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Terminal City – refers to Vancouver (or specifically Gastown) being the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway. [ 2 ] Saltwater City ( Chinese : 鹹水埠 ) – name for Vancouver used by early Chinese immigrants to the city.
The United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society (traditional Chinese: 中僑互助會; simplified Chinese: 中侨互助会; pinyin: Zhōng Qiáo Hùzhù Huì or 中僑/中侨 Zhōng Qiáo [1]) or S.U.C.C.E.S.S., is a Canadian social services organization headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.
T&T Supermarket (Chinese: 大統華超市) is a Canadian Asian supermarket chain founded in Vancouver in 1993 by Jack and Cindy Lee who was the founding CEO. [3] Cindy's eldest daughter Tina Lee succeeded her mother in 2014. [4] In 2009, T&T Supermarket was acquired by Loblaw Companies Limited. [5]
Vancouver has been the setting for a variety of modern Chinese Canadian culture and literature. Vancouver's Chinatown contains numerous galleries, shops, restaurants, and markets, in addition to the Chinese Cultural Centre and the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden and park; the garden is the first and one of the largest Ming era-style ...
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 ...
Gung Haggis Fat Choy is a cultural event originating from Vancouver, BC, Canada.The name is a combination wordplay on Scottish and Chinese words; haggis is a traditional Scottish food while Kung Hei Fat Choi is a traditional Cantonese greeting used during Chinese New Year.
Vancouver [a] is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016.
The Chinese in Vancouver, 1945-80: The pursuit of identity and power (UBC Press, 2000) online. Roy, Patricia E. A White Man's Province: British Columbia Politicians and Chinese and Japanese Immigrants, 1858–1914 (University of British Columbia Press, 1989).