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Originally Posted by Docere
I will start with Toronto. It covers 4 census tracts (tracts 36, 37, 38 and 39) and about 1.5 sq km/0.6 square miles.
One important thing to note about Toronto's Chinatown is that it overlaps with Kensington Market. The Alexandra Park housing project is also in one of the census tracts.
Toronto's Chinatown used to be right behind where City Hall is today. The old Chinatown was demolished to make room for City Hall in the 1960s. Chinatown moved west to Spadina Avenue after they were displaced. Spadina Avenue until the 1950s was the heart of Jewish Toronto.
The Chinese population grew through the 1970s and even more in the 1980s. Since the 1990s the Chinese population has probably been pretty stable - many have moved onto other city areas or the suburbs, but their numbers are replenished by new immigrants. |
That's only one of them too.
I know you said Urban Chinatowns so I won't talk about Markham, but Chinatown East is urban enough over at Gerrard and Broadview.
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