Overview

• Burnaby will join Vancouver and New Westminster as the third Metro Vancouver city to acknowledge its role in anti-Chinese policies.
• The apology follows more than five years of work and a community consultation process that included surveys, dialogue sessions, focus groups and interviews.
• A Community Heritage Commission report found that between 1892 and 1947 Burnaby enacted bylaws, trades licenses and labour regulations that discriminated against Chinese residents.
• Over one-third of today’s Burnaby residents are of Chinese descent, underlining the apology’s significance for both recent immigrants and multi-generational families.
• The city has pledged to enhance Chinese-Canadian historical visibility, support cultural programming and remove barriers to inclusion.