• Bredavs
    Bredavs …
  • Thomas Owen Goss
    Thomas Owen Goss …
  • Ersilio Salotti
    Ersilio Salotti …
  • Ole Jorgensen
    Ole Jorgensen …
  • Nanda Catenaro
    Nanda Catenaro …
  • Luigi e Grazia Letizia Napolitano
    The immigration story of Luigi Napolitano (Italian immigrant) This is the story of Luigi Napolitano and his wife Grazia Letizia Marzo Napolitano, and their journey to Canada and the better life they sought. Life was difficult in Southern Italy in the 1940s and 1950s. Luigi had returned from three …
  • About the Collection
    The Museum has a collection that allows people to learn about the country’s immigration history. Collection items are preserved and used for research, exhibition, and interpretation. The collection has digital and physical items. The Museum focuses on collecting born-digital and digitized items. …
  • Before and After 1923: Chinese Exclusion in Context
    By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian As we approach the centenary of the Chinese Immigration Act, 1923, answering three key historical questions will help us understand and make meaning of the legislation: What was the 1923 Act that closed the door on Chinese immigration? How did the politics of …
  • Art and Artifact
    How a vivid dream and a nearly forgotten history led to a new exhibition Chinese Head Tax Certificate issued to Lee Wing, 1916. Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 collection, [R2021.48.6] Artist JJ Lee thought of herself as a second-generation Canadian, her parents having been born in China. …
  • Biagio, Annina, Corrado Cardarelli
    Biagio, Annina, Corrado Cardarelli …