• Language as a "Pull" Factor for Newcomers to Francophone Minority Communities
    by Siniša Obradovic, Former Oral History Researcher The Oral History Collection and Interviews in French The Oral History team at the Canadian Museum of Immigration conducts recorded interviews across the country in order to learn about immigration through first-hand accounts. We seek to represent …
  • Mark, Edna and Keith Brain
    … sank as we discovered a very long queue. Keith, who had been very good, was by this time very tired and very upset and was almost … we were served turkey, vegetables, sweet and ice cream. The next day we had soup, Pork and stuffing, apple sauce, a sweet and ice cream … couldn’t get in England. She would have liked more but after paying 40 pounds each boat fare and 26 pounds each train fare, we had very little …
  • Peter Stein and Family
    … The following are edited sections of Susan Stein’s memoir.  They pertain … Bratislava, then part of Czechoslovakia, a republic founded after WW I, we were the dear twin daughters of doting parents. Our house, up on … neck and refusing to eat spinach or other food supposedly good for you. We were treated as little princesses, with dresses made …
  • Canadian Immigration Facilities at Victoria, BC
    … entry in the 1920s. The development, operation, and diminution of the city’s immigration facilities reflected changing immigration policies … which also changed the nature and scope of immigration to the city. Second, public health interests often overwhelmed - and sometimes … a travelling inspector for federal agencies, wrote to the premier of BC, Theodore Davis, stating that he was “instructed to dispose of the …
  • Erzsebet Guti
    … Families 1956 My father and I left Hungary in 1956 shortly after the revolution. I was about 6 years old at that time. We spent about two … my father attended to his papers. A man in a uniform came over and said something but I didn’t understand him. When he left he smiled and … Erzsebet Guti …
  • Vincenzo Caccioppoli
    … of Entry: Halifax Date of Arrival: August 24, 1951 Age on Arrival: 30 The following is a story written by Vincenzo and Rita’s daughter … "In Search Of A Better Life..." What was he thinking of that day in the summer of 1951 as he stood motionless looking out over the … trees in America, the ones that grew money, so the old folks of his city, Castellammare Di Stabia believed. The answers to these questions …
  • 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 …
  • The Beginning of a Story Museum
    … by Carrie-Ann Smith, Vice President, Audience Engagement The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is a story museum. We … goes back to long before Pier 21 was declared a National Historic Site or anyone dreamed of its evolution into a national museum. Countless people contributed to positioning Pier 21 as a focal point for the history of immigration to Canada, but when we reflect on …
  • 1973: Canada’s Response to the Chilean Refugees
    by Jan Raska, PhD, Historian (Updated July 6, 2020) At that time…[there were]…no buses running, it was like a strike, all the transportation. So I remember…we were scared…we didn’t know what was going on, that it’s going to be…more like a coup—in those days I didn’t know what a coup was. We only …