Is Victoria home to North America's Oldest Chinatown? | CBC Radio

In almost every Canadian city you can find a Chinatown. Many of them are large enough to resemble a vibrant town-within-the-city. But how did they start, and why?

In the latest episode of The Secret Life of Canada — Chinatown — co-hosts Falen Johnson and Leah Simone-Bowen look at some of the earliest history of Chinese people in Canada, including the first waves of immigration, the building of the Canadian Pacific railway, the Chinese head tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act.