• The Life of a Can-Haitian by Fraser
    Time 0:02:29 Transcript The Haitian civil war was raging during the years around my birth in Port-au-Prince in 1990. My mother was forced to place me in the care of an orphanage called the Rainbow of Love. I was blessed with the fortune of being adopted by 2 amazing parents. They also adopted …
  • Where Does My Heart Sing? by Marianne
    Time 0:02:56 Transcript I am now living a dream life to most. A beautiful condominium in Florida with a water view, nothing to do except laze in the sun and read – yet I find myself confused, not sure whether to make Florida my permanent home. Is it time to move again? – and again for a man? I was …
  • Angelo Cuoppolo
    … and before boarding a train, they went to a local store to buy some food for the next leg of their journey. Sliced soft Canadian … money he would have spent on bus fare. He then worked as a shoe shine boy for the next 5 years on Bay Street, working 60-hour weeks. Not just shining shoes but cleaning …
  • Fishing Lake Winnipeg Longterm by Harvey
    Time 0:04:46 Transcript When I was 17 years old I went with my father winter fishing. We fished sauger. And this sauger in Icelandic was called svartenpick meaning, black pickerel. One day, I said to my dad, I'm in the bonspiel but I'll just run home, curl the game and then run back. My dad didn't …
  • Reborn by Sergio
    Time 0:04:19 Transcript January 10th, 2010, almost midnight, a family of 5 people arriving to Moncton, New Brunswick, and after the airport main door open… a lot of snow, … a dark and windy day, and maybe because of the stress of the trip I felt that night was the coldest night in my whole life… my …
  • William Henry Heystee
    … Arrived on June 24, 1951 at the port in Québec City. Experienced a week of sickness while crossing the North Atlantic on the old rickety troop ship, S.S. Volendam. Then traveled by train to Barry's Bay via Montreal and Ottawa. Worked on the sponsor's farm near Palmer … and I was told that my sponsor owned and operated a farm near Barry's Bay, Ontario. I would become one of thousands of Dutch people who would …
  • It's a Small World by Carmela
    Time 0:03:50 Transcript My life was simple. I was happy with my role of young bride and mom in Carpinone, a small Italian village of the Molise Region. And then we decided to emigrate to Canada. My husband came few months earlier, so that he could prepare for us, and on November 10, 1966, my son …
  • Conrad, Joanne Cats
    … packing crate. There was much crying as family and friends wished them well. The departure day arrived and Mother's family took us to the pier … health check-up. Once that was completed, my father was able to go and buy some bread, cheese and milk for the journey on the train. I …
  • Frederick Stubbs
    … Australia and New Zealand. Various government sponsored schemes were offered for farm work in Canada. My father agreed to let my … to Canada with the hope that after a few years we would be able to buy a farm and the rest of the family would join us in Canada. The rest …
  • Gerarda and Peter Flinsenberg
    … and receive the stamp "Landed Immigrant." Our parents had to buy a few supplies for their train ride to Woodstock, Ontario. They … Canada. Their first trip to the grocery store, our parents wanted to buy vinegar. When they opened the bottle it fizzed, they were …