 Tung Lin Kok Yuen, Canada Society was therefore founded to meet the religious needs of the population as well as to provide an accessible venue for Buddhists and general public to come together and share the value of Buddhism.Indeed, the establishment of the Canada society coincided with a period of marked increase in the number of Buddhists residing in Vancouver – official figures recording a rise of 84% in the ten-year period spanning 1991 to 2001.The temple is a contemporary building of over twenty thousand square feet and consists of two main sections.