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December 11, 2014

Pictures of the Early Chinese Canadians in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Here's a collection vintage photos of Canada's Chinese population in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Chinese quarters in Toronto, 1923.

Chinese printing office on Louisa Street, Toronto, 1923.

Chinese at work on C.P.R. (Canadian Pacific Railway) in Mountains, 1884.

Chinese street, 1886.

A Chinese store in the Interior of the Upper Country, 1890-1910.

Chinese peddling chickens, Toronto, 1926.

Chinise labourers, Camp Petawawa, 1917.

Chinese crushing stone, camp Petawawa. Ont., 1917.

Man on a street carrying yoke with basket, 1897.

Man walking in front of stores, 1897.

Child walking on wooden sidewalk in front of stores, 1897.

Prefire buildings, street layout, 1868.

Chinese camp (Canadian Pacific Railway), Kamloops, British Columbia, 1886.

Chinese camp (Canadian Pacific Railway), Kamloops, British Columbia. 1886.

Chinese immigrant physical training group in High Park, Toronto, Ontario. June 8, 1919.

Chinese quarter, date unknown.

Chinese man washing gold, 1875.

Chinese camp, Kamloops, British Columbia. 1886.

Chinese labourers, detraining camp, Petawawa, Ontario.

Chinese immigrant, 1903-1905.

Chinese street, Victoria, 1886.

Chinese at Sarnia Tunnel, 1900.

Chinese at Sarnia Tunnel, 1900.

General group of Chinese in High Park, Toronto, 1919.

Chinese Torontonians in High Park, 1919.

Group of Chinese, Vancouver, 1899.

Chinese camp, 1886.

Chinese Physical Training and Boy Scout groups in High Park, Toronto, 1919.

Chinese man picking watercress in High Park, Toronto, 1920.

Chinese cleaning fish, 1920.

Chinese Boy Scouts eating lemons in High Park, Toronto, Ontario. June 8, 1919.

Arch in Vancouver’s Chinatown to celebrate the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 1901.

Chinese houses in Chinese quarter, 1886.

Construction of a Chinese camp, 1886.

(via The Library and Archives Canada)

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