Details of Toronto Chinatown

At present, the Chinese population in Toronto has exceeded 400,000, which is the largest colored race, and most of them are Chinese immigrants from Hong Kong. There are six China cities in greater toronto area, four of which were formed in the suburbs in the past 15 years.

The Chinese community in Toronto was formed near today's city hall in the early 20th century. The first Chinese named Sam Ching recorded in Toronto city government documents was a laundromat owner. The Chinese community matured in 1935, when there were 300 Chinese-run laundries in four streets.

From 1947 to 1960, a large number of China students, skilled workers and businessmen immigrated to Canada, which made the Chinese population in Toronto increase rapidly. Most of these early immigrants came from the northern provinces of China. Later, there were Hong Kong immigrants, as well as overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia, Africa and the West Indies.

When the City Hall was completed, Chinatown was moved to Spadina and Dundas Street today, and since then it has become the busiest and noisiest community in Toronto, making you feel like you are in Hong Kong.

The intersection of Spadina and Dundas Street is the center of Chinatown. The sidewalks here are filled with open-air stalls every day, where citizens of all ethnic groups shop, eat and make friends.

There are many restaurants here, but few of them offer improved North American cuisine. Instead, authentic Chinese cuisine, including Sichuan cuisine, Hunan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine and even northern cuisine, is freshly purchased from the street. The smell of roast chicken, roast duck and roast suckling pig hanging in the street window always makes passers-by drool.

Signs in Chinatown are written in both Chinese and English, and two large shopping centers near the intersection of Spadina and Dundas Street-Wenhua Center and Longcheng Shopping Mall are always crowded.