Ethnic communities in East Vancouver East Vancouver

1 ethnic communities in east vancouver

1.1 european ethnicities
1.2 asian
1.3 south asian
1.4 hispanic
1.5 african

ethnic communities in east vancouver

annual dickens community multicultural festival in east vancouver

immigrant waves passed through east vancouver include english, welsh, irish, scottish, italians, german, eastern european, chinese, south east asian, south asian.

european ethnicities

early european settlers in east vancouver largely irish, british, scottish , welsh. today, evidence of these settlers britain , ireland found in places such cambrian hall (built 1929) first welsh society in vancouver (est. 1908). modern british/irish communities still active in east vancouver today, notably @ wise hall ( wise acronym welsh-irish-scottish-english) , vancouver irish céili society.

italian immigrants formed first little italy in main street area 1910 , commercial drive area in 1950s (where italian businesses , residents still plentiful). italian cultural centre opened nearby on grandview highway in 1970s. italian commercial , cultural life prevalent on hastings around nanaimo, , there eastwards burnaby heights region of north burnaby.

while greek immigrants moved vancouver s west side (e.g. hellenic cultural community centre on arbutus street) there strong communities in east vancouver, particularly near boundary road (which divides vancouver eastern municipality, burnaby). in 1960s, number of greek immigrants vancouver doubled in 1960s, although has declined steadily since late 1960s.

other visible european communities have settled in east vancouver include polish (e.g. polish veterans association meeting hall on kingsway, polish hall on fraser street), german (alpine club of canada hall on victoria drive), croatian (the croatian cultural centre near trout lake, croatian catholic church on 1st avenue) , hungarian (the hungarian cultural society s centre on kingsway @ fraser, , st. elizabeth of hungary catholic church on e. 7th @ commercial drive).

asian

corner store @ miller & kingsway.

a chinese community existed before vancouver incorporated (1886) , shortly after date became established @ today s chinatown in eastern part of downtown vancouver.. chinese immigration city grew after 1947 when racial immigration exclusion laws removed bc government. since 1980s, many chinese immigrants choose live outside of chinatown, including elsewhere in east vancouver (e.g. kingsway st. , victoria dr. areas) , richmond. immigrants china, hong kong , taiwan began move vancouver area 1990s, concerned transfer of territory uk chinese. these immigrants wealthier previous waves of chinese immigrants , typically moved non-chinese communities in west side , elsewhere.

chinese remains dominant ethnicity in city of vancouver (about 33% of city s students learn chinese prior learning english). metro vancouver has north america’s highest percentage of residents of chinese descent (16%) , of this, 80% foreign-born.

a wave of immigrants south east asian countries (e.g. indonesia, malaysia, philippines, singapore, vietnam) has moved east vancouver since 1970s. although many of these new immigrants have since relocated city of richmond part of asia west movement. kingsway street in east vancouver has many south east asian businesses, such vietnamese restaurants, cafes , beauty shops. in 2003, 5% of vancouver s students speak vietnamese first language .

asian communities served in east vancouver cantonese families mutual sharing , support group , vietnamese seniors outreach program, both on commercial drive.

south asian

since 1990s, increasing numbers of vancouver s south asian residents have since relocated other areas of greater vancouver , fraser valley, particularly surrey , abbotsford. many south asians continue live in vancouver , choose not move.there group of other indians fiji, sri lanka, bangladesh, , trinidad continue reside in vancouver.

hispanic

the hispanic community in east vancouver served canadian latin american cultural society on commercial drive.

african

the african population served african canadian association of bc , african-american seniors support group, both on commercial drive.