Where is the Chinese settlement in Toronto?

In 1950s, shops and residents in China began to move to Spadana Street along the tram road west of Dandas Street. This is a Jewish settlement. 195 1 year, only 20% of local residents are Chinese. In the late 1950s, most Jews moved to the newly developed residential area in the northwest suburb of Toronto, and many cheap vacant buildings were sold. At this time, it happened that the old Chinatown was going to be demolished, so many Chinese shops and residents began to move to Shandash Street and gradually developed into "Chinatown in Central District". By the year of 197 1, there were more than 4,000 Chinese residents in this Xinhua port, and there were many Chinese shops, including restaurants, grocery stores, barbershops, real estate companies, banks and various overseas Chinese communities. Some shopping malls and cellars are also used for business, and multi-storey residential buildings have been built in Chinatown.

There are many shops in Chinatown in the East District.

In the 1970s, the property prices in Chinatown in Central District had gone up, and many low-income Xinhua immigrants went to Dandas East Street to find cheap buildings along the tramway in Dandas Street. 1972, a China man opened the first China pork shop at 383A Bailehui Street (between Dandashi East Street and Lan Zhi East Street). Later, shops such as Xu Shiduo, Haifeng Fish Shop and Goldman Sachs Teahouse were built on Bailehui Street. In 1980s, this area has developed into "Oriental Chinatown". The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in East Toronto is going to build a Chinese archway in East Chinatown, named "Zhonghua Gate". The cost is about 6.5438+0 million Canadian dollars, and it is expected to be completed in July 2009. The "Zhonghua Gate" will become a unique landscape in Chinatown in Toronto's East District.

At present, the Chinese population in Toronto is about 500,000, most of whom live in residential areas in the suburbs, and many Chinese shopping malls have been established in the suburbs. Chinatown in the central area and Chinatown in the eastern area have a small population, and most of them are old overseas Chinese, Vietnamese immigrants and some relatively low-income workers in Chinatown. Both Chinatowns hope to develop into tourist attractions, attract tourists and revitalize the local economy.