hong Kong and Taiwan. [ 16 ] Milliken , Markham and Toronto (1990s-Present): Centred near Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road ( 43°49′25″N 79°18′41″W / 43.8236427°N 79.3113689°W / 43.8236427; -79.3113689
The earliest Toronto neighbourhoods were the five municipal wards that the city was split into in 1834. The wards were named for the patron saints of the four nations of the British Isles (St. George, St. Andrew, St. Patrick, and St. David) and St. Lawrence, the patron saint of Canada.
Chinatown North also includes a large Vietnamese presence and blends into the multicultural "Avenue of Nations" (107 Ave) which runs east-to-west along the northern edge of both Chinatown and Little Italy. [4] The Edmonton Remand Centre located at 9660 - 104 Avenue is in the process of being closed [5] and relocated to a new facility at 127 ...
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.
At the northernmost corner of East Chinatown (northwest corner, Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street) is the Riverdale branch of the Toronto Public Library. This branch is bilingual in Chinese and English. North of the library in Riverdale Park is a monument to the Chinese revolutionary and first leader of Republican China: Sun Yat-sen. There ...