[2] This represents the third largest community of Canadians, after Canada itself and the United States.
[3] The Canadian diaspora in Beijing is a young and well-educated community and is economically active.
A significant number of them include Chinese Canadian returnees who emigrated to Canada in the early 1990s and later returned to China.
According to local official statistics, the numbers of Canadian citizens residing in Shanghai have increased significantly over the past ten years.
Shanghai's Canadian community consist mainly of English teachers, media workers, engineers, senior executives, small business owners and house wives as well as international students.