• Giuseppe e Caterina e Maura Martino
    … A Little Stroll into my Past - Giuseppe Martino, Toronto July 21, 2001 I came to came to Canada on March 16, 1954 with my wife, Fortunata Caterina Martino, born …
  • Leon and Mary Tymoschuk and Family
    … My parents Leon and Mary Tymoschuk, and three of my older brothers, Max, Jako and Alexander, set sail from Rotterdam aboard the Volendam on July 10, 1929. They … in business and education. The Pier 21 Society is so deserving of credit for preserving a record of our Canadian beginning. John Tymoschuk …
  • Enemy Aliens - Internment in Canada 1914–1920
    … February 11, 2023 to April 23, 2023 Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 1244, Item 867A During the … which lasted until 1920. During this time, Canada interned 8,579 people identified as “enemy aliens”, mainly Ukrainian and German immigrants, …
  • Silvano Indri
    … Che bella la Casetta in Canada – What A Beautiful Little House in Canada I … tune that went like this: “C’erà una casetta piccolina in Canada, con tanti pesciolini et tanti fiori di lilà, e tutte le ragazze che passavano di là, dicevono che bella la …
  • Immigration from the US - Biographies
    … Bruce Campbell Bolin was born in 1946 in Detroit Michigan. He grew up in Dearborn … upon graduation. They came over the Port Huron-Sarnia border settling in Toronto. Bruce worked at the University of Toronto in the … firms. He later returned to the United States for a job in New York City, working for 9 years at various positions in the financial sector …
  • Dirk and Hedwig van Laren
    … The OCEAN CROSSING on the GROOTE BEER October 20-28, 1953 Tuesday Oct 20th departure day finally arrived. My fiancée had the use of …
  • Bert, Johanna Kruithof and Children
    … My mother, brothers and I immigrated to Canada in 1955, nine months after my father did. We traveled on the Groote Beer in May 1955. I was eight and my brothers were eleven and thirteen. Our … during the storm, my brothers and I would sneak up on deck. We would sit on the deck chairs and ride the waves up and down. When I think …
  • Media Centre
    … including quick facts, contact information, and a selection of high-quality digital photos. About the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 is located in the national historic site at the Halifax seaport where nearly one million immigrants landed …