Eh-Sian Canadian History
This month is officially recognized across Canada as Asian Heritage Month.
What is May?
Canada is warming at about twice the global rate, especially in this region.
What is the Arctic?
This hit Canadian TV comedy centered around a Korean Canadian family running a convenience store in Toronto.
What is Kim's Convenience?
This province generates most of its electricity from hydroelectric power.
What is Quebec?
This popular Japanese dish often includes rice, raw fish, and seaweed.
What is sushi?
This railway project in the 1880s relied heavily on Chinese labourers to help connect Canada from coast to coast.
What is the Canadian Pacific Railway?
Canada contains about 20% of the world’s supply of this critical natural resource.
What is freshwater?
This Oscar-winning South Korean film became the first non-English language movie to win Best Picture in 2020.
What is Parasite?
This everyday product type was banned in Calgary in 2023 to reduce waste.
What are single-use plastics?
This South Asian snack, shaped like a triangle and filled with potatoes or meat, is popular across Canada.
What is a samosa?
This Sikh community milestone occurred in 1908 when one of Canada’s first Sikh temples opened in this Canadian city.
What is Vancouver?
This is Canada’s largest ecosystem type and a major global carbon sink.
What is the Boreal Forest?
This Marvel movie featured the franchise’s first Asian superhero lead.
What is Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings?
This eastern-Canadian city implemented one of the first green bin compost programs.
What is Toronto?
This Chinese dish resembling a coin purse is often served during Lunar New Year celebrations for good luck.
What are dumplings?
This Canadian prime minister was the first to declare Asian Heritage Month in 2002.
This tree-killing insect has expanded its range in western Canada due to milder winters.
What is the mountain pine beetle?
This martial arts movie from 2000 was the first non-English language film to break the $100 million mark in the United States.
What is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?
This province generates 99% of its electricity from wind energy.
What is Prince Edward Island?
This Korean dish consists of mixed rice topped with vegetables, meat, egg, and spicy gochujang sauce.
What is bibimbap?
In 1914, this incident occurred when a ship carrying South Asian immigrants was denied permission to dock in Vancouver Harbour, highlighting Canada's exclusionary immigration policy at the time.
What is the Komagata Maru incident?
This thawing ground in northern Canada releases greenhouse gases when it melts.
What is permafrost?
The Bollywood film industry is based in this major Indian city.
What is Mumbai?
This province has one of Canada’s highest recycling rates.
What is British Columbia?
This Sichuan form of dining involves cooking meats and vegetables in a simmering communal broth at the table.
What is hot pot?