1. Chinese-origin folks in BC:

"About 24 per cent of the more than 450,000 people of Chinese descent in Metro Vancouver tell Canada census..." (from Vancouver Sun, column by Douglas Todd, February 5, 2011 ).

"A substantial majority of the Chinese population living in Canada was born outside the country" (Stats Can, "The Chinese Community in Canada").

2. Headlines in China paper past year:

"Vancouver housing tax pushes rich Chinese..."
"Mayor never dreamed foreign-funded housing crisis would get so bad"
"Immigration mega-fraud: the rich Chinese immigrants"
"Canada’s foreign.... buyers tax won’t..."
"Conference ridicules... government's foreign home buyers estimate"
"Foreign money’s big role in Vancouver... "
"Panama Papers expose... offshore firms of Vancouver developer... wanted by China for graft"
"Study reveals awfulness of... investor immigration; income tax averages C$1,400 per millionaire"
"Bogus ‘analysis’ obscures the role of foreign money"
"... Rich Chinese get to Canada.."