• Cescato Aldo, Renato
    … Story Aldo Cescato My life as an immigrant began a few years after the second world war when I was 23 years old. I had been born and raised … region of Italy, a region found in the Northern part of Italy that has always been an agricultural region up until the 1960's. After that … restaurant and we got our first Canadian meal: eggs, bacon, toast, jam and coffee. We were starving since when we had brought food in …
  • Theodore and Maria Jacobs
    … Heading for a Good Life in Canada By Carla White When Theodorus Jacobs (a.k.a. Theo) saw the vessel that would take him and his wife Maria to Canada on March 5, 1954, he thought to himself, … Theodore and Maria Jacobs …
  • Elfriede Gruber and George Novotny
    … being fought. But there I was, 21 years of age, and finally I had the chance to get my sea legs. It was just before Christmas, 1950, when my … were complete and I could leave Europe to start my new life in Canada. The United States, first choice for all of my fellow refugees, … the next watery mountain, getting totally submerged. The stern would come up first, leaving the props to spin in the air, producing the most …
  • 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 … empathy goes back to long before Pier 21 was declared a National Historic Site or anyone dreamed of its evolution into a national … people contributed to positioning Pier 21 as a focal point for the history of immigration to Canada, but when we reflect on its beginning, …
  • Railside Room
    … The intimate space is located conveniently near the front entrance, has lots of natural light and is fully accessible. Other Details: …
  • Karen and Canadian - Bwe Doh Soe
    Life in Canada Time 1:45 Transcript Well, I, right now, I feel like I’m becoming more like a half of Canadian I guess, because I get, because I’ve been here long enough to adopt the culture now, so. But, maybe if you were asking those questions earlier, like two years or three, I would answer …
  • Who is the Little Boy in this Picture?
    … departed from Pier 21 to serve overseas during the Second World War. This image depicts one of the first arrivals of a troop ship carrying … back to Canada after World War II. A young Dave Campbell, with his mother, welcomes Canadian troops home at Pier 21 in 1945. Credit: … who had come to watch their long awaited return to Canada. This photograph truly captures the energy and rejuvenation of spirit, …
  • eat make share: a taste of immigration
    … May 10, 2025–January 18, 2026 Recipes eat make share Perfect Pairings Canada’s food is as diverse as its people. How and what we eat is shaped by over 400 years of immigration and relationships between newcomers and Indigenous Peoples. Food connects us to the past, to place, …
  • Research with Newcomer Children - Monica Valencia
    Life in Canada Time 3:36 Transcript Monica Valencia: And then after that, I did my Master’s because when I was studying journalism—when you’re a journalist, you have to pick a, like, a beat you want to do—I don’t know, crime or you want to do politics. And for me, I was interested in doing …
  • Mark Sakamoto in Conversation with Jeanne Beker
    … Media Release May 13, 2019 Halifax, NS Forgiveness, Family and Canadian identity: Mark Sakamoto in Conversation with Jeanne Beker Woven together through interviews with his maternal grandmother, Mitsue Sakamoto, and paternal grandfather, … Beker. In 2017, Jeanne Beker donated a special trunk to the Museum. This simple wooden crate had accompanied her parents, Holocaust …