• Private Kenneth Hawkins
    … Kenneth Hawkins and his wife Betty on their wedding day, June 4, 1945 …
  • Royal Netherlands Embassy and Consulate General of the Netherlands
    … Netherlands In commemoration of the 185,664 Dutch immigrants who landed at Pier 21 to start a new life in Canada. Ter herinnering aan de 185.664 Nedherlandse immigranten, die op Pier21 aankwamen om een nieuw leven in Canada te beginnen …
  • Home Children Canada • Les “Home Children” au Canada
    … most worked as domestic servants and farm labourers. En l’honneur des cent mille enfants britanniques âgés de six à quatorze ans, orphelins ou non, qui ont été expédiés par bateau au Canada entre 1869 et 1948, pour la plupart à titre de travailleurs domestiques et d’ouvriers agricoles. …
  • Francophone Immigration in Canada
    … Immigration in Canada explores and celebrates francophone newcomers and the vitality of the communities that welcome them. From past to present day, the exhibit … in partnership with La Féderation de Communautés Francophones et Acadiennes du Canada to mark Canada 150. …
  • Toivo Edward and F.L. Pat Frantsi
    Toivo Edward and F.L. Pat Frantsi …
  • J. Hans Kluge
    … Ship Name: Vulcania Port of Entry: Pier 21, Halifax Date of Arrival: December 24, 1951 I arrived at Pier 21 on December 24, 1951 on Italia Liner "Vulcania" from Lofer, Austria via Genoa. I got married to another landed immigrant, Maria De Gyorossy-Csepreghy , on April 4, 1956. On the …
  • Jan Ryszard and Gabriela Kowalski
    … Olszewska-Kowalski came to Canada from Poland via Germany. After a 9-day journey in cold, stormy weather & rough seas, they arrived at …
  • Elizabet Fajta
    … and my brother (age 4) and I (age 6) arrived at Pier 21 after a 9-day voyage on the Dutch ship the "Johan van Oldenbarneveldt" out of …
  • Gladys Long and son George T. Long
    … killed four months before so I did not have much recollection of the day I landed in Canada. After six years a widow, I remarried and was give a second chance of happiness with Edwin Wirsch and had a family of two boys and … the rationing and uncertainty of wondering if we would see the next day. So many memories and so little time to tell all that happened t us …
  • Turning Seven in Quarantine
    … we needed to hear that. Let’s make those our instructions for the day, get your rest, play a little bit and know that one day those might be things that you remember the most clearly and with …