Canada Guide
Alberta and the Rockies
Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre
Address: 197-1st St SW
Opening time: Daily: centre 9am–9pm, museum 11am–5pm
Price: $2
Telephone: 403-262-5071
Website: www.culturalcentre.ca
The Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre, its big central dome modelled on the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, claims to be one of the largest Chinese centres in Canada. It forms the focus for Calgary's modest Chinatown and large Chinese-Canadian population, most of whom are descendants of immigrants who came to work on the railways in the 1880s. It contains a small museum and gallery, and a gift shop and restaurant.