Online Story Collection

The Story Collection has been broadened to include all immigration to Canada and veterans whose service brought them through
Pier 21.

Please note: the Online Collection is being converted to a more user-friendly and searchable format; therefore, not all stories are currently available online. If your story isn’t online and you would like it posted temporarily as a PDF, please contact Carrie-Ann Smith, Manager of Research (Tel: 902-425-0071). Thank you for your patience.

PDF formatted documents on this site will open in a new browser window. Many of the files will also contain images and could take some time to download on slower internet connections.

Browse the Story Collection

Pier 21’s Story Collection is divided into ten major categories:

Immigrants
British Home Children
Veterans
War Brides
British Evacuee Children
Jewish War Orphans
Child Migrants
Displaced People and Refugees
Hungarian Revolution Refugees
Pier 21 Staff and Volunteers

If you have a story you would like added to the collection, please share it with us.

If you submitted a story to Pier 21 and wish to amend it or remove it from the website, please contact us.