South Asian Canadian historical discrimination & impacts today

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On July 5, 2022, Vancouver City Council endorsed an interim report to acknowledge and address the historical discrimination and ongoing racism against people of South Asian Canadian descent.

As the next step, we reached out to broader South Asian Canadian communities to learn more about their experiences and desired actions, in order to develop recommendations to be presented to Council. Our learnings will further inform the City’s anti-racism action plan and related City projects.

We recognize that not everyone identifies with the term ‘South Asian Canadian’. For more information, please visit our frequently asked questions.

Next steps:

Following the completion of the detailed engagement report and historical research, staff will bring a final report to Vancouver City Council to summarize what we have learned and recommend relevant City of Vancouver actions to address historical and ongoing discrimination, including plans for a future apology.

Updates:

Thank you so much for your participation! Our engagement has concluded this Spring 2025.

Here is our Early Engagement Findings Summary with some preliminary insights from the survey and mapping engagement. This summary is not extensive and does not include any open-ended, written survey responses or in-person session contributions.

We will continue analyzing all engagement data and will share back a final, detailed engagement report of what we learned.