Chinatown, Victoria

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ethnic enclave historic district neighbourhood tourist attraction

Chinatown, Victoria is the historic Chinese district in Victoria, British Columbia, known as the oldest Chinatown in Canada and a vibrant cultural and commercial neighborhood.

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Label	Occurrences
Chinatown, Victoria canonical	3
Chinatown, Victoria, British Columbia	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnic enclave ⓘ historic district ⓘ neighbourhood ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	late 19th-century commercial buildings ⓘ
communityLanguage	Cantonese ⓘ Mandarin ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
culturalEvent	Chinese cultural festivals ⓘ Lunar New Year celebrations ⓘ
culturalInstitution	Chinese benevolent associations ⓘ Chinese schools ⓘ Chinese temples ⓘ
demographicGroup	Chinese Canadian descendants ⓘ Chinese immigrants ⓘ
ethnicCommunity	Chinese Canadians ⓘ
governingBody	Victoria City ⓘ surface form: City of Victoria
hasBusiness	Asian grocery stores ⓘ gift shops ⓘ herbal medicine shops ⓘ
hasCuisine	Chinese restaurants ⓘ
hasLandmark	Fan Tan Alley ⓘ Gate of Harmonious Interest ⓘ
hasStreet	Fisgard Street ⓘ
hasUse	commercial district ⓘ cultural district ⓘ residential area ⓘ
heritage	Chinese Canadian culture ⓘ
heritageConservation	subject to municipal heritage bylaws ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Site of Canada ⓘ
inception	mid-19th century ⓘ
knownFor	being the oldest Chinatown in Canada ⓘ historic Chinese district ⓘ vibrant cultural and commercial neighborhood ⓘ
locatedIn	Victoria, British Columbia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	British Columbia ⓘ
near	Inner Harbour ⓘ surface form: Inner Harbour of Victoria
partOf	Downtown Victoria shopping district ⓘ surface form: Downtown Victoria
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
region	Vancouver Island ⓘ
significantEvent	growth during Canadian Pacific Railway construction ⓘ growth during Fraser River Gold Rush ⓘ
tourism	popular visitor destination in Victoria ⓘ
touristActivity	walking tours ⓘ
urbanCharacteristic	dense low-rise buildings ⓘ narrow alleys ⓘ

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

Victoria, British Columbia → hasLandmark → Chinatown, Victoria ⓘ

Victoria City → hasLandmark → Chinatown, Victoria ⓘ

subject surface form: Victoria

Fan Tan Alley → locatedIn → Chinatown, Victoria ⓘ

Gate of Harmonious Interest → locatedIn → Chinatown, Victoria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinatown, Victoria, British Columbia

Gate of Harmonious Interest → category → Chinatown, Victoria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinatown, Victoria, British Columbia