• Why isn’t it called “Japantown”?
    © Government of Canada. Reproduced with the permission of Library and Archives Canada (2023). Source: Library and Archives Canada/RG18, vol. 3567, file c315-36-3. Page 119/136 Many Canadian cities have a Chinatown. There are neighbourhoods called Greektown, Little Italy and Little Portugal. In …
  • 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. …
  • “When Mom saw the picture, it was very emotional”
    Maria Zampini returned to the site of her arrival in Canada, 61 years later. Tony Antonitti had already planned his trip to the Museum, part of a tour of the Maritimes with his wife Tina. Living in Montreal, they were looking forward to returning to the place where their parents, like hundreds of …
  • Volunteers at the Pier
    By Anthony Black, Senior Writer Published on 01/12/2021 December 5 is International Volunteer day. This is the story of a connected chain of volunteers who have served at the Canadian Museum of Immigration and its home, Pier 21. Possibly the longest serving volunteer in the history of Pier 21, …
  • Celebrated Author Lawrence Hill Speaks About His Newest Novel
    By Anthony Black, Senior Writer Published on 04/01/2022 Lawrence Hill What do turquoise crocodiles and gifted children have to do with the aftershocks of the transatlantic slave trade? Award-winning writer Lawrence Hill (The Book of Negroes) spoke with us about his new novel Beatrice and Croc Harry …
  • Immigrant Heroes and the Art of Everyday Activism
    By Anthony Black, Senior Writer Published on 01/03/2022 March 4, 2022 was the unveiling of a new art project by the Museum’s Artist-in-Residence, Aquil Virani. Read what he has to say about what makes a hero, what makes for an ideal immigrant, and his hopes for the future. Your project is called …
  • Pilot Officer Norman P. Murphy
    Pilot Officer Norman P. Murphy …
  • VAdm Duncan Dusty Miller
    VAdm Duncan Dusty Miller …
  • Exhibitions
    Exhibitions …
  • SS Atlantic: Immigrant Ship Disaster
    March 8 to May 29, 2023 A "Community Presents" exhibition. On April 1, 1873, the White Star ocean liner SS Atlantic sank at Lower Prospect near Halifax with nearly 1,000 people aboard, most of them Irish, English, Scandinavian and German immigrants. The wreck was a precursor to the White Star …