Beginning in 1858, early settlers formed Victoria's Chinatown and other Chinese communities in New Westminster, Yale, and Lillooet. Estimates indicate that about 1/3 of the non-native population of the Fraser goldfields was Chinese.
From 1858 onwards, early immigrants founded Victoria's Chinatown and other Chinese settlements in New Westminster, Yale, and Lillooet. It is estimated that roughly 1/3 of the non-indigenous populace in the Fraser gold region were Chinese.