Alan Lowe was born and raised in Victoria, BC, having lived in Canada’s oldest Chinatown until the age of three. He traces his ancestry back to Zhongshan, Guangdong Province, China where his parents immigrated from in 1957, and both sets of his grandparents immigrated from in the early 1900’s having paid the head tax.

He has sat as the president of the Hook Sin Tong Society, former director of the Victoria Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, former member of the Victoria Chinatown Lion’s club, founding member of the Victoria Chinese Commerce Association, and serves as life member of the Victoria Chinatown Care Centre.