13 Facts About Chinese Canadian

The Chinese Canadian were the only ethnic group that had to pay such a tax.

However, those Chinese Canadian wishing to go to Canada began to save up money to pay the head tax, which led to agitation, especially in British Columbia for the Dominion government to ban Asian immigration.

However, it took another 20 years, until the points system was adopted for selecting immigrants, for the Chinese Canadian to begin to be admitted under the same criteria as any other applicants.

The main reasons Chinese Canadian businesspeople want to move abroad was for some educational opportunities for their children, advanced medical treatment, worsening pollution back home and food safety concerns.

The Chinese Canadian are the largest visible minority group in Alberta and British Columbia, and are the second largest in Ontario.

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The Riversdale neighbourhood of Saskatoon has a historical Chinese Canadian settlement dating back to the early 1900s, where Chinese Canadian immigrants were employed by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, and established businesses within this district.

In 2001, collectively, the varieties of Chinese Canadian are the third-most common reported mother tongue, after English and French.

The main reasons Chinese Canadian businesspeople wanted to move abroad was for greater educational opportunities for their children, advanced medical treatment, worsening pollution back home, concerns of political instability and food safety concerns.

However, there is a trend that Chinese Canadian move toward small towns and rural areas for agricultural and agri-food operations in recent years.

Canadians of Chinese origin have established a presence in the Canadian media scene spearheading several Chinese language media outlets in Canada.

Concurrently, though, over one in three over Canadians of Chinese origin reported that they had experienced discrimination, prejudice, or unfair treatment based on their ethnicity, race, religion, language or accent in the past five years, or since they came to Canada.

Canadians of Chinese descent born in Canada who have mostly assimilated into Canadian culture mainly self-identify as solely Canadian while others primarily self-identify as a mixture of the being both Chinese and Canadian.

Culturally, many Canadians of Chinese background who were born in China and immigrated to Canada in their late childhood years are brought up with a more Confucianist-style upbringing with families emphasizing respect for elders, academic achievement, kinship, and taking care of the parents when they're old.