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… of the Private Refugee Sponsorship program A family of new Canadians celebrates Canada Day. Photo Credit: Charlie Lim (HOF024). Between 1975 and 1985, over 100,000 … came to Canada in the wake of the Vietnam War and the victory of communist North Vietnam in 1975. Those escaping Vietnam became known as …
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… at Pier 21. For event information, sponsorships or ticket sales, contact: Ellen Sikorski or visit our Canadahelps event page . The …
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… of pursing a better life for themselves and their children. They had become aware of the opening of immigration to Canada, and although other … friends immigrated to Brazil and Angola, they had decided their future lay in Canada. António Moreira of Vale Da Carreira married Maria Da … after a sixteen-hour flight. The family's reunion in Toronto was delayed by one day due to a snow storm in Montreal. The reunion was …
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… to join his father, so I had him look after my son and they would chum around the ship together, otherwise I would not let him leave our …
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… to Canada 1951: left Plymouth May 19, 1951, arrived at Pier 21 on May 26, on the S.S. Europe . By train to Vancouver, BC, was taken to … Started working June 3, 1951, and retired from the saw mill November 26, 1985. First two years pulling lumber on the big green chain, next … join them as inspector, still being at the same mill, worked the next 26 years as inspector. I married in 1961 and have four kids, two boys …
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… Pilot Officer Harry Thiepval Beazley was born on March 11, 1918 to Robert and Alice Beazley of Halifax. He was a graduate of Dalhousie … rest in the Gambais Churchyard at Yvelines, near Versailles. To know that our parents were processed as Landed Immigrants at Pier 21 … the Oulu area of Finland when her older sister Jenny encouraged her to come to work as a domestic in in a family home in Toronto. Lauri and …
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… Road in Welland Ontario. John Yarosh, born Joannes Jarosz on January 26, 1905 in the village of Dubowce, Tarnopol, Austria, to Terentius … Helen Muzar died in Welland, Ontario of heart failure on February 26, 1984 at the age of 73, and is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery on …
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Our parents heard about Canada taking in immigrants through the North American Baptist Immigration and Colonization Society and were assisted by them. …
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… stories, research, collections and resources on Immigration-related topics—these are websites worth visiting. Angel Island Canada's History …
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… refugees with protection and emergency relief. Many people who have come to Canada as refugees have spent time in a UNHCR camp, including … to Canada as refugees, and former immigration officers. People have come from many different countries, including the former Yugoslavia, … An Exotic and Far Away Place Madan Kumar Giri Being Selected to Come to Canada Monica Valencia Arriving in Canada: Arepas in …