page_title: Chinatowns in Toronto
section_title: East Chinatown
hierarchical_section_title: Chinatowns in Toronto / Chinatowns in Toronto / East Chinatown
caption_attribution_description: East Chinatown, Toronto, Canada
context_page_description: Toronto Chinatowns are ethnic enclaves in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with a high concentration of ethnic Chinese residents and businesses. These neighbourhoods are major cultural, social and economic hubs for the Chinese-Canadian communities of the region. In addition to Toronto, several areas in the Greater Toronto Area also hold a high concentration of Chinese residents and businesses.
  When used directly, in Toronto the term "Chinatown" typically refers to the neighbourhood in downtown Toronto, which extends along Dundas Street West and Spadina Avenue. The Chinese community in this downtown Chinatown previously originated from First Chinatown, which was located in what used to be known as The Ward. With changes in the city and subsequent waves of immigration from the mid-20th century onwards, East Chinatown developed at the intersection of Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street, as well as suburban Chinatowns in Scarborough and North York. In the Greater Toronto Area, Markham, Mississauga, and Richmond Hill, have all developed sizable Chinatowns. In fact, the large Chinese communities of northern Scarborough, Markham, and Richmond Hill actually form a continuous L-shaped belt.
context_section_description: With the expropriation of the first downtown Chinatown and the subsequent property values increased in the west Chinatown due to continued immigration from Chinese communities abroad, many Chinese Canadians migrated to Toronto's east end in Riverdale. A second, somewhat smaller, Chinese community was formed, beginning in 1971 with the opening of Charlie's Meat. Centred on Gerrard Street East between Broadview Avenue and Carlaw Avenue (43.666614°N 79.347295°W), Chinese-Vietnamese and mainland Chinese immigrants dominate this district.
  Known as East Chinatown, it covers a smaller area than Toronto's main Chinatown west of downtown, but is growing. As with many Canadian Chinatowns, the demographics of East Chinatown has been changing with gentrification and immigration.
caption: Chinatown East another smaller Chinese community in Riverdale. Formed in 1971, Chinatown East is centred around Gerrard Street.
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