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As of 2014 there are 250,000 ethnic Indo-Canadians in Greater Vancouver.
68% percent of Indo-Canadians in Canada live in the Toronto and Vancouver areas as of 2001, together making up 7% of the combined populations of the cities.
History
The Empress of India arrived in Vancouver in 1904. On board were the first members of Vancouver's South Asian community. The first gurdwara in Vancouver opened in 1908. It was founded by the Khalsa Diwan Society, which was established in 1906.
In 1908 the Canadian Dominion government had a plan to obtain labour for sugar plantations in British Honduras, now Belize, by recruiting Punjabis in Vancouver. The plan did not work because the Punjabis had already obtained employment.
In 1914 Sikhs in Vancouver protested after authorities turned away the Komagata Maru and most of its passengers; this vessel carried Sikhs from Punjab.
Additional immigration of those of Indian background residing in India, Fiji, and England occurred in the late 1960s.
Geography
The Punjabi Market, an Indo-Canadian business district, is focussed on the intersection of 49th Avenue and Main Street.
Media
There is a variety of Indo-Canadian newspapers and magazines serving Greater Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. The Indo-Canadian Times is a Punjabi-language weekly and is one of the country's largest. The Indo-Canadian Voice is an online English-language newspaper published by Rattan Mall, serving the Indo-Canadian community but also covering a wide range of British Columbia and other news. Mall had been a reporter for the Times of India from 1979 to 1990, for the Vancouver Sun in 1994, and The Province in 1996, and was an associate producer what CFMT-TV (now Omni) in Toronto in 1999 and 2000. Also of note are Apna Roots: South Asian Connection, which publishes in English, and Punjab di Awaaz/Voice of Punjab, which publishes in Punjabi.
As of 2014 several "pirate radio" stations in northern Washington state in the United States serve the Indo-Canadian community in Greater Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. They are Radio India, Radio Punjab, and Sher-E-Punjab. Radio stations on the Canadian side had complained about the US-based pirates.
Recreation
The Indian Summer Festival is held every year. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Vancouver sponsors the festival.
References
- Nayar, Kamala Elizabeth. The Punjabis in British Columbia: Location, Labour, First Nations, and Multiculturalism (McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history: Series 2). McGill-Queen's Press (MQUP), October 1, 2012. ISBN 0773540709, 9780773540705.
- Nayar, Kamala Elizabeth. The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver: Three Generations Amid Tradition, Modernity, and Multiculturalism. University of Toronto Press, 2004. ISBN 0802086314, 9780802086310.
Notes
- ^ Hopper, Tristin. "Pirate Radio: Why do three of the biggest Indian language stations in Vancouver broadcast out of the U.S.?" (Archive). National Post. October 3, 2014. Retrieved on October 15, 2014.
- "The East Indian community in Canada" (Archive). Statistics Canada. Retrieved on October 15, 2014. "The large majority of Canadians of East Indian origin also live in either Toronto or Vancouver. In 2001, 68% of the overall East Indian community lived in one of these two cities. That year close to 350,000 Canadians of East Indian origin lived in Toronto, while almost 150,000 lived in Vancouver. Canadians of East Indian origin made up 7% of the residents of both Toronto and Vancouver that year."
- ^ Pang, Guek-cheng. Culture Shock! Vancouver. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd, August 15, 2010. ISBN 9814484806, 9789814484800. p. 30.
- Nayar, The Sikh Diaspora in Vancouver, p. 16.
- Henderson, Martha L. Geographical Identities of Ethnic America: Race, Space, and Place. University of Nevada Press, 2002. ISBN 0874174872, 9780874174878. p. 71.
- Lee, Shelley Sang-Hee. A New History of Asian America. Routledge, October 1, 2013. ISBN 1135071063, 9781135071066. p. 156.
- Lynch, Dana. "Vancouver Punjabi Market Shopping & Walking Tour" (Archive). About.com. Retrieved on October 15, 2014.
- Indo-Canadian Times website
- Indo-Canadian Voice Online
- [http://www.voiceonline.com/about-our-editor/ About Our Editor, Indo-Canadian Voice
- Apna Roots website
- Punjabi di Awaaz website
- "CBC Vancouver is proud to sponsor Indian Summer Festival." Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on October 15, 2014.
Further reading
- Nayar, Kamala Elizabeth, "Misunderstood in the Diaspora: The Experience of Orthodox Sikhs in Vancouver." Sikh Formations 4, No. 1 2008), p. 17-32.
- Sanghera, Gumar S. The Male Punjabi Elderly of Vancouver: Their Background, Health Beliefs and Access to Health Care Services. University of British Columbia, 1991. See profile at Google Books.
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