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Montreal s Chinatown registered as city s first heritage site

Montreal’s Chinatown was unofficially recognized in 1902, a few years after Chinese immigrants from West Canada moved to the area

Montreal s Chinatown registered as city s first heritage site

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante this week announced that the city’s historic Chinatown became its first area designated as a heritage site, making it part of Quebec province's Directory of Cultural Heritage. What it means: The city broke the news in a press release on Wednesday, declaring its Chinatown as the only “significant historic Chinatown preserved in Quebec and Eastern Canada” and the only French-speaking Chinatown in North America. Officials say its registration into Quebec's Directory of Cultural Heritage creates “a lever for cultural and tourism development."

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