Pull Factors to Canada
At the time of Chinese immigration, Canada was a new nation. She needed workers to work in industries and build settlements. Considering the distance from Europe, and eastern North America, British Columbia’s best option of low cost labor was China’s large source of eager workers (Library and Archives Canada). China was also very interested in the gold that was being found in Canada. When gold was found in the Fraser River Valley, thousands of people, including the Chinese were coming from California after the end of the California Gold Rush (Library and Archives Canada). During the Caribou Gold Rush, the first Chinese community was established in the gold mining town of Barkerville (University of British Columbia). Approximately 5,000 Chinese people were living Barkerville in the 1860s, but because of racial discrimination, Chinese prospectors made less then their white competitors (University of British Columbia).
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