Montreal’s Chinatown is one of the few Chinatowns in Canada to have kept some of its original architectural authenticity. Generations of cultural practice, community activity, and cultural production have ingrained Chinatown’s buildings with a rich historical patina that personifies our community’s resilience, ability to adapt and reinvent, and belonging to the historical narrative of the city. Heritage protections for Chinatown will ensure an economically viable approach to development that will allow the community and cultural heritage that has thrived in this neighbourhood for the past 140+ years to not be erased from the urban landscape. It will unlock new avenues of community connection and resident retention while bolstering a thriving cultural heritage economy in Chinatown.