• John Hughes
    … applications were received and in 14 days the number of applications had risen to over 211,000 which were about half the number of eligible children. Less than a month later, the … I took an application form home and told my mother that I wanted to go to Canada, to which she agreed because of the impending dangers. …
  • Un/Wanted? Canada and the Resettlement of Chilean, Indochinese and Somali Refugees
    … by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated October 19, 2020) Introduction After the Second World War, … As a result of events occurring before 1 January 1951 and owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, … liberalized Canadian immigration policy with the introduction of Order-in-Council P.C. 1967-1616. Commonly referred to as the points …
  • Walter L, Violet L Drew
    … and I, Violet Drew, came to Canada together. Many relatives saw us off at 1:00pm on August 1st as we were drawn out by tugboats. While on the ship we had life saving exercise in the afternoons. I …
  • Tino Masecchia
    … old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small town some 150 km south of Rome. We left our aunt’s house very early in the morning to go to Naples where the ship Queen Frederica would take the family to … mill just on the outskirt of the town from my uncle’s car and thinking "will I ever see this again?" My parents were in their early forties. I …
  • Port of Entry, Process and Gatekeepers – A History of Immigration at the Port of Quebec during the Great Depression
    … City’s migrating local populace and incoming European immigrants had a major impact on the development of the city’s institutions, trade … days, the group claimed that their bedding sheets were changed once, while the blankets were only fumigated once a year to which the … travellers noted that “their present condition certainly bears this out […] such a state of affairs is simply disgusting.” When it came to …
  • The Masecchia Family
    … old that we left San Vittore del Lazio, a small town some 150 km south of Rome. We left our aunt’s house very early in the morning to go to Naples where the ship Queen Frederica would take the family to … mill just on the outskirt of the town from my uncle’s car and thinking "will I ever see this again?" My parents were in their early forties. I …
  • Order-in- Council PC 1931-695, 1931
    … Includes: Order-in-Council PC 1923-183 (31 January 1923), Order-in-Council PC 1930-1957 (14 August 1930) With the passage of … Order-in- Council PC 1931-695, 1931 …
  • Sto1/c. Keith Warren Mendes
    … Sto1/c. Keith Warren Mendes …
  • Three Halloweens with the Unforgettable Kay Collicott
    … and relatives, away from the horrors of the war, Mother said it felt good to be home in Kiltane. It really was a magical land, this Ireland, … lived in those hills. If you ever caught one, your every wish would come true.” Kay was reluctant to leave her family and beloved Ireland … Of course I wasn’t the only one. All winter long she would be knitting something for one person or another. Mother was not a reader but she …
  • Archimede, Dina and John
    … World War II had finally ended and horizons of hope beckoned beyond the mountains … to begin establishing himself in this new land. On June 14, 1950, 26 year old Dina and 22 months old Giovanino (John) disembarked at Pier … the Brasil, had left Naples, sailed to Malta and Gibraltar and just off the Grand Banks, in a thick fog, had a near miss with another ship. …