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… in their area of destination. Individuals receiving 50 points or more out of a possible 100 would be admitted as independent immigrants. While this process of assessment improved the objectivity of admissions … for independent applicants. However, more distant relatives now had to be nominated and undergo evaluation according to five of the …
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… Immigration Regulations, Order-in-Council PC 1962-86, 1962 …
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… Immigration Regulations, Order-in Council PC 1967-1616, 1967 …
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… completely to the point where he talked of little else. Mom and dad had an eventful life up until our family finally left Holland. First … considered but mom and dad soon decided that Canada was the place to go. Already some of our neighbours in Bodegraven and Nieuwebrug had … Mom and dad discussed this and decided it could be done. Flying was out of the question as dad would not go up in an airplane. It was …
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… Media Release December 11, 2020 Halifax, NS Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 to Close Temporarily for … The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Road, will be closing temporarily for renovations beginning on December 14, … The Scotiabank Family History Centre will continue to offer services online. The public is encouraged to visit www.pier21.ca and follow the …
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… opportunity and space to raise a large family. The prospect of immigrating to a new county proved to be both exciting and frightening as well as a lot of work. At the time we had six children, all of whom were housed with relatives for at least … William Stoffer-Eilkes Family …
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… was comprised of my wife Joan, our daughter Judith and expecting our son Jeffery. The crossing was uneventful but we do remember that, as … reasons for leaving the U.K. were economic, social and political. I had spent five years indentured as a chartered accountant with very … into national service with the RAF for two years. Coal and petrol (at least) were still rationed, socialism was running out of control …
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… Ralph and Sheila Fuller with their sons Keith and Denis arrived in Canada at Pier 21 on April 4, 1950. We … sea to the North was too rough for their normal route at a speed of 26 knots. Ralph had a job waiting with George A. Chase in Sussex, N.B. The family grew … Ralph, Sheila, Keith, Denis Fuller …
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… thinking about what brought him to Pier 21 the first time, all that had happened before and all that has happened since. A woman stands in … walk through the doors. He said that he would be wearing a blue shirt. How is it that on this, an uncommonly busy day, every man who enters is … Ferguson (nee Echt) was a young Jewish girl in 1939, her family had the remarkable good fortune of escaping from the Free State of …
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… Growing up in 1930s Saskatchewan with Ukrainian parents, Mary Didur started making … she was five or six years old. She said, “the recipe has gone through so many changes…Each time it has changed hands, it has been improved. … Allan Didur. Photo of Mary Didur. Aw58 , CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Step 1: For the dough, mix together flour, oil, milk, water …