ABSTRACT
Canada ranks second as the most popular destination for Taiwanese immigrants. However, there is a research gap on Taiwanese immigrants residing in Canada, mainly because they are not as numerically significant as the Chinese who immigrated from Hong Kong and Mainland China, which forms the main source of immigrants among Chinese internationally. A few studies to date have not differentiated immigrants according to the time of migration or to generational gaps (Chiang 2009; Hsu and Chi 2005; Wong 2004 ). This research argues that Taiwanese migrants differ by time of arrival in Canada due to immigration policies and the socio-political history of Taiwan. Using a different perspective of inquiry from my previous studies of new immigrants who tend not to settle permanently, or leading de facto transnational lives (Chiang 2006, 2008), I try to use this study as an example to emphasize the significance of timing in migration toward settlement decisions and migrants' identity formation. 1
