Slated to open in Spring 2024, Bob & Michael’s Place is a response to one of our neighbourhood’s greatest needs—affordable community housing. Learn More Celebrating Chinatown’s vibrant cultural history through collaborative community projections every month. Learn More Providing financial resources to Chinatown businesses and non-profit organizations.

Applications now open! Learn More Delegates from 17 Chinatowns met in Vancouver for a first-of-its-kind cross-border summit. Learn More Explore the stories of our neighbourhood at the award-winning Chinatown Storytelling Centre. Learn More Located at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre, Foo Hung Curios is a retail store featuring home goods, stationery, art and jewelry, showcasing Chinese Canadian designers and artists. Learn More

Caring for Community & Culture

Our Vision

The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation is a registered charity committed to the revitalization of Chinatown, one of Canada’s most iconic neighbourhoods in the historic heart of Vancouver. The Foundation is dedicated to building a more resilient and inclusive community by promoting the well-being of those in need, while preserving Chinatown’s irreplaceable cultural heritage. As a community builder, the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation mobilizes resources and acts as a catalyst by bringing together thoughtful minds with on-the-ground insight – people who care about our community – to help solve some of our city’s biggest challenges.

Our Work

Our strategy to revitalize this important neighbourhood is based on three pillars: physical revitalization, economic revitalization, and cultural revitalization. Our community projects focus on creating a lasting positive impact such as affordable housing, seniors housing, cultural understanding, and economic development.

Bob & Michael’s Place

Bob & Michael’s Place is a response to one of our neighbourhood’s greatest needs—affordable community housing. Committed to creating a home where residents can thrive in community, Bob & Michael’s Place aspires to be a model for the future of social housing in Canada.

Chinatown Storytelling Centre

The Chinatown Storytelling Centre opened in November 2021 in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown. It is the first permanent space of its kind in Canada with programming, exhibits and interactive kiosks dedicated to sharing the indelible stories about the past, present, future, and living heritage of Vancouver’s Chinatown. Chinatown Storytelling Centre celebrates the powerful resilience of the Chinese Canadian journey and is a collection of the neighbourhood’s cultural history and an inclusive space for new ideas and dialogues to be shared.

Foo Hung Curios

Foo Hung Curios is a home goods and gift shop located at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre. The name plays homage to the iconic Foo Hung Curios store established in 1921. A purveyor of home goods, stationery, art and jewelry, the store offers a contemporary take on traditional objects, showcasing Chinese Canadian brands, designers and artists. Drop by for a visit.

All proceeds from Foo Hung Curios sales support the programs of the Chinatown Storytelling Centre.

May Wah Hotel

A historic single room occupancy (SRO) hotel in Chinatown built in 1913 to provide affordable housing for low-income labourers. Today the May Wah is a safe home that houses low income residents and seniors.

Make a difference today

The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation is a registered non-profit organization dedicated to building a more resilient and inclusive community by promoting the well-being of those in need, while preserving Chinatown’s irreplaceable cultural heritage. Your support will go towards bringing physical, cultural and economic revitalization to our historic Chinatown.

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