Harjit Singh, tare da mahaifiyarsa da 'yar'uwarsa, sun yi hijira zuwa Kanada a shekara ta 1976, lokacin da yake ɗan shekara biyar, don shiga mahaifinsu wanda ya tafi British Columbia shekaru biyu da suka gabata don yin aiki a shinge. Yayin da dangin ke samun sabuwar rayuwa a Kanada, mahaifiyarsa ta yi aiki a gonakin berry a Lower Mainland BC a lokacin bazara inda Singh Harjit da' yar'uwarsa za su kasance tare da ita. Harjit Singh ya girma a unguwar Kudu Vancouver. Harjit Singh ya auri Kundan Sajjan, likita ne a Indiya, kuma a halin yanzu yana cikin kungiyar Sikh ta Sikh (WSO), ƙungiyar Sikh.
Kudancin Vancouver