Chinese Canadians

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/chinese-canadians

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the 2021 population estimate?Approximately 1.71 million individuals
2. What is the 2021 population share?4.63% of the total Canadian population
3. What is a Chinese Canadian?A Chinese Canadian is someone who has Chinese ancestry, either fully or partly, and lives in Canada. They can be immigrants from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, or their descendants born in Canada.
4. Why did Chinese people come to Canada in the 1800s?Chinese people came to Canada in the 1800s to find gold and help build the railway. They were looking for new opportunities.

Diaspora: A scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic homeland.
Demographics: Statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it.
Multiculturalism: The presence of, or support for the presence of, several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society.