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King of Kensington
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« on: January 13, 2019, 01:57:12 AM »

Chinese Canadians have been trending quite conservative as of late.  Is this simply because that partisan loyalties are weaker and the Conservatives have been far better at immigrant outreach than the US Republicans, or are Chinese Canadians also more socially conservative and business-oriented than Chinese Americans?

Socioeconomically they look pretty similar (certainly much more similar than South Asians in the two respective countries).
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King of Kensington
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2019, 04:07:30 PM »

The Conservatives are saner (for lack of more politically correct term) than the GOP, and Canada’s immigration policies have arguably led to better political integration of visible minority groups in general. It probably also helps that Canada doesn’t have a history of racialized slavery and resultant political polarization.

To my knowledge the Chinese Canadian community is more disproportionately composed of wealthy Chinese/Taiwanese/Hong Kong emigres, international students in university, etc compared to Chinese Americans. This may skew perceptions of political leanings.

I don’t have any hard evidence but I suspect this is also true for Indian Canadians.

The Chinese busineess immigrants have a high profile but most Chinese Canadians aren't that wealthy.  Places like Agincourt and Richmond are not "rich."  It's not that different from the US where it ranges from places like Flushing to upper middle class "ethnoburbs."

Indo Canadians are much more socioeconomically heterogeneous than in the US; there's a lot of blue collar Punjabis in Canada.  In the US, upper middle class Hindus dominate the Indian population.


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King of Kensington
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« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2019, 04:19:23 PM »

In Vancouver the CPC has very much become "the Chinese party."
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King of Kensington
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« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2019, 01:15:38 AM »

According to Statscan, a majority of Chinese Canadians are of no religion.  But there's a sizeable evangelical element that is seemingly growing.

Thing is, outside of a few rural pockets, evangelicalism in Canada is largely an immigrant phenomenon.

It might be different in say, the suburban counties in California with large Asian populations.  Does integration into "blue state liberalism" inhibit the influence of evangelical churches among Chinese Americans? 

 
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King of Kensington
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2019, 11:17:54 PM »
« Edited: January 16, 2019, 11:21:27 PM by King of Kensington »

Kensington, how are you getting Statscan data for religion by ethnicity? I can't find it.

https://tinyurl.com/y8n8jwng

According to 2011 NHS, Chinese Canadians are 64% no religion and 24% Christian.  
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