SOC218H1 Chapter Notes -Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Chinese Canadians, First Language
Document Summary
Chinese has been in canada for >130 years, only 1947 and after, they received civil rights. 1967&after mid 1980s, there are more chinese-canadian communities (reflect old & new culture) 1991: of 27m canadians, 516,900 claimed chinese as mother tongue, and 12. 5% of 4. 1m canadian tongue in immigrants caused by number of immigrants rather than natural growth. Chinese in canada lived in ontario & british columbia, ontario accounts for 46% while bc is 31%, other 12% in. Alberta, 7% in quebec and 4% for other places (1991) Chinese tend to settle in metropolitan centres, toronto & vancouver (66% of all chinese in can) Older people have larger populations in foreign born group than native born: pattern of immigration and log delay in growth of subsequent generations. Chinese mother tongue is 75% in 1981 & 77% in 1991, used by 63% of cc.
