Vancouver Chinatown

• Global BC Presents: Chinatown Stories

  Through all of its struggles, the building blocks of Chinatown's community have remained. It's a place of refuge where those who weren’t accepted elsewhere could find support.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2025
  
• Bid to save Vancouver Chinatown’s last post office, a ‘lifeline’ for community

  Everything is done by mail, from paying utility bills to contacting members for an event, just as it was when the Chinese community organization was founded in 1912.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2025
  
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• Longtime Vancouver Chinatown restaurant closed after lease terminated by city

  Floata Seafood Restaurant, located at 180 Keefer St., has been a staple in the community for more than three decades and hosted weddings and banquets.

  Economy

  Oct 29, 2025
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• ‘Project Muralize’ aims to revitalize Vancouver’s Chinatown

  A Vancouver police officer with connections to Chinatown is behind a new initiative to bring colour and culture back to the neighbourhood.

  Aug 22, 2025
• ‘Rules get in the way’: Another push to revive dying Vancouver’s Chinatown Plaza underway

  Those interested in sharing ideas and inspirations for the city-owned mall can also participate in an online survey before May 12.

  Politics

  May 8, 2025
• Exhibit goes behind Fred Herzog photos to untold stories of Vancouver’s Chinatown

  Vitality: Iconic Images, Hidden Stories pairs 16 of Fred Herzog's lush Kodachrome images captured in the historic Chinatown, Strathcona and Hastings neighbourhoods.

  Entertainment

  Apr 9, 2025
• Chinatown barber says he has to move due to street crime and disorder

  A barber in Vancouver's Chinatown has announced he is leaving the neighbourhood and moving to a new location due to crime and disorder.

  Crime

  Dec 2, 2024
• Light Up Chinatown! returns to Vancouver 1 year after triple stabbing

  Organizers of this weekend’s Light Up Chinatown! festival are determined to forge ahead following last year’s tragedy at the family-friendly event.

  Crime

  Aug 21, 2024
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• Thousands attend Chinatown’s Spring Festival Parade in downtown Vancouver

  The 50th Anniversary of the Chinatown Spring Festival Parade is taking place in Vancouver's historic Chinatown neighbourhood today.

  Canada

  Feb 11, 2024
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• Vancouver Lunar New Year parade reverses exclusion of progressive groups

  Progressive and LGBTQ+ groups say organizers of Vancouver's Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown this weekend rejected their applications to take part.

  Entertainment

  Feb 9, 2024