Chinese Canadians

E252811
diaspora community ethnic group

Chinese Canadians are Canadians of Chinese ancestry who form one of the country’s largest and oldest non-European ethnic communities, with deep historical roots and vibrant cultural, economic, and social contributions across Canada.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Chinese Canadians canonical 5
Chinese Canadian 4
Chinese Canadian history 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
citizenshipStatus Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Chinese ancestry ⓘ
continentOfOrigin Asia ⓘ
contributedTo Canadian arts and entertainment ⓘ
Canadian cuisine ⓘ
Canadian culture ⓘ
Canadian economy ⓘ
Canadian politics ⓘ
Canadian science and technology ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
diasporaOf Chinese people ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Chinese ⓘ
facedHistoricalIssue Chinese Exclusion Act in Canada ⓘ
head tax on Chinese immigrants in Canada ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Chinese Canadian historical societies ⓘ
Chinese benevolent associations ⓘ
Chinese cultural associations in Canada ⓘ
Chinese-language media in Canada ⓘ
hasNeighbourhoodType Chinatown ⓘ
historicalMigrationWave 19th-century migration for Canadian Pacific Railway construction ⓘ
19th-century migration for gold rushes ⓘ
late-20th-century migration from Mainland China ⓘ
migration from Taiwan ⓘ
post-1967 immigration reform era ⓘ
pre-1997 Hong Kong migration ⓘ
isOneOf largest non-European ethnic groups in Canada ⓘ
oldest non-European ethnic communities in Canada ⓘ
language Cantonese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
surface form: Mandarin

other Chinese languages ⓘ
majorUrbanCentre Calgary ⓘ
Markham, Ontario ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
Richmond, British Columbia ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
notableChinatown Montreal Chinatown ⓘ
Chinatown (Toronto) ⓘ
surface form: Toronto Chinatown

Chinatown, Vancouver ⓘ
surface form: Vancouver Chinatown

Victoria Chinatown ⓘ
receivedGovernmentAction 2006 Canadian federal apology for head tax ⓘ
relatedGroup Chinese Americans ⓘ
Chinese Australians ⓘ
Chinese Canadians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hong Kong Canadians

Taiwanese Canadians ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ
non-religious ⓘ
significantPopulationIn Alberta ⓘ
British Columbia ⓘ
Manitoba ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinatown → ethnicCommunityFor → Chinese Canadians ⓘ
subject surface form: Chinatown (Vancouver)
Overseas Chinese communities → hasSubgroup → Chinese Canadians ⓘ
Patrick Chan → ethnicGroup → Chinese Canadians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Canadian
Chinatown, Victoria → ethnicCommunity → Chinese Canadians ⓘ
Chinatown (Toronto) → ethnicGroup → Chinese Canadians ⓘ
Richmond, British Columbia → ethnicMajority → Chinese Canadians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Canadian
Chinese Canadians → relatedGroup → Chinese Canadians self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hong Kong Canadians
Millennium Gate (Vancouver Chinatown) → heritage → Chinese Canadians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Canadian
Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver → ethnicCommunityServed → Chinese Canadians ⓘ
Jin Lee → ethnicGroup → Chinese Canadians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Canadian
Tunnels of Moose Jaw → relatedTo → Chinese Canadians ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Canadian history