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Chinatown, Toronto, Ontario One Place Study

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Date: 1878 to 1950
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canadamap
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Chinatown, Toronto, Ontario One Place Study

This profile is part of the Chinatown, Toronto, Ontario One Place Study.
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Geography

Continent: North America
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
GPS Coordinates: 43.654, -79.385
Elevation: 91.4 m or 299.9 feet

The focus of this study is the first Chinatown that went along Elizabeth and York Street, between Dundas and Queen Street. In the 1950's it moved to a different section of the city (see First_Chinatown,_Toronto - Expropriation).

History

The first Chinese resident on record was Sam (Ching) 程 (abt.1854-).[1][2]

Population

Timeline

1881

"Canada Census, 1881." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://www.FamilySearch.org : 18 July 2022. From "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. www.ancestry.com : 2008. Citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1804541

NameWiki ID FS IDBirth YearBirthplace Census Record NotesC/U
Jani Lee FamilySearch Person: GV97-KLZ1846China Ancestry Record 1577 #3091728
FamilySearch Record: MVF3-ZPT
Ah Son FamilySearch Person: GV97-5Q61846China Ancestry Record 1577 #3091729
FamilySearch Record: MVF3-ZPY
Ah Sam FamilySearch Person: GV97-1LM1855China Ancestry Record 1577 #3094736
FamilySearch Record: MVF3-F7W
Sue Hoey FamilySearch Person: GV97-B9T1854China Ancestry Record 1577 #3096074
FamilySearch Record: MVF3-XDW
Samm Kee FamilySearch Person: GV9W-MCM1846China Ancestry Record 1577 #3098427
FamilySearch Record: MVF3-XXM
Sam Wing FamilySearch Person: GV97-5741859USA Ancestry Record 1577 #3094735
FamilySearch Record: MVF3-F77
Chin Pan FamilySearch Person: GV97-RHV1853China Ancestry Record 1577 #3098428
FamilySearch Record: MVF3-XX9
Tankel FamilySearch Person: GV97-KPX1857China Ancestry Record 1577 #3108519
FamilySearch Record: MVFQ-92X
Sam Tankel FamilySearch Person: GV97-2CV1851China Ancestry Record 1577 #3108520
FamilySearch Record: MVFQ-92F
Sam Ling FamilySearch Person: GV9W-SFG1851China Ancestry Record 1577 #3112512
FamilySearch Record: MVFQ-W2P
1891

"Canada Census, 1891." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 18 July 2022. Citing Department of Agriculture. Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1583536

Search string on this collection: Place=Toronto Birth Place=China

NameBirth YearCensus RecordNotesC/U
John Lin1846 FamilySearch Record: MWGD-L3V
Gee Tan1865 FamilySearch Record: MWG8-MZ2
Mah Sing1847 FamilySearch Record: MWG6-2J6
Yut Loy1865 FamilySearch Record: MWG6-J1G
Yut Loy1843 FamilySearch Record: MWG6-J1L
Chong San1855 FamilySearch Record: MWG8-TTB
Kee Wo1860 FamilySearch Record: MWG6-39Y
Sam Wo1855 FamilySearch Record: MWGD-36Y
Lees Gooh1856 FamilySearch Record: MWGX-34Z
Zing1856 FamilySearch Record: MWGD-GRL
Long Eh1876 FamilySearch Record: MWGZ-14Q
Hop Lun1861 FamilySearch Record: MWG5-LR3
Sun Lung1854 FamilySearch Record: MWGD-L91
Yoot Chung1863 FamilySearch Record: MWG8-37N
Wes Chong1858 FamilySearch Record: MWGF-45R
Loan Sang1866 FamilySearch Record: MWG8-XZX
Lien Sang FamilySearch Record: MWGD-RXG
Wing Sang FamilySearch Record: MWGD-RXP
San Chong1850 FamilySearch Record: MWGN-S9F
Aung Chung1863 FamilySearch Record: MWGD-Z96
Wing Quong1866 FamilySearch Record: MWGF-T3T
Lee Hop1873 FamilySearch Record: MWGD-V7G
Henry Ling1867 FamilySearch Record: MWG8-456
Seung Hong1861 FamilySearch Record: MWGF-ZVY
Pirg Loun1876 FamilySearch Record: MWG8-MZL
Charles Getling1857 FamilySearch Record: MWG8-DTR
Ah Wing1867 FamilySearch Record: MWG8-WL6
Sam Lee1856 FamilySearch Record: MWG8-NNT
Lun Lee1863 FamilySearch Record: MWGZ-143
Thos Lee1851 FamilySearch Record: MWG5-X1K
Sam Lee1841 FamilySearch Record: MWG8-TJ5
Sam Lee1849 FamilySearch Record: MWGD-L3J
Hey Lee1872 FamilySearch Record: MWG8-XTG
Ecknkee1841 FamilySearch Record: MWGD-GR2
1901

"Canada Census, 1901." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 18 July 2022. Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1584557

1911

"Recensement du Canada de 1911." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 15 August 2022. Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2143998

1921

1921 Census: "1921 Census of Canada," database with images, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 90; Census Place: 90, Toronto North, Ontario; Page Number: 17; Line Number: 47, (https://www.ancestry.com/ : accessed 11 January 2023), Record Collection 8991


Notables

Sources

  1. ↑ Chan, Arlene. "The Chinese community in Toronto : then and now" (Dundurn Press, Toronto, Ontario 2013) Pages 33 and 48 Internet Archive
  2. ↑ John Lorinc, Michael McClelland, Ellen Scheinberg, Tatum Taylor. "The Ward : the life and loss of Toronto's first immigrant neighbourhood"" (Coach House Books, Toronto, Ontario 2015) Page 39




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The Ward as viewed from Eaton factory
The Ward as viewed from Eaton factory
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