Skip to main content
Canada Strong Pass: 24 years and younger, enjoy free or discounted admission.
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Countless Journeys. One Canada.
  • Facility Rentals
  • Boutique
FrançaisFR

Main Menu

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
  • Visit
    Visit +

    An interpreter, a man and a woman are discussing the table-sized model of historic Pier 21.

    Visit

    • Plan Your Visit
    • Hours & Admission Prices
    • Location & Parking
    • Guided Tours
    • Group Reservations
    • Accessibility
  • Exhibitions
    Exhibitions +

    A floor to ceiling photograph of immigrants waiting in the Assembly Hall.

    Exhibitions

    • Exhibitions
    • Travelling Exhibitions
  • Events
    Events +

    A mosaic of a blue bear with a yellow background made of glass pieces glued to the round plate.

    Events

    • Events & Programs
    • Artist in Residence
    • Perfect Pairings Call for Participants
  • Learn
    Learn +

    An interpretor holds up a yellow stuff bear while streaming to a classroom.

    Learn

    • Education Groups
    • Virtual Field Trips
    • Lesson Plans and Activities
    • Discoveries for Everyone
  • Research
    Research +

    TBD

    Research

    • Immigration Records
    • Immigration History
    • Historic Pier 21
    • Oral History

    Genealogy Research Tools
    Ship Arrival Database
    Passenger Lists
    Timeline: Immigration and Impact

  • Collections
    Collections +

    Welcome home to Canada says the sign on the ocean side of the building.

    Collections

    • Search the Collection
    • About the Collection
    • Reproductions, Use and Loans
    • Donations to the Collection
  • Support
    Support +

    An older man holds up a ship photo in front of the Wall of Honour plaques.

    Support

    • What Your Donation Makes Possible
    • Donate
    • Ways to Give
    • Donor Impact
    • Search the Virtual Walls
    • Sobey Wall of Honour
    • Wall of Service
    • Wadih M. Fares Wall of Tribute
  • About
    About +

    Visitors walk towards the front entrance to the Museum.

    About

    • About the Museum
    • Accessibility Plan & Feedback Process
    • Governance & Corporate Reports
    • Media Centre
    • Do Business With Us
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Welcome Home to Canada
    • Volunteer
    • Staff Directory
  • Facility Rentals
  • Boutique
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Countless Journeys. One Canada.
  • Facility Rentals
  • Boutique
FrançaisFR
  1. Home

  • Maria Nielsen, Son Eric
    … reside in Victoria, BC having lived in 7 provinces and having slept in all of them. Eric Nielsen …
  • Canadian Slovenian Community and The Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia • Kanadska slovenska skupnost in Veleposlaništvo Republike Slovenije
    … Kanadska slovenska skupnost in Veleposlaništvo Republike Slovenije To all Slovenian women and men who made here their first steps on Canadian …
  • To Canada: Farewell and Welcome – Cuxhaven and Halifax
    … February through March 2014 Come explore the story of emigration from the port of Cuxhaven, Germany … the Hapag-Halle Booster Club of Cuxhaven, To Canada: Farewell and Welcome – Cuxhaven and Halifax … To Canada: Farewell and Welcome – Cuxhaven and Halifax …
  • P/O Joseph Daniel MacPherson
    … Dedicated with all love, pride and gratitude possible from his wife Jean E. …
  • Order-in- Council PC 1931-695, 1931
    … and the wives and minor children of Canadian residents. Immigrants of all other classes and occupations were explicitly prohibited from … powers granted to the governor-in-council in the Immigration Act allowed them to impose additional restrictions whenever it was …
  • Michael, Marjorie, Janet Seymour
    … and was repatriated to Canada in 1947. They arrived in Halifax with all their worldly goods, a 6 month old baby (me) and a yellow Labrador …
  • Michele Caccavella
    … a single young woman travelling alone on the Vulcania, coming from a small Sicilian Town. Her mother was left widowed at the age of 53, to … seven other younger siblings and his parents. He helped support them all and started new lives for them in Toronto, Canada. His name was …
  • Salvatrice Novello
    … a single young woman travelling alone on the Vulcania, coming from a small Sicilian Town. Her mother was left widowed at the age of 53, to … seven other younger siblings and his parents. He helped support them all and started new lives for them in Toronto, Canada. His name was …
  • Muriel E. Malcolm
    … civilian life in Magog, Quebec. She came from Brecon, a very small town in Wales, and this was her first time outside of the town. She … shawl. I still marvel at the courage of this young woman, leaving all that she knew behind her, to go to a strange country and rejoin a man who she had hardly even known. They remained married for four more children and 50 years. Mom now resides in Calgary, Alberta while …

Pagination

  • « First First page
  • ‹ Previous Previous page
  • …
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • …
  • Next › Next page
  • Last » Last page
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • TripAdvisor

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
© 2025 All Rights Reserved.
1055 Marginal Road, Halifax NS B3H 4P7
T: 902-425-7770 • F: 902-423-4045
Toll Free: 1-855-526-4721 • info@pier21.ca

  • Events and Weddings
  • Shop
  • Media Enquiries
  • Contact Us
  • Filming and Photography
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility at the Museum
  • Accessibility Plan
  • Take Down Policy

Symbol of the Canadian Government