From 1901 until 1911, about 5,000 Sikhs (the majority who were young single men), came to Canada. They mostly settled in British Columbia to work in the logging, farming and railway industries.
In 1911 they built the Abbotsford Sikh Temple or Gurdwara. It is the oldest surviving Sikh temple in Canada.
In 2002, Parks Canada designated it as National Historic Site of Canada.
Parks Canada website http://www.pc.gc.ca/culture/ppa-ahp/itm1-/page04_e.asp
East Indians http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-905.015-e.html
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