Posts tagged as: Chinese New Year

Canada has over 2.5m Tigers: Census

Share Interesting stuff from StatCan: Chinese New Year… by the numbers Lunar New Year: 2010 is the Year of the Tiger! The Chinese New Year holiday—also referred to as the “Lunar New Year”—is not only a traditional festival for the Chinese, but also for the Korean, Vietnamese and many other East Asian populations in Canada. It [...]

Happy NIU Year!

Share CIV wishes everybody a prosperous Year of the Ox (Niu)! And bring the bull back to the stock markets! :) Gung Hey Fat Choy Gong Xi Fa Cai I was chatting with a friend today about how we used to spend our Chinese New Year when we were kids. Since I come from a [...]

How many ‘rats’ in Canada? Chinese New Year greetings from StatCan

Share Interesting stats from StatCan. 2008 is the Year of the Rat according to the Chinese calendar. The following table shows the number of Canadians who were born in the different years of the rats, as at Census 2006. Note there are quite a number of 100-year-old RATS ! Canadians born in the Years of [...]

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