• Hours and Admission Prices
    … including First Nations, Inuit, and Métis A single attendant accompanying a person with a disability Canada Day (July 1) Everyone … Pass cardholders receive: Admission for a year to the Museum and two complimentary admissions for guests 20% off regularly-priced …
  • Patricia Norlander and son Stanley
    … I met my "husband to be," Albin Carl Norlander outside the YMCA in Sheffield whilst he was on a visit to relatives of an army … to a hostel in London where War Brides were gathered from various points in the UK before all were transported to Southampton to board … for our voyage to Canada. Like many other War Brides, my family waved good-bye as the local bus to Sheffield went pass my former home …
  • Visitors' Voices: The Canada: Day 1 Luggage Tags
    … As part of our travelling Canada: Day 1 exhibit, we asked visitors to share their thoughts on immigration to Canada by writing on luggage tags. … parents and closest brother crossed the border on a hot, sunny August day at North Portal, Saskatchewan. We were landed immigrants, Americans … Visitors' Voices: The Canada: Day 1 Luggage Tags …
  • Un/Wanted? Canada and the Resettlement of Chilean, Indochinese and Somali Refugees
    … Canadian immigration policy with the introduction of Order-in-Council P.C. 1967-1616. Commonly referred to as the points system , this regulation removed all ethnoracial and geographic … admission were recognized: independent immigrant selected through the points system, family reunification, and refugees. What about some of …
  • Experiences of Place: Immigration Experiences in Sault Ste. Marie
    … History, and I completed an experiential education placement with the Canadian Museum of Immigration in 2022. The placement was with CMI’s … (57), community (53), reasons for moving (28), settlement programs (26), religion (20), and general insights (5). I would like to highlight … examples from the interviews for the work and reflection codes. Work: “…a big honour for the team.” An example of a segment coded under …
  • Migration, Work, Uber Driving: Continuity and Rupture
    … and reflections of people from Pakistan, India, and Syria who have come to Canada as refugees, migrants, or immigrants, and have … theme relating to Uber driving through the sub-themes of immediate income generation, working conditions, and cultural exchange and skills … narratives that credit state policies alone for migration outcomes. [4] The early twentieth century saw over 5,000 South Asians, …
  • H.F. Leuteritz
    … This is a first-hand account that goes with the Immigration Story (as well as other documents, audio recording, and photos) of the … Immigrants) found on the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 website. Herman Leuteritz (1920-2008) Account of Immigration to Canada …
  • The Barr/Britannia Colony, Part I
    by Daniel Meister, PhD Introduction: The Context of Colonialism “Let us take possession of Canada. Let our cry be CANADA FOR THE BRITISH.” - Isaac Barr [1] At the turn of the twentieth century, the two largest groups of immigrants to Canada by nationality were Americans and British. British …
  • “Young Man, You Take Yourself Far Too Seriously”: The Memoirs of Immigration Officer Fenton Crosman
    … by Steve Schwinghamer, Historian (Updated January 28, 2022) Canadian immigration history can be researched using a staggering variety of sources . There are … One of these individuals is Fenton Crosman, whose career with the Canadian immigration department spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, at …