French is one of two official languages in Canada and there's an entire province (Quebec) where it's the only official language, French is taught in school, spoken at home and at the workplace. You can study up to PhD level in French if you want to. It's not surprising at all that people still speak French.
In Vancouver you will hear more Cantonese , Mandarin, Tagalo Filipino, Korean , Hindi then French ,., The point that it is mostly Rich Chinese is false , in the Fifties a lot of the toysun Chinese which is like the village type. Farmers out side of Hong Kong migrated to Vancouver and ran little businesses like Chinese take food , corner stores , the Rich came later , you will see the affect and the difference between; Vancouver’s China town And Richmonds more modern cash influence Chinese malls
Asian Canadian here! About the Asian community here retaining its culture compared to the US - I think that relatively speaking, the influx of Asian immigrants to Canada is a lot more recent than you guys, so naturally the cultural is retained a bit more and hasn't died out (yet). I think it boomed in the late 80s/90s more or less, in comparison to the US where Asians have always had a stronghold for the longest time and so naturally it sort of slips away after generations. Unfortunately, I'm one of the few Asians in Canada who doesn't even speak my home language even with my parents. I'm starting to take language tutoring lessons to fix that now. If I have kids I'm for sure making them bilingual and not grow up monolingual like I did. btw, outside of Montreal, a lot of people don't really really speak French. It's required as a school subject like spanish is in the US, though most people don't take it that seriously.
RIP Godfrey Gao Honestly, yeah, IMHO, Asian Americans have it tougher. The US is a melting pot, where you assimilate or you're a pariah -- and Asian culture is just way different. Canada is more of a multicultural tapestry. It's not perfect, but it's better.
Nope there was a CBC survey that showed that canadians are actually less accepting of multiculturalism and want immigrants to fit in more compared to people in US
melting pot just means cultures that are being shared with one another rather than self-segregating, it doesn’t signify giving up one’s original culture, it’s really more of a boiling pot rather than melting pot, so you are ignorant
People in US don’t have an issue with asian culture, in fact many people like asian food, the only issue is that some asian people are unattractive and that can cause some people to subconsciously dislike them, this is also the case in canada as many asian canadians are ugly, but good looking asians are well-liked and popular in US
The WMAF disparity is also worse in canada since asian canadian guys have a harder time dating non-asian girls in canada compared to their counterparts in US
Vancouver has the largest Asian population per capita in North America , Chinese ,Korean ,Filipino, Vietnamese,if you speak only a certain Chinese dialect you can get by your whole life with out speaking English ,What you said about it’s only rich Chinese that move to Vancouver is not true , The 1st Chinese that came to Canada worked on the railway line construction many were sadly killed, the next group came in the 1950s the established grocery stores and Chinese fast food restaurants,then many others came after of different backgrounds ,
Chinese American: Assimilation Chinese Canadian/and other races (mainly in major cities such as Toronto, Vancouver): multiculturalism to a higher extent Chinese Australians: not as much multiculturalism and cannot assimilate (IMO and from info from my friends who were there, ppl are more racist toward Chinese/Asian community in Australia bcuz there aren't many other races available there to be racist against lol) Let me know what you guys think!
Chinese born and raised in China here, haha nice podcast and I can always gain a lot of new perspectives from your podcast!
French is one of two official languages in Canada and there's an entire province (Quebec) where it's the only official language, French is taught in school, spoken at home and at the workplace. You can study up to PhD level in French if you want to. It's not surprising at all that people still speak French.
Thanks for sharing that.
In Vancouver you will hear more Cantonese , Mandarin, Tagalo Filipino, Korean , Hindi then French ,., The point that it is mostly Rich Chinese is false , in the Fifties a lot of the toysun Chinese which is like the village type. Farmers out side of Hong Kong migrated to Vancouver and ran little businesses like Chinese take food , corner stores , the Rich came later , you will see the affect and the difference between; Vancouver’s China town And Richmonds more modern cash influence Chinese malls
Toronto here!! I am Chinese and proud!
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Asian Canadian here!
About the Asian community here retaining its culture compared to the US - I think that relatively speaking, the influx of Asian immigrants to Canada is a lot more recent than you guys, so naturally the cultural is retained a bit more and hasn't died out (yet). I think it boomed in the late 80s/90s more or less, in comparison to the US where Asians have always had a stronghold for the longest time and so naturally it sort of slips away after generations.
Unfortunately, I'm one of the few Asians in Canada who doesn't even speak my home language even with my parents. I'm starting to take language tutoring lessons to fix that now. If I have kids I'm for sure making them bilingual and not grow up monolingual like I did.
btw, outside of Montreal, a lot of people don't really really speak French. It's required as a school subject like spanish is
in the US, though most people don't take it that seriously.
It also depends on the region as certain regions like SoCal are more multicultural than all parts of canada
man.. this podcast was so good. why isnt this in uploaded in its full entirety?
Thanks for watching!
RIP Godfrey Gao
Honestly, yeah, IMHO, Asian Americans have it tougher. The US is a melting pot, where you assimilate or you're a pariah -- and Asian culture is just way different.
Canada is more of a multicultural tapestry. It's not perfect, but it's better.
Non-asian girls in US are also more willing to date asian guys compared to girls in canada
Nope there was a CBC survey that showed that canadians are actually less accepting of multiculturalism and want immigrants to fit in more compared to people in US
melting pot just means cultures that are being shared with one another rather than self-segregating, it doesn’t signify giving up one’s original culture, it’s really more of a boiling pot rather than melting pot, so you are ignorant
People in US don’t have an issue with asian culture, in fact many people like asian food, the only issue is that some asian people are unattractive and that can cause some people to subconsciously dislike them, this is also the case in canada as many asian canadians are ugly, but good looking asians are well-liked and popular in US
Nope a CBC survey showed that canadians are more close minded and less accepting of multiculturalism compared to US
haha sooo good!! I feel as a Canadian Asian, we are way too nice
Nothing wrong with being kind, especially now with all the craziness going on. Canada is awesome and underrated.
The WMAF disparity is also worse in canada since asian canadian guys have a harder time dating non-asian girls in canada compared to their counterparts in US
Whys it all cut up wheres the full pc
Yep Kevin rudd the government in Australia who speaks fluent Mandarin
That’s pointless since most white aussies can only speak one language and are more racist towards asians
Vancouver has the largest Asian population per capita in North America , Chinese ,Korean ,Filipino, Vietnamese,if you speak only a certain Chinese dialect you can get by your whole life with out speaking English ,What you said about it’s only rich Chinese that move to Vancouver is not true , The 1st Chinese that came to Canada worked on the railway line construction many were sadly killed, the next group came in the 1950s the established grocery stores and Chinese fast food restaurants,then many others came after of different backgrounds ,
yeah and there was a cbc survey that concluded that canadians are more close minded and less accepting of multiculturalism compared to americans
Olivia cheng is another good example
French is official language of canada
Chinese American: Assimilation
Chinese Canadian/and other races (mainly in major cities such as Toronto, Vancouver): multiculturalism to a higher extent
Chinese Australians: not as much multiculturalism and cannot assimilate (IMO and from info from my friends who were there, ppl are more racist toward Chinese/Asian community in Australia bcuz there aren't many other races available there to be racist against lol)
Let me know what you guys think!
You can assimilate and hold on to your original culture as well, and asians in US do a better job of that than asians in canada