Canada's 100-year-old temple

The Gur Sikh Temple in Abbottsford, British Columbia, is the oldest standing Sikh Temple in North America, and a host of celebrations is being planned to celebrate its 100th birthday.

The temple was constructed in 1911 by a small group of Punjabi farm workers and labourers who had settled in the area a century ago.

Now, it is a Canadian National Historic site, the only Sikh Temple in the world to have been given heritage status of any kind.

A year of celebratory plans includes the construction of a museum in the temple's basement and the issue of a national stamp.

Al Jazeera's Imtiaz Tyab reports from Abbotsford, British Columbia