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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.
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]
Chinese Canadians are Canadians of full or partial Han Chinese ancestry, which includes both naturalized Chinese immigrants and Canadian-born Chinese. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] They comprise a subgroup of East Asian Canadians which is a further subgroup of Asian Canadians .
Canadian people of Taiwanese descent (4 C, 26 P) Pages in category "Canadian people of Chinese descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 259 total.
[1] [4] [5] Yip, working closely with civil liberties and human rights lawyer and law school friend Irving Himel and other activists from across the country, was an important player in convincing the Government of Canada to, in 1947, repeal the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923, commonly known as the Chinese Exclusion Act, thereby allowing ...
Yip Sang (Chinese: 葉春田; pinyin: Yè Chūntián; 1845–1927) was a prominent Canadian businessman, whose business and family flourished during the period when Chinese Canadians faced discrimination and restrictions. On top of his business and real estate holding, Yip was also a social reformer and political activist in 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.
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.