Chinese Canadian Museum

The Chinese Canadian Museum is a museum in Downtown Vancouver spanning three floors in the Wing Sang Building, offering exhibitions and interactive displays that explore Chinese Canadian experiences through historical objects and recreated spaces. The building features period rooms from the 1930s and other settings that show how people lived in those times.

The museum opened in 2023 and occupies the oldest brick building in Vancouver's Chinatown, coinciding with a significant historical anniversary related to exclusion laws. This timing connects the physical space with an important moment in Canadian history.

The museum tells stories of Chinese Canadian experiences by showing how families lived in the historical Chinatown and what roles they played in the city. Visitors see how people kept their traditions alive while building new lives in their adopted home.

The museum sits near the Stadium-Chinatown SkyTrain station, making it easy to reach by public transit. Guided tours are offered during opening hours and help visitors understand the exhibitions in greater depth.

The Paper Trail exhibition displays hundreds of original identity certificates that were used during exclusion laws to control and restrict people's movements. These documents are powerful physical records of those restrictions.