• The Museum is a March-Break Must-Do
    The city is a great place to spend March break if you can find the right things to do. And, because the week is sponsored by Emera, everything we're offering this March Break is complimentary , including: Movement programming Cooking workshops (space limited, register to reserve your place Access …
  • Towards a Foreign Land
    From A New Country to a Young Canada Yugoslav Immigration in the 1920s February 22 to May 5, 2024 Guest curator Milovan Mracevich explores the lives of Yugoslav citizens who came to Canada in the 1920s. Drawing upon photographs and documents contained in the files of Yugoslav citizens who turned to …
  • Reflections on a Green Door II Early Days
    "But Why Would You Leave the Boston States?" This was a question I came to expect in the early 1970’s when I met new people in communities around St. Margaret’s Bay where I have lived for most of my life. In our tours of the Pier 21 section of the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 we talk …
  • Deportation from Canada during the Great Depression
    by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated July 20, 2021) “There is no Exclusion Act in the Dominion of Canada” “The doors which once were opened wide are now but slightly ajar. The countries that boasted of their liberal attitudes toward new settlers – particularly the countries of the Western …
  • Why Kids Should Play in the Museum
    A grade 3 class is enjoying one of the Museum’s temporary exhibitions called Kids Celebrate! They are in their school uniforms. The exhibition focuses on 12 special times of the year. From Christmas to Diwali to Carnival, each is a day or a period of time celebrated by kids and families in Canada. …
  • Antonietta Sarracino
    Alumni Type: Immigrant Country of Origin: Italy (Ururi Campobasso) Ship Name: Vulcania Port of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: Monday, December 24, 1951 Age on Arrival: 20 Our mother was born in Italy, in 1931. She died October 31, 2021, at the age of 90, in Montreal. She was the eldest of three …
  • Carmen Nellie Joe e Tom Di Falco
    CARMEN NELLIE JOE E TOM DI FALCO My great uncle Carmelo Di Falco was one of five brothers, Salvatore, Giovanni, Emanuele and Giorgio (who was my grandfather and my mom, Giorgia’s father). He was the only one, at the time, leaving Ibla in search of a place to call home. Alone my great uncle took the …
  • Johannes and Wilhelmina Erkelens
    Date of Arrival: April 1953 Ship: Groote Beer Children: Simon, Johannes and Klasina …
  • Cornelis and Annechien van Vliet
    Date of Arrival: November 1952 Ship: Groote Beer Children: Gijsbert, Janny, Meint & Elizabeth …
  • Nicolangelo Romano
    Nicolangelo Romano and Maria C. Romano We are Nicolangelo (Nick) Romano and Maria (Mary) C. Romano. I, Nick, was born in Roseto Valfortore, Foggia, Italia, the youngest child of Maria Figliola and Antonio Romano. Mary was also born in Roseto, the middle child of Filippo Bozzelli and Maria Grazia …