• Frequently Asked Questions
    … Can I search for an immigration record on the Museum’s website? No, the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 does not have immigration …
  • Thank You Canada
    … For 150 years, millions of people have come from far and wide to call Canada home. And while they each experience the challenges and … they call the Volendam In nineteen hundred fifty one, a Canadian to become. A call came out from St. Laurent to European shores Come to our … Thank You Canada …
  • Arie and Cornelia Versluys
    … Our Family's arrival in Canada, 21 April 1957 Soon after the end of the Second World War our parents, Arie and Corrie Versluys, … requirements for single people, young couples, and farm workers early on. We never quite fit the criteria until 1956, early 1957 when … week to ten days. 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 …
  • Private Mitchell Sherman Williams
    … Williams, Mitchell Sherman "Will" "Bill" F39938 Sergeant, West Nova Scotia Regiment, … lance corporal and then again to sergeant by Commander Bullgart-Hebb, his commanding officer. Bill arrived in Halifax on the Nieux Amsterdam … Private Mitchell Sherman Williams …
  • Jebunnessa Chapola
    … Finding Support in the Bengali Community Time 0:02:03 Transcript I think whenever you meet your … places that new immigrants can go and see the doctor, and it’ll be free. So I think this is—at that moment it was very important … in a new society or new culture. And you will feel that, Oh I have someone—someone here in the city, who, if I’m in a problem right away he or …
  • The Museum is a March-Break Must-Do
    … The city is a great place to spend March break if you can find the right things … is sponsored by Emera, everything we're offering this March Break is complimentary , including: Movement programming Cooking workshops … for that particular day. Visit the exhibitions, admission is free. There are two main exhibitions at the Museum, each with …
  • The Museum is a March-Break Must-Do
    … The city is a great place to spend March break if you can find the right things … is sponsored by Emera, everything we're offering this March Break is complimentary , including: Movement programming Cooking workshops … for that particular day. Visit the exhibitions, admission is free. There are two main exhibitions at the Museum, each with …
  • Reginald W. and Dorothy E. Haines
    … and Edith (Miller). Reginald and Dorothy Married January 1, 1935. In the early days of their marriage, Dorothy worked as a nurse's aid, and … worked on the farm. He had taken over the farm at a young age, as his father had passed away. Reginald, his Mother Alice, and his Brother … Reginald W. and Dorothy E. Haines …
  • Digital Preservation in the Collection
    … Preservation is a way of keeping digital material alive so that they can be accessed long into the future, even as the technological tools … which still requires good old-fashioned human intervention. This has allowed us to take a deep dive into the digital collection. Here … our catalogue to improve full-text searching ii . We have also been scanning some beautiful hand-written stories from the filing cabinets. …
  • Phyllis Danroth
    … on March 31, 1926 in Woking, Surrey, England as Phyllis Irene West. Her parents were Robert and Beatrice West. She had 5 brothers and 4 … broke out Phyllis left the cinema to work in the munitions factory. One day a handsome soldier from Canada commented on her red kilt that … Phyllis was expecting their first child, Clifford. Carl would not meet his son until Cliff was 5 months old, when Mom arrived on the Queen …