• Immigration Records and Family History Research Help
    … The Scotiabank Family History Centre no longer offers online services, but all previously submitted requests will be … immigration records, manifests and passenger lists . Research we can help with: Someone arrived between 1865 and 1935 The Scotiabank … Family History Centre has access to a variety of databases which can aid in the location of records from this era. Someone sailing from …
  • Om Prakash Sharma
    … Sargodha in West Punjab, India. My birthplace became part of Pakistan, so at the age of 10, I had to move with my family to the newly partitioned India. This … them into refugees. It was an uphill task to start life all over again and it forced us to be determined to re-build ourselves: …
  • Fascinating Canadian Speaker Series
    … Luncheon with a Fascinating Canadian Date: Friday, May 8, 2026 Time: 11:30am Location: Fairmont Royal York, 100 Front St. W. Toronto, ON In …
  • Oral History
    … Museum an Oral History is a recorded interview that focuses on a person’s immigration experience in the context of their overall life … website and eventually the entire collection will be available online. So no matter where you are, you’ll be able to access an excerpt … since 2000. Today, the Oral History Collection has grown to over 1,300 audio and video recorded interviews with immigrants, refugees, …
  • Refugee Experiences Gallery
    … people who have been forced to flee their home country and who have a well-founded fear of returning because of war, violence, or a fear of … Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)—the UN Refugee Agency—had been established in 1950. The UNHCR provides refugees with protection and emergency relief. Many people who have come to Canada as refugees have spent time in a UNHCR camp, including …
  • Rose Chudley Hebert
    … said there were men everywhere - sleeping in barns, beside roads and so on. She said on D-Day, early in the morning, the bombers took to the air. When each one took off, it kept circling, waiting for the others. The noise was deafening. …
  • Bernardus G. Nolte
    … to the next stop. There were no eating facilities on the train. We had to be careful how much we spent as my wife and I had only 60 dollars between us. In … the morning. No one was there to meet us, however, coffee was handed out by Phillip Canada Corp. for the new arrivals. We had to find our …
  • Immigration from the United States to Canada During the Vietnam War
    … in the Vietnam War divided the country, and some individuals chose to come to Canada. Men who were drafted and did not want to participate in … reasons, but were influenced by the overall climate of the war, as well as the Civil Rights Movement. In this online gallery, you will meet ten people who came to Canada from the …
  • Second World War Military Personnel
    … for those who died in service during the Second World War, there is no online database for these records because of access restrictions. To … for more information on how to obtain military service files. If you have any questions …
  • Refuge Canada School Program
    … Refuge Canada , which opened its doors in March 2018, examines the experiences of refugees in coming to Canada and Canada’s record in responding to waves of refugees from the … Refuge Canada School Program …