Geography
Women of note
South Asians
Chinese
A face to remember
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Canadian city with oldest Chinatown.
What is Victoria, B.C.?
From the late 1850s to the 1860s, it was the primary springboard for several thousand Chinese gold miners heading to the Fraser River valley and the Cariboo, and in the 1880s it was the main entry point for the estimated 15,000 Chinese builders of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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This actress was born in Ottawa. She is best known for her starring roles as Cristina Yang on the ABC medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy.
Who is Sandra Oh?
The actress is of Korean heritage.
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This was the second South Asian Minister of Defence that Canada ever had.
Who is Anita Anand? (born 1967) Anand is a lawyer and has served as the minister of national defence since 2021.
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This is the province where Won Alexander Cumyow was born. He was the first person of Chinese heritage born in British North America, which later became Canada.
What is British Columbia?
Despite training to be a lawyer, Cumyow was unable to take the bar exam and become a lawyer, because he was not on the voter list. Because Canada denied Asians the right to vote.
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David Suzuki (1936-). Vancouver, BC.
He is best known as host and narrator of the popular and long-running CBC Television science program "The Nature of Things", seen in over 40 countries. He is also well known for being an environmental activist.
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This is the #1 source country for immigrants to Canada.
What is the India?
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She fled her homeland with her parents and two brothers in 1978. The term “boat people” has been used to describe the thousands of refugees from this country. She is now a renowned author of the novel "Ru".
Who is Kim Thúy ? An award-winning Canadian author born in Vietnam in 1968.
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This is the name of the ship that sailed from (British) Hong Kong to Vancouver in 1914, carrying 376 passengers from Punjab province in (British) India. The ship's passengers were refused entry to Canada.
What is the Komagata Maru? The passengers comprised 337 Sikhs, 27 Muslims and 12 Hindus, all Punjabis and British subjects.
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Known as the “China Clipper,” he played for the Calgary Stampeders for three years before joining the Edmonton Eskimos. By the time he retired from football in 1960, he had won six Grey Cups, was named “All Canadian Fullback” five times.
Who is Norman Kwong ? (born in 1929, in Calgary.)
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Who is Jagmeet Singh? Born in Scarborough, ON in 1979. His parents immigrated to Canada from the Indian state of Punjab. On February 25, 2019, he became the first member of a racialized community to lead a major Canadian federal political party on a permanent basis.
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Almost half of the foreign-born population of Canada was born in Asia (this definition of Asia includes the Middle East). These are the top 3 source countries for immigration in Canada.
What are India, China, the Philippines?
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Who is Adrienne Clarkson (née Poy)? Born in Hong Kong 1939. A CBC journalist who served from 2000 to 2005 as Governor General of Canada.
Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941, as a refugee.
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He is a comedian, actor, writer and producer from Montreal. His birth name is Samir Khullar.
Who is Sugar Sammy? His comedy routines are delivered in a mixture of English, French, Punjabi and Hindi.
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In 1948, this person became the first Canadian of Asian heritage to play in the National Hockey League. He made his NHL debut with the New York Rangers.
Who is Laurence Kwong? Born in 1924 in Vernon, BC.
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Who is Ian Hanomansing ?
Born in Trinidad and raised in Sackville, New Brunswick, he is a veteran CBC reporter. In Vancouver, he was a national reporter for fourteen years.
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Canada committed forces to this Central Asian country in October 2001. Canadian soldiers began to deploy to this country in December 2001.
What is Afghanistan?
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Who is Vivienne Poy? She is the first Senator of Asian heritage. She served as a member of the Senate of Canada from 1998 until 2012.
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Born in Burlington, Newfoundland, he began his entertainment career on YTV before eventually starring as co-host of "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" in 2003.
Who is Shaun Majumder? (1972-)
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This person was the first racialized person elected to the Parliament of Canada, as well as the first Canadian Member of Parliament of Asian heritage.
Douglas Jung (born 1924, in Victoria, BC). On June 10, 1957, Jung was elected as the Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre. Shortly afterward, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker appointed him to represent Canada at the United Nations as the Chair of the Canadian Legal Delegation. 
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Who is Harjit Sajjan?
Sajjan was born in 1970, in the Punjab, India. Sajjan immigrated to Canada in 1976, when he was five years old. Harjit Singh grew up in South Vancouver.
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This Japan-born solider immigrated to Canada in 1908 and served with distinction in the First World War. In 1917 at Vimy Ridge, this a Canadian soldier earned the Military Medal for bravery.
Who is Masumi Mitsui?
A farmer, soldier, Canadian Legion official (born 1887 in Tokyo; died 1987 in Hamilton, ON). After the war, he returned to British Columbia. He resumed his life, had a family. In 1942, Mitsui and his family were declared enemies and sent to a Japanese-Canadian internment camp, like all people of Japanese ancestry in Canada. Their home and possessions were confiscated. 
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Who is Ruth Lor?
Ruth Lor Malloy (1932-) born in Brockville, ON is a travel writer and activist. In the 1950s, she worked with Toronto's Joint Labour Committee on Human Rights to fight reluctance of restaurant owners in Ontario to serve Black customers.
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This is a Yukon-based person who makes viral Punjabi dance videos.
Who is Gurdeep Pandher ? He is a Sikh-Canadian, and author, teacher and performer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7S2u2h8KA
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This person became the first Chinese Canadian to be appointed to the Federal Court in 2021.
Madam Justice Avvy Yao-Yao Go is a first-generation Canadian of Chinese heritage. Justice Go devoted the bulk of her legal career to breaking down barriers for marginalized groups.
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Who is Patrick Chan? (born in 1990) A figure skater. He is a 2018 Olympic gold medallist, 2014 Olympic silver medallist, a three–time World champion (2011, 2012, 2013).