- January 15 to March 21, 2016 Immigration and Figure Skating in Canada Discover the immigration stories behind some of Canada’s pioneering figure skaters, coaches and builders. Many Canadian figure skaters, as well as coaches and builders of the sport, came to Canada as immigrants. Some for reasons …
- February through March 2014 Come explore the story of emigration from the port of Cuxhaven, Germany to Pier 21. You will also discover the personal stories of several German immigrants who settled in Canada. An exhibition and project of the Hapag-Halle Booster Club of Cuxhaven, To Canada: Farewell …
- Media Release December 11, 2020 Halifax, NS Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to Close Temporarily for Renovations The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Road, will be closing temporarily for renovations beginning on December 14, 2020 . The planned closure will allow …
- Media Advisory October 1, 2020 Halifax, NS Search for the First Families of Pier 21 Late February, more than 90 years ago the steam ship Nieuw Amsterdam departed from Rotterdam, Netherlands and landed at Pier 21 on March 8 1928. It was the first ship to arrive at the newly opened Pier 21 and an …
- First Day in Canada Time 0:02:30 Transcript … the first one was—it was so special like the feeling of being here and feel like uh, This is the place I would like to stay. So it—it was more special than important I would say uh. But it was remarkable because it start my life right so that day, so it …
- I was also highly amazed at the way Corn Flakes was packed and served in individual cut-open boxes. Finally I was diagnosed as having measles and released from quarantine and "landed" on Apr 5,1949. A long train trip brought us to Ajax to what seemed to be a POW camp with barbed wire around it. …
- Coming to Canada was the best thing that could have happened to me. "Thank You Canada!" for the opportunity and the many flavours along the way. …
- That evening, my Dad had bought some "Canadian sliced white bread", which was something new for us, which he made extra special by buttering the bread and sprinkling sugar on top... yum, it was good. The next morning we boarded another train, which was beautiful, and we arrived in Orillia on April …
- (Updated December 18, 2020 ) One of the visual icons of immigration to North America are photographs of newly-arrived immigrants, dockside just after their arrival. Thank you to Back in Time Photos for this image. This photograph of immigrants arriving at Pier 2 in Halifax just before the First …
- by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian Following the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, 11,200 Prague Spring refugees were resettled in Canada. This movement included many experienced professionals and skilled tradespeople. This article examines how these refugees navigated language training and …