We are pleased to announce the digitization of the World Journal Toronto (多倫多世界日報) community section
The East Asian Library digitized the community section of the World Journal Toronto (1980–2015) between 2023 and 2026. The collection includes 67,108 pages from 11,808 issues and is now freely accessible online via the Internet Archive.
A Pan-Blue Taiwanese broadsheet, the World Journal is the largest Chinese-language newspaper in the U.S. and one of the largest outside Greater China. Founded in 1976 in New York and San Francisco by Mr. Wang Tiwu, founder of Taiwan’s United Daily News, it has branches across major North American cities. The World Journal Toronto and Vancouver editions have since ceased publication.
From its first publication in February 1976, the Toronto edition operated through a local distribution agent. By 1980, staff prepared wire reports on major news in eastern Canada, focusing on international, economic, political, and Chinese community news from Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Southeast Asia. Newspapers were transported daily from New York. In November 1988, the Toronto edition moved to 415 Eastern Avenue and introduced colour printing. Initially delivered by airmail or retail, the newspaper launched a unique "household special delivery" service in 1990.To engage new immigrants, the reader service group sponsored community activities, including Lantern Festival riddles, paper mazes, fishing contests, sports meets, book fairs, and various ball games.
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