Vietnamese Canadian
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| Canadians of Vietnamese descent |
|---|
| Total population |
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151,410 [1] |
| Regions with significant populations |
| British Columbia, Ontario, Prairie Provinces |
| Languages |
| English, Vietnamese |
| Religions |
| Buddhist, Roman Catholic, Nonreligious [2] |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Vietnamese, Vietnamese Americans |
Vietnamese began arriving in Canada in the mid 1970s and early 1980s as refugees or boat people following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, though a couple thousands were already living in Quebec before then. Most new arrivees were sponsored by groups of individuals and churches and settled in areas around Southern Ontario, Montreal, Quebec, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Between 1975 to 1985, 110,000 settled in Canada (23,000 in Ontario; 13,000 in Quebec; 8,000 in Alberta; 7,000 British Columbia; 5,000 in Manitoba; 3,000 in Saskatchewan; and 2,000 in the Maritime provinces). As time progressed, most eventually settled in urban centres like Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Edmonton, Hamilton and Calgary.
The next wave of Vietnamese migration came in the late 1980s and 1990s as both refugees and immigrant classes of post-war Vietnam entered Canada. Some of these immigrants are ethnic Chinese from Saigon in southern Vietnam. These groups settled in urban areas, in particular Toronto, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver.
Vietnamese immigrants settled mainly in the eastern sections of Vancouver and in Montreal's downtown and south shore. In Toronto they have settled in the city's Chinatown area near Spadina Avenue and Dundas Street West or to the west in Mississauga. Vietnamese Canadians also brought their cuisine and pho has become a popular food everywhere in Canada.
[edit] Notable Canadians of Vietnamese origin
Humanitarians
- Kim Phuc - Humanitarian, UNESCO ambassador, Vietnam War Survivor
Entertainers
- Chuckie Akenz (aka Khuong Hiep Le-Nguyen) is a song writer and rapper
- Christy Chung, Hong Kong based actress
- David Huynh, Los Angeles based actor
- Nguyen Ngoc Ngan, writer, essayist, and host of Paris By Night
- Thuong Vuong-Riddick, poet - Two Shores / Deux Rives (1995)
- Minh Thanh Nguyen, non-fiction writer - Leaving Vietnam (1996)
- Siu Ta, actress (This is Wonderland)
Politicians
- Hung Pham, Alberta Progressive Conservative, Calgary
Montrose 1993-present
- Wayne Cao, Alberta Progressive Conservative, Calgary
Fort, 1997-present
Others
- Father Dinh Nghi, Catholic priest
- Hai Trieu, a former president of the Vietnam Community Association of Vancouver and current editor of Viet Nam magazine
[edit] Business
In Canada, local Vietnamese media is dominated by:
- Tho Bao - Toronto newspaper
- Thoi Bao TV - Toronto
In Vancouver, hardworking Vietnamese Canadians managed to open a variety of stores and restaurants throughout Vancouver, especially on the east side of the city around Kingsway and Fraser. The area is home to several Vietnamese clothing, food stores, and shops.
In the Toronto area, there are 19 Vietnamese owned supermarkets, some serving ethnic Vietnamese-French.
[edit] External links
- Organization of the Vietnamese Canadian
- About the Vietnamese Canadian
- History of Vietnamese Canadians(Source: the Canada's Digital Collections)
- Civilization.ca - Boat People No Longer: Vietnamese Canadians - Religion(the Canadian Museum of Civilization)
- Vietnamese(Discover Vancouver)
- Welcome to Canada(CBC Archives, the )
- Sponsoring refugees: Canadians reach out(CBC Archives)
