Abstract The paper discusses the Chinese Opera, Dragon Ball and the 'institution' of Dr. Joseph Wong, and related achievements that bode well for the community's future. Some statistics are noted, and comments on the prevalence of Chinese in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are discussed. There is an in-depth discussion on how the community is regarded by others. The paper includes commentary from those who are able to remember the 'old' community as it has come to overlap with more recent arrivals from Hong Kong, Mainland China and various locations in the British Commonwealth.
From the Paper "The Toronto Chinese community is now a varied and respected presence, known to others as a natural presence, of long history. According to the 2001 Census, more than one-quarter of visible minority members in Canada are people of Chinese origin and a full 40 per cent of Canada's Chinese now live in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), followed by 33 per cent in British Columbia. In Toronto, 355, 270 people cite Chinese as the mother tongue (Statscan, 2001) This represents a rise of 20.5 per cent, over 294,875 in 1996."
