• New perspectives: 25 years after our grand opening
    Pier 21 re-opened its doors on July 1, 1999. July 1 of this year marked a special anniversary : 25 years since our building first re-opened its doors as a museum. Pier 21 served as a gateway to Canada from 1928 to 1971. Nearly a million people arrived through the building, disembarking from …
  • The Action Test of 1920: Literacy and Selection in Canadian Immigration
    By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian For over a century, Canadian immigration authorities have used language proficiency as a point of consideration in deciding whether a migrant is admissible to Canada. [1] This is not generally a controversial aspect of current Canadian immigration policy, but when …
  • Resilience on the Move: Roma People in Canada
    March 4 to June 24, 2026 A Community Presents exhibition created with the Canadian Romani Alliance. This landmark exhibition shares the longstanding presence and contributions of Roma in Canada . It is the first national exhibition about Roma , a distinct and diverse peoples and the largest ethnic …
  • 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 …
  • Mosaic: Identity and Community Connection
    March 8 to May 3, 2017 A "Community Presents" exhibition. This exhibition, which opens on International Women’s Day, celebrates and explores identity from immigrant and migrant women’s perspectives. Using art as a tool for community building, the project sought to create an opportunity for …
  • The No. 2 Construction Battalion
    February 16 to May 1, 2017 A "Community Presents" exhibition. Credit: Courtesy of Esther Clark Wright Archives at Acadia University The No. 2 Construction Battalion is a temporary exhibit created by the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia. This small exhibit commemorates the overseas departure of …
  • Jamaican Nova Scotian Connections: From the Maroons to the Present Day
    February 4 to October 30, 2020 A "Community Presents" Exhibit by the Jamaican Cultural Association of Nova Scotia explores the growth and contributions of the oldest Jamaican community in Canada, from the migration of the Maroons in the 18th century until the present day. Community Presents A …
  • Annual Reports and Quarterly Financial Reports
    Annual Reports Annual Report 2024 - 2025 Annual Report 2023 - 2024 Annual Report 2022 - 2023 Archived Annual Reports Annual Report 2021 - 2022 Annual Report 2020 - 2021 Annual Report 2019 - 2020 Annual Report 2018 - 2019 Annual Report 2017 - 2018 Annual Report 2016 - 2017 Annual Report 2015 - 2016 …
  • Canada: Day 1 - Oral History Videos
    In Their Own Words The immigration experience is marked by firsts. The first day in a new country takes shape with an individual’s first steps, first impressions and first experiences. Our very first travelling exhibition, Canada: Day 1 , explores immigrants’ diverse personal Day 1 experiences, …