Toronto Chinatown Land Trust

The Toronto Chinatown Land Trust (TCLT) is a community-controlled effort to build an inclusive, culturally competent, and ever-evolving Chinatown in Toronto. We acquire, develop and steward land, in perpetuity, for community needs and benefit. These needs include but are not limited to: Developing relationships with Indigenous peoples and groups in order to contribute to their needs and goals as it relates to pursuing land back and cultural resurgence in Chinatown. Democratically controlled and deeply affordable housing. Culturally competent and multilingual, affordable resources that serve low-income, racialized people, and/or newcomers to Canada. Supporting the evolution of Chinatown’s traditional mutual aid societies and existing support networks. Education in Chinatown about Indigenous land back movements, alternatives to speculative markets and private property, and community-controlled strategies for anti-displacement.