Taiwanese Canadians are Canadians who carry full or partial ancestry from the East Asian country of Taiwan. There are over one hundred thousand Taiwanese who have gained citizenship or permanent residency status in Canada.[3][4][5]
Taiwanese people have been present in Canada since the 1970s but many of those immigrants have since moved to the United States and have become part of the Taiwanese American and Chinese American communities. Starting from the late 1980s, many Taiwanese people immigrated to Canada, especially Vancouver, British Columbia, and to the adjacent cities of Burnaby, Richmond, and Coquitlam to form a permanent Taiwanese Canadian community. The Greater Vancouver metropolitan area now has the largest Taiwanese community in Canada. There is also an established Taiwanese community in Toronto, but more spread out than its counterpart in Vancouver. Unlike the Taiwanese American community with a longer history in North America, the majority of the younger Taiwanese Canadians are either first generation or 1.5 generation immigrants who have either grown up entirely in Taiwan or have completed at least some elementary or junior high school education in Taiwan prior to immigrating to Canada. This is because many Taiwanese Canadian households are made up of households where the providers are people retired from their businesses and occupations in Taiwan, and decided to move their families (many with adolescent or grown-up children) to Canada. There are also many Taiwanese Canadian households where the primary provider (usually the father) is not retired and still conducts business in Taiwan which requires frequent travel between Taiwan and Canada and maybe even require living away from their families for part of the year or longer (this situation is typical of many of the Hong Kong Chinese as well). There is a sizable Waisheng Taiwanese community as well in Vancouver that may rival the Bensheng community in size, but they tend to identify themselves more as Chinese Canadians.
Languagesedit
First-generation or 1.5-generation Taiwanese Canadians (especially Bensheng Taiwanese) are often fluent in both Mandarin as well as Hokkien. To a lesser extent, Hakka is also spoken by those of Taiwanese Hakka heritage. Among the second generation, English often becomes their preferred language and linguistic fluency in the heritage language varies. Thus, many second-generation Taiwanese Canadians either speak Taiwanese as their heritage language and may not know any Mandarin or speak Mandarin as their heritage language and know little Taiwanese (the latter is particularly common among families from the Taipei Metropolitan Area). Maintaining their heritage language depends on the efforts of their parents and whether the individuals are exposed to Mandarin through Mandarin Chinese schools. Second-generation Taiwanese of Hakka descent tend to speak better Mandarin as their heritage language. According to the 2011 census, 9,635 reported to speak Taiwanese as their mother tongue.[6]
Many Taiwanese immigrants have recently (as of 2011) settled in Vancouver, B.C., forming a growing and stable Taiwanese Canadian community; however, it is often overlooked due to the presence of a larger Hong Kong Chinese immigrant base. Many of these immigrants from Taiwan, especially those without family or relatives in United States, find it easier to immigrate to Canada. These Taiwanese immigrants are also relatively wealthy and like many of the Hong Kong Chinese can afford Vancouver's high cost of living. The Greater Vancouver metropolitan area offers comfortable living and the conveniences of modern Chinese shopping centers with a vast array of restaurants, eateries, and grocery stores that provide the foods and entertainment that reflect the modern trends that the Hong Kong Chinese and Taiwanese were accustomed to prior to arriving in Canada. Because Vancouver has more Hong Kong Chinese than Taiwanese, the fashions and products available largely reflect the modern trends of Hong Kong more so than Taiwan. This is in contrast to the Santa Clara Valley/Silicon Valley and San Gabriel Valley in California where there are concentrated communities with larger proportions of people of Taiwanese heritage and where many Chinese shopping centers, restaurants, supermarkets, and other retail businesses tend to reflect more of the modern Taiwanese trends. There are T & T Supermarkets in Canada as opposed to 99 Ranch Markets in the United States.
Taiwanese Americansedit
Greater Vancouver also attracts Taiwanese American visitors from the Greater Seattle Area in the United States (approximately 200 km south of the Canada–US border). Vancouver is the only large Canadian city that is close in proximity to another large city just south of the Canada–US border and where both cities have well-established Chinese and Taiwanese communities.
The Greater Seattle Area overall has a larger and longer established Taiwanese population than Vancouver, but its Taiwanese residents are spread out over a vast area and not as highly concentrated in one area as those in Vancouver. The few "Chinese" shopping center complexes in Seattle's International District (Chinatown) may be owned by Taiwanese and/or Chinese people but cater mostly to other Asians such as first-generation Southeast Asians of Vietnamese and Cambodian heritage. Shops particularly in the heart of the International District are owned by older-established Cantonese/Toisan Chinese Americans (the descendants of the first Chinese who built up most of the Chinatowns in many American cities). Seattle is much closer to Vancouver than to San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles (all located in California with large Chinese and Taiwanese communities).
The Greater Vancouver area has amenities for Taiwanese and Chinese communities quite similar to these large California metropolitan areas. Despite the long wait times at the Canada–United States border customs, it is still worth a road trip up to Vancouver for food and commercial products (i.e., music CDs, books, snack items) from Taiwan and Hong Kong. Many Taiwanese Americans from the Greater Seattle Area and other Asian American hubs also have business and social connections and family ties to the Taiwanese Canadian families in Vancouver. University and college students of Chinese and Taiwanese heritage (primarily from the University of Washington's Seattle campus) make frequent road trips to Vancouver.
^I.e., those who responded "Taiwanese" when asked what their ethnic identity was.
Referencesedit
^"Overseas Chinese Affairs Council - Taiwan (ROC)" (PDF). OCA Council.
^ ab"Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population – Canada". Statistics Canada. Government of Canada. February 9, 2022.
^"Statistical Yearbook of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, Republic of China (Taiwan)" (PDF) (in Chinese). ocac.gov.tw. 2016. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
Taiwanese Canadian Association of Toronto (多倫多臺灣同鄉會)
Taiwanese Canadian Community Network - Taiwanese in Toronto (多倫多台灣人論壇/加拿大台灣人社區聯網 - 多倫多)
Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Society (臺加文化協會)
December 20, 2023
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Taiwanese Canadians news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Taiwanese Canadians are Canadians who carry full or partial ancestry from the East Asian country of Taiwan There are over one hundred thousand Taiwanese who have gained citizenship or permanent residency status in Canada 3 4 5 Taiwanese CanadiansTotal populationOverseas Taiwanese in Canada 2016 estimate 173 000 1 Taiwan born Canadians 2021 census 65 365 2 Ethnic Taiwanese Canadians a 2021 census 64 020 2 Regions with significant populationsVancouver Toronto MontrealLanguagesChinese Mandarin Hokkien Hakka Formosan languages English FrenchReligionChinese folk religions Buddhism Christianity Taoism Contents 1 Immigration 2 Languages 3 Settlement in Vancouver 4 Taiwanese Americans 5 Notable Taiwanese Canadians 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksImmigration editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Taiwanese people have been present in Canada since the 1970s but many of those immigrants have since moved to the United States and have become part of the Taiwanese American and Chinese American communities Starting from the late 1980s many Taiwanese people immigrated to Canada especially Vancouver British Columbia and to the adjacent cities of Burnaby Richmond and Coquitlam to form a permanent Taiwanese Canadian community The Greater Vancouver metropolitan area now has the largest Taiwanese community in Canada There is also an established Taiwanese community in Toronto but more spread out than its counterpart in Vancouver Unlike the Taiwanese American community with a longer history in North America the majority of the younger Taiwanese Canadians are either first generation or 1 5 generation immigrants who have either grown up entirely in Taiwan or have completed at least some elementary or junior high school education in Taiwan prior to immigrating to Canada This is because many Taiwanese Canadian households are made up of households where the providers are people retired from their businesses and occupations in Taiwan and decided to move their families many with adolescent or grown up children to Canada There are also many Taiwanese Canadian households where the primary provider usually the father is not retired and still conducts business in Taiwan which requires frequent travel between Taiwan and Canada and maybe even require living away from their families for part of the year or longer this situation is typical of many of the Hong Kong Chinese as well There is a sizable Waisheng Taiwanese community as well in Vancouver that may rival the Bensheng community in size but they tend to identify themselves more as Chinese Canadians Languages editFirst generation or 1 5 generation Taiwanese Canadians especially Bensheng Taiwanese are often fluent in both Mandarin as well as Hokkien To a lesser extent Hakka is also spoken by those of Taiwanese Hakka heritage Among the second generation English often becomes their preferred language and linguistic fluency in the heritage language varies Thus many second generation Taiwanese Canadians either speak Taiwanese as their heritage language and may not know any Mandarin or speak Mandarin as their heritage language and know little Taiwanese the latter is particularly common among families from the Taipei Metropolitan Area Maintaining their heritage language depends on the efforts of their parents and whether the individuals are exposed to Mandarin through Mandarin Chinese schools Second generation Taiwanese of Hakka descent tend to speak better Mandarin as their heritage language According to the 2011 census 9 635 reported to speak Taiwanese as their mother tongue 6 Settlement in Vancouver editSee also Chinese Canadians in Greater VancouverThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Many Taiwanese immigrants have recently as of 2011 settled in Vancouver B C forming a growing and stable Taiwanese Canadian community however it is often overlooked due to the presence of a larger Hong Kong Chinese immigrant base Many of these immigrants from Taiwan especially those without family or relatives in United States find it easier to immigrate to Canada These Taiwanese immigrants are also relatively wealthy and like many of the Hong Kong Chinese can afford Vancouver s high cost of living The Greater Vancouver metropolitan area offers comfortable living and the conveniences of modern Chinese shopping centers with a vast array of restaurants eateries and grocery stores that provide the foods and entertainment that reflect the modern trends that the Hong Kong Chinese and Taiwanese were accustomed to prior to arriving in Canada Because Vancouver has more Hong Kong Chinese than Taiwanese the fashions and products available largely reflect the modern trends of Hong Kong more so than Taiwan This is in contrast to the Santa Clara Valley Silicon Valley and San Gabriel Valley in California where there are concentrated communities with larger proportions of people of Taiwanese heritage and where many Chinese shopping centers restaurants supermarkets and other retail businesses tend to reflect more of the modern Taiwanese trends There are T amp T Supermarkets in Canada as opposed to 99 Ranch Markets in the United States Taiwanese Americans editGreater Vancouver also attracts Taiwanese American visitors from the Greater Seattle Area in the United States approximately 200 km south of the Canada US border Vancouver is the only large Canadian city that is close in proximity to another large city just south of the Canada US border and where both cities have well established Chinese and Taiwanese communities The Greater Seattle Area overall has a larger and longer established Taiwanese population than Vancouver but its Taiwanese residents are spread out over a vast area and not as highly concentrated in one area as those in Vancouver The few Chinese shopping center complexes in Seattle s International District Chinatown may be owned by Taiwanese and or Chinese people but cater mostly to other Asians such as first generation Southeast Asians of Vietnamese and Cambodian heritage Shops particularly in the heart of the International District are owned by older established Cantonese Toisan Chinese Americans the descendants of the first Chinese who built up most of the Chinatowns in many American cities Seattle is much closer to Vancouver than to San Francisco San Jose and Los Angeles all located in California with large Chinese and Taiwanese communities The Greater Vancouver area has amenities for Taiwanese and Chinese communities quite similar to these large California metropolitan areas Despite the long wait times at the Canada United States border customs it is still worth a road trip up to Vancouver for food and commercial products i e music CDs books snack items from Taiwan and Hong Kong Many Taiwanese Americans from the Greater Seattle Area and other Asian American hubs also have business and social connections and family ties to the Taiwanese Canadian families in Vancouver University and college students of Chinese and Taiwanese heritage primarily from the University of Washington s Seattle campus make frequent road trips to Vancouver Notable Taiwanese Canadians editTsai Ah hsin 蔡阿信 first female Taiwanese physician one of few immigrants emigrated in Japanese colonial period Angela Chang 張韶涵 singer and actress in Taiwan Brandon Chang 張卓楠 artist in Taiwan and Hong Kong Terry Chen film and television actor Jacky Chu 祝釩剛 actor and the lead singer of Taiwanese group 183 Club Godfrey Gao model and actor Ed Hill award winning stand up comedian Christine Kuo 苟芸慧 actress based in Hong Kong Cindy Lee founder of the T amp T Supermarket chain Sherren Lee film and television director Chungsen Leung 梁中心 businessman and federal MP for Willowdale Chase Tang 唐嘉壕 Taiwanese Canadian actor model and mental health advocate Joseph Tsai vice chairman of Alibaba Group Paul Tseng Taiwan born American and Canadian applied mathematician Jason Wu 吳季剛 fashion designer based in Manhattan New York City Eddie Yuyan Peng 彭于晏 actor and singer in Taiwan Jeremy Wang Twitch streamer and YouTube personality Demos Yu bou Chiang Taiwanese Canadian designer and businessman Mark Chao 趙又廷 Taiwanese Canadian actor model Emilio Estevez 蔡立靖 soccer player for Ado Den Haag and TaiwanSee also edit nbsp Canada portal nbsp Taiwan portalFo Guang Shan Temple Toronto Ling Yen Mountain Temple Taiwanese people Taiwanese identity Taiwanese cuisine Taiwanese Americans Asian Canadians Taiwanese Canadian Association of Toronto East Asian CanadiansNotes edit I e those who responded Taiwanese when asked what their ethnic identity was References edit Overseas Chinese Affairs Council Taiwan ROC PDF OCA Council a b Profile table Census Profile 2021 Census of Population Canada Statistics Canada Government of Canada February 9 2022 Statistical Yearbook of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council Republic of China Taiwan PDF in Chinese ocac gov tw 2016 Retrieved June 3 2018 CIC Facts and Figures 2003 PDF CIC Facts and Figures 2009 ASP Census Profile External links editTaiwanese Canadian Association 加拿大臺灣同鄉會 Taiwanese Canadian Association of Toronto 多倫多臺灣同鄉會 Taiwanese Canadian Community Network Taiwanese in Toronto 多倫多台灣人論壇 加拿大台灣人社區聯網 多倫多 Taiwanese Canadian Cultural Society 臺加文化協會 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Taiwanese Canadians amp oldid 1189283541, wikipedia, 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