Chinatown in Canada

One of the many neighborhoods worth a visit in Vancouver, Canada is Chinatown.  Over the years, many of the cities Asian population has moved out of the city to the suburb of Richmond, however the neighborhood remains delicately charming and relatively non-touristy.  As in many large cities in North America, the cultures are eclectic and varied, each one with their own Chinatown.  The Canadian Chinatown is one of the largest on the continent.

Many of the rental properties in this neighborhood and those surrounding are in good hands with TransGlobe Property Management, and the sense of community is carried over from the streets of the neighborhoods to the buildings and the businesses themselves.  In Canada, many of the Asian population are Cantonese speaking and for them now, Chinatown is the place to go to do their shopping.

For those populations as well as everyone else, this is one of the best districts to go out to dinner.  This is one of the neighborhoods which was founded and settled at the same time the city was, by many of the migrant workers who came in to construct the Canadian Pacific Railroad.   During this time, the tension between the races was such that there were walls built that surrounded Chinatown for security.

By the 1950′s the area had fallen into shambles, and couple of decades later, during the 1970′s the city had considered tearing it all down completely and building a highway.  But the public protested and the neighborhood was rebuilt.  TransGlobe Property Management and others renovated the existing structures, and it remains one of the many wonderful neighborhoods to spend some time in when traveling through the city of Vancouver.  The neighborhood is filled with restaurants and market places and the culture of the many who were there when the city was born.

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