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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.
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 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.
While other Asian groups are growing rapidly in the country, the Chinese Canadian community fell slightly to 1.71 million, or 4.63% of the Canadian population, in the 2021 Canadian census. [ 8 ] The Chinese Canadian community is the second largest ethnic group of Asian Canadians after Indians, constituting approximately 30% of the Asian ...
This is a list of Chinese Canadians including both original immigrants who obtained Canadian citizenship and their Canadian-born descendants who are notable, have made significant contributions to the Canadian or international culture or society politically, artistically or scientifically, or have prominently appeared in the news.
Opened in 1921, it originally served as the Western Canadian headquarters of the Kuomintang, a Chinese nationalist organization. The Chinese Nationalist League of Canada, the Kuomintang's affiliate in the country, was the original owner of the building. The building has historically been used for various social and commercial functions in ...
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Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia, UBC Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies. ISBN 9780993659324. Wong, May Q. (2018). City in colour : rediscovered stories of Victoria's multicultural past. Canada: TouchWood Editions. pp. 219–230. ISBN 978-1-77151-285-5. Healey, Haley (2021).