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Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Chinese Public School

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Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Chinese Public School, Fisgard St, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 010
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Chinese Public School, Fisgard St, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 010

The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Chinese Public School is a historic building is located in the downtown core of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.The Chinese Public School was built in 1909 by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) in response to the racial and cultural segregation imposed by the school board and government, which banned Chinese students from City schools until they spoke English. The school continues to provide Cantonese and Mandarin-language education.

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Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and Chinese Public School
Fisgard Street, Victoria Downtown

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Fisgard Street
V8W 2G6 Victoria, Downtown
British Columbia, Canada
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Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Greater Victoria area has a population of 397,237. Victoria is the 7th most densely populated city in Canada with 4,405.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (11,411/sq mi).Victoria is the southernmost major city in Western Canada and is about 100 km (62 mi) southwest from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver on the mainland. The city is about 100 km (62 mi) from Seattle by airplane, seaplane, ferry, or the Victoria Clipper passenger-only ferry, and 40 km (25 mi) from Port Angeles, Washington, by ferry Coho across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Named for Queen Victoria, the city is one of the oldest in the Pacific Northwest, with British settlement beginning in 1843. The city has retained a large number of its historic buildings, in particular its two most famous landmarks, the Parliament Buildings (finished in 1897 and home of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia) and the Empress hotel (opened in 1908). The city's Chinatown is the second oldest in North America, after San Francisco's. The region's Coast Salish First Nations peoples established communities in the area long before European settlement, which had large populations at the time of European exploration. Known as "the Garden City", Victoria is an attractive city and a popular tourism destination with a regional technology sector that has risen to be its largest revenue-generating private industry. Victoria is in the top twenty of world cities for quality-of-life, according to Numbeo. The city has several schools including Victoria College of Art, the Canadian College of Performing Arts, and high school programs run by the Greater Victoria School District#61. Victoria has rugged shorelines and several beaches. Victoria is popular with retirees, who come to enjoy the temperate and usually snow-free climate of the area as well as the usually relaxed pace of the city.