• Hunger and Hope: Irish Famine Migration to Canada
    by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Introduction Canada is home to the fourth-largest Irish diaspora in the world . [1] According to the 2021 Canadian Census, 4,413,120 Canadians claimed full or partial Irish ethnicity. Within this population, 3,819,255 Canadians reported multiple origins, while 593,865 …
  • Annual Reports and Quarterly Financial Reports
    Annual Reports Annual Report 2024 - 2025 Annual Report 2023 - 2024 Annual Report 2022 - 2023 Archived Annual Reports Annual Report 2021 - 2022 Annual Report 2020 - 2021 Annual Report 2019 - 2020 Annual Report 2018 - 2019 Annual Report 2017 - 2018 Annual Report 2016 - 2017 Annual Report 2015 - 2016 …
  • There's more to this book than recipes
    Rebecca Teitelbaum's recipe book contains 110 pages of recipes collected in a concentration camp. (Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre Collection, 99.008.001b)   The special exhibition eat make share: a taste of immigration ends its run at the Museum in January, before travelling to locations …
  • The Reunion
    A man drives down Terminal Road towards Pier 21. He is wearing a blue shirt; next to him his wife holds a bouquet of flowers. He is nervous and excited. He is coming home in a sense and he cannot stop thinking about what brought him to Pier 21 the first time, all that had happened before and all …
  • Eminently Suitable for Our Purposes: Official Commemoration of Immigrant Arrivals in Canada, 1949-1972
    by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 26, 2020) Introduction During the early postwar period, Canadian officials attempted to commemorate immigration milestones. These official commemorations were in response to postwar immigration policies that had opened Canada’s doors to tens of …
  • Discoveries for Everyone
    Soft Landing Seven bite-sized stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the places they landed-people who changed their communities and were changed themselves. Explore the gallery → Countless Journeys Podcast Listen in on these original interviews where guests share the …
  • Virtual Field Trips
    These 30-90 minute virtual field trips, delivered live with one of our Heritage Interpreters, will dive into Canada’s immigration past. Perfect for education and community groups, and tailored for different ages. If you have questions, please contact Saïd Allibou by email: learn@pier21.ca or by …
  • Driving Canada: A Collaborative Oral History Project
    By Haroon Khalid, Anam Zakaria, and Emily Burton, PhD, Oral Historian “Reality is reality. It is more difficult than imagination…We’re adapting, whatever’s happening. We were okay, we’re still okay, and we will always be okay, hopefully.” Rammah Mohammad. [1] Introduction In 2024, the Canadian …
  • Giuseppe Corrado Family
    Giuseppe Corrado Family …
  • Pio Patrizi
    Pio Patrizi …