This study examines the residential patterns of the
Chinese within the city of Vancouver. The Chinese are the single
largest Asian minority ethnic group in Vancouver arid have a
uniquely concentrated pattern of distribution.
The study first summarises the general history of
Chinese immigration into Canada, particularly British Columbia,
over the past 100 years, and also examines the growth of Vancouver's Chinatown. Using published and unpublished census data the
changing patterns of Chinese settlement within the City of
Vancouver are described. Next, drawing on census data and on
material collected through a Sample. Survey of 125 Chinese families
in 1969, some overall characteristics of the Vancouver Chinese
community are described, in terms of such factors as age-sex
structure, education, period of immigration, and residential
patterns.
It is hypothesised that there are basic differences
between the Chinatown and suburban Chinese in Vancouver. This
hypothesis was tested and it showed that there were significant
differences between the Chinese living in these different locations
in terms of demographic, economic, residential and social factors,
in conclusion, the study suggests that inquiries of this nature
could be profitably repeated with other ethnic groups within the
city. / Arts, Faculty of / Geography, Department of / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/41867 |
| Date | January 1970 |
| Creators | Cho, George Chin Huat |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | University of British Columbia |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use. |
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