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    … Report 2010 - 2011 Quarterly Financial Reports Third quarter 2025-2026 Financial Report Second quarter 2025-2026 Financial Report First quarter 2025-2026 Financial Report Archived Quarterly Financial Reports Third quarter …
  • Toon and Trees Maas
    … her husband. On arrival in Halifax the couple was greeted with the news that their Canadian sponsors had withdrew, leaving Toon no work. … citizens as their tribute to Canada in this special year. They bore four children, Michael, George, Sheila and Tony who are all very proud of their parents and all they have accomplished here in Canada. Our wish is that they be remembered …
  • Toon and Trees Maas
    … her husband. On arrival in Halifax, the couple was greeted with the news that their Canadian sponsors had withdrawn, leaving Toon with no … citizens as their tribute to Canada in this special year. They bore four children, Michael, George, Sheila and Tony who are all very proud of their parents and all they have accomplished here in Canada. Our wish is that they be remembered …
  • Heidi L. Grundke
    … after the voyage, tired from the change in climate and depressed by bad news, confused by so many new impressions and without much … companies and administration offices. Because most buildings don't have more than one story, the city spreads over a large area. Situated … by an ad in the paper. We passed dilapidated huts with garbage heaps beside them and smoking and gum chewing inhabitants sitting in front of …
  • Bufis, Resettlement by Khadar
    Time 0:03:34 Transcript I was born in Somalia in 1981. By 1991 Somalia had a civil war. We ran to the nearest peaceful country which was Kenya. My parents brought us to a refugee camp in the north east province of Kenya. Our hopes in that camp were to be resettled to developed countries or for our …
  • The Action Test of 1920: Literacy and Selection in Canadian Immigration
    … By Steven Schwinghamer, Historian For over a century, Canadian immigration authorities have used language proficiency as a point of consideration in deciding … past has been that many of these people, who would make good settlers, have had no opportunity of learning English, and it has not been … The Action Test of 1920: Literacy and Selection in Canadian Immigration …
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    … including First Nations, Inuit, and Métis A single attendant accompanying a person with a disability Canada Day (July 1) Everyone … Contact LAC's public service point in Halifax. Open: Holidays 2026 Heritage Day, February 16 March Break, March 16-20 Victoria Day, May … December 26 The Pier Pass Pier Pass cardholders receive: Admission for a year to the Museum and two complimentary admissions for guests …
  • Tony, Martha Vanderheyden Family
    … be a good idea to take smoked horse meat, not knowing if we would have enough money or food upon our arrival to Canada. As the large … she was still a small baby. The TB testing came out fine as well as news that Mom was two months pregnant. Besides my mother and Dad, there … although the potatoes were yellow and tasted different;  the raspberry jam tasted oily. With the lack of space, there wasn't much room to run …
  • My Immigration Journey
    … here at the museum is “what made you leave your home and decide to come to Canada?” Some respond that it is for new opportunities, to … mother looked at me - she was in tears. “Do you know where Canada is? How long do you think it will take you to come back home?” I replied, “I know it is very far but I will come back to visit at least once year “(I was wrong). On …
  • Cornelis Verwolf
    … Single Men and Women February 26, 1950 – Beaverbrae I have been asked numerous times why I left home and came to Canada. When … soldiers encountered in Holland took them longer. Freedom did not come to our town until May 10, 1945. WHAT A DAY! The Canadian soldiers …

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