Chinatown, Vancouver

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Chinatown historic district neighborhood

Chinatown, Vancouver is a historic and culturally vibrant neighborhood known for its Chinese heritage, distinctive architecture, markets, and restaurants, and is one of the largest and oldest Chinatowns in North America.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Chinatown, Vancouver canonical	8
Vancouver Chinatown	2
Vancouver Chinatown historic district	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinatown ⓘ historic district ⓘ neighborhood ⓘ
commonCommunityLanguages	Cantonese ⓘ Mandarin ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
culturalEvent	Chinese New Year celebrations ⓘ Mid-Autumn Festival events NERFINISHED ⓘ
developmentPeriod	late 19th century ⓘ
economicActivity	grocery and produce markets ⓘ restaurants ⓘ retail ⓘ
foundedBy	Chinese immigrants ⓘ
governedBy	City of Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution	Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese Freemasons NERFINISHED ⓘ Chinese Times building NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLandmark	Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ Keefer Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Millennium Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ Pender Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Kee Building NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanghai Alley NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage	Chinese Canadian culture ⓘ Chinese diaspora ⓘ
isOneOf	largest Chinatowns in North America ⓘ oldest Chinatowns in North America ⓘ
knownFor	Asian markets ⓘ Chinese heritage ⓘ Chinese restaurants ⓘ cultural festivals ⓘ distinctive architecture ⓘ historic buildings ⓘ
locatedIn	Vancouver ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
near	Downtown Eastside NERFINISHED ⓘ Gastown NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Downtown Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
recognizedAs	historic area by City of Vancouver ⓘ
significantEvent	anti-Chinese discrimination in early 20th century ⓘ growth during Fraser River Gold Rush era ⓘ urban renewal pressures in mid-20th century ⓘ
tourism	major tourist attraction in Vancouver ⓘ
transportConnection	Stadium–Chinatown SkyTrain station NERFINISHED ⓘ
urbanIssue	gentrification pressures ⓘ heritage preservation challenges ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Stadium–Chinatown SkyTrain station → serves → Chinatown, Vancouver ⓘ

subject surface form: Stadium–Chinatown station

Chinese Canadians → notableChinatown → Chinatown, Vancouver ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vancouver Chinatown

Millennium Gate (Vancouver Chinatown) → locatedIn → Chinatown, Vancouver ⓘ

Millennium Gate (Vancouver Chinatown) → category → Chinatown, Vancouver ⓘ

Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden → locatedInNeighborhood → Chinatown, Vancouver ⓘ

Sam Kee Building → locatedInNeighborhood → Chinatown, Vancouver ⓘ

Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver → locatedIn → Chinatown, Vancouver ⓘ

Shanghai Alley → locatedIn → Chinatown, Vancouver ⓘ

Shanghai Alley → partOf → Chinatown, Vancouver ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vancouver Chinatown historic district

Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver → associatedPlace → Chinatown, Vancouver ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vancouver Chinatown

Downtown Eastside → borderedBy → Chinatown, Vancouver ⓘ