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Vancouver’s Chinatown

The Millennium Gate on West Pender Street in Vancouver’s Chinatown, photographed in 2012.
The Millennium Gate on West Pender Street in Vancouver’s Chinatown, photographed in 2012. Millennium Gate, Vancouver's Chinatown National Historic Site of Canada, WLM2012 · MRDXII · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Vancouver’s Chinatown, one of the oldest and largest in Canada, developed as a self-segregated enclave partly because of racial hostility elsewhere in the city before the Second World War, and reflects the contributions and struggles of Chinese Canadians. It is known for a distinctive “recessed balcony” architecture that blends Chinese regional styles with western building methods.

Scope & context

The neighbourhood and its architecture, not Chinese Canadian history as a whole (see CA-K281 and CA-K315).

Sources behind this record

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Vancouver's Chinatown National Historic Site ↗

Parks Canada

Description of historic place; Heritage value