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Chinese labourers working on the Canadian Pacific Railroad in 1884. Image credit: Boorne and May/Library and Archives Canada/Ernest Brown fonds/e011303100-017_s2. The memorial captures this trestle mid-construction, with two life-size cast bronze Chinese workers by Francis LeBouthillier precariously lifting a beam into position atop the.
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VIDEO: Chinese railroad workers and the CPR - examines the history of Chinese laborers on Canada's first megaproject, the Canadian Pacific Railroad, which brought new economic and transportation possibilities to a young nation, but at a severe human cost, including sickness, malnutrition, and shunning by society.
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Chinese railway workers were brought by ship from both California and China to start building the CPR from the west coast at the same time that European labourers began building the eastern section from the east coast. Over the course of construction and by the end of 1882, of the 9,000 railway workers, 6,500 were Chinese Canadians.
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The Legacy of Chinese Railroad Workers. July 30, 2020. The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885 was essential to Canada, as it connected all the areas of confederation and it made the move across the country much more convenient and affordable. Before the railway was completed, it was easier to travel from Hong Kong to British.
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Part 3: How did Chinese workers contribute to building the CPR? Explain that building the railway in BC was difficult because of the many mountains. Building tunnels through the mountains was dangerous, and the most dangerous jobs were often done by Chinese workers.
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Overview of the set. This set of History Docs invites students to determine what life was like for Chinese railway workers building the Canadian Pacific Railway after examining a variety of primary and secondary sources including photographs, newspaper articles, telegrams, websites and books. Click on the thumbnails below to view enlarged.
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It frames the CPR's attitude and action throughout 1881-1885, as the Chinese workers were paid a low wage which they quickly used up to supply their own food and supplies to work, while white workers were fully provided for. 9 The basic human needs of Chinese workers for rest, food, and shelter were disregarded, but they remained a vital energy source for the railway. The CPR treated Chinese.
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The Ties That Bind: Building the CPR, Building a Place in Canada is a project of the Foundation to Commemorate the Chinese Railroad Workers in Canada (FCCRWC) in partnership with the Multicultural History Society of Ontario and the Canadian government through the Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Community Historical Recognition Program (CHRP).
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The Canadian Pacific Railway company (CPR) was incorporated in 1881. Its original purpose was the construction of a transcontinental railway, a promise to British Columbia upon its entry into Confederation ( see Railway History ). The railway — completed in 1885 — connected Eastern Canada to British Columbia and played an important role in.
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Chinese Labourers and the CPR. Some 15,000 Chinese labourers completed the British Columbia section of the CPR, with more than 600 of them perishing under adverse working conditions during this essential construction. Largely because of the trans-Canada railway, Chinese communities developed across the nation.
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A camp for Chinese workers on the Canadian Pacific Railway, somewhere near Kamloops. Date: 1886. Author: Edouard Deville. Source: Royal BC Museum / BC Archives, B-09759. In 1881, British Columbia was finally getting its railway connecting it to the rest of the Dominion. The project had been on the drawing boards for a decade, bogged down by.
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Chinese Construction Workers on the Canadian Pacific Railway. In the early 1880's contractor Andrew Onderdonk brought thousands of labourers from China to help build the Pacific Railway through the mountains of British Columbia. About three-quarters of the men who worked on the section between the Pacific and Craigellachie were Chinese.
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The Canadian Pacific Railway (French: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) (reporting marks CP,. The exact number of Chinese workers who died is unknown, but historians estimate the number is between 600 and 800. By 1883, railway construction was progressing rapidly, but the CPR was in danger of running out of funds..
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The CPR faced two very big problems as soon as it was founded. It did not have enough money. And it did not have enough workers. The government solved the first problem. It provided millions of dollars to the CPR. The second problem was solved by employing Chinese workers. The CPR employed approximately 15,000 Chinese workers.
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Many of the Chinese workers were unprepared for B.C.'s harsh winters, especially at Port Moody where ice prevented supply ships from docking and, thus, providing the workers with some relief. It is estimated that more than 600 Chinese workers died during the building of the CPR—more than four for every mile of track.
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As part of our Building Canada 150 series, the Journal of Commerce and Daily Commercial News examined the history of Chinese labourers and Canada's first meg.