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This book begins with the Chinese people in the Ming Dynasty who first came to know Canada through the Jesuits. It traces its origins and supplements the history of Canadian literature with a rich background of overseas Chinese history. This book discusses the development of Chinese literature (including Chinese, English, French and bilingual writing) in the central and western regions centered on Vancouver, in the east centered on Toronto, and in the French-speaking area centered on Montreal. The Chinese literature in the above three regions is the most mature place for the development of Chinese literature in Canada, and it gathers the most important Chinese writers. The historical evolution of Canadian-Chinese literature and important writers, works, and associations outline the overview of Canadian-Chinese literature, showing its historical, contemporary, and cosmopolitan nature. Using topics such as "North American Chinese women," "ethnic coming-of-age novels," and "self-translation" as topics, it not only unearths the historical causes of the diverse styles of Canadian-Chinese literature, but also deepens the study of some major Canadian-Chinese literary writers and works, revealing the internal connections between Canadian-Chinese literary works and the similarities and differences with Chinese-American literary creation. The author's vision is broad and far-reaching, and his thinking is rigorous and comprehensive. He organically combines vertical historical combing, plate-like scanning, and case-by-case in-depth analysis to conduct cross-language and cross-border integration and comparison, and comprehensively and penetratingly outlines the face of Canadian Chinese literature.