Research Materials

Partnerships with government departments, universities, and private foundations have led to the development of workshops for school-age children, books, databases of ship profiles and immigration records, research papers, articles, and conference presentations.

Below are a few of our projects:

Databases

• 1925 to 1935 Immigration Record Index (Library & Archives Canada)
• 1928 to 1971 Immigration Statistics (PDF 100KB)
• Ship Arrival  Database
• Ship Images
  

Websites

• Canadian Immigration Process Game (virtualmuseum.ca)
• Pier 21 National Historic Site 3-D Tour (Parks Canada’s Women in History)
• Historica (The Canadian Encyclopedia)
• Canadian Black History Interactive Experience Treasure Hunt.
• Canadian Roots UK (Canadian War Children Of World War Two)
• Canadian Citizenship and Immigration, 1900–1977 (Citizenship
  and Immigration Canada)
• The Memory Project (An Educational program designed to connect Veterans and students, online and in classrooms, across Canada.)
• Baltic Refugees, Little Boats, S. S. Walnut, “A Voyage to Freedom”
• Baltic Refugees, Little Boats, Parnu
• Voices of the Holocaust, Oral History Interviews, Galvin Library
• Chris Bennedsen, Scrapbook of a Life in Letters, a virtual exhibit of a Danish Immigrant to Canada (Canadian Museum of Civilization).

Histories

• Pier 21: The First 75 Years
• Remembering Pier 2: Halifax’s Other Immigrant Gateway (PDF 720KB)
• Lasting Impressions: The Volunteers of Pier 21 (PDF 1.1MB)
• Québec City – The Forgotten Port of Entry By Robert Vineberg (PDF 533KB)

Research Guides

• Pier into Your Past: A Family History Resource and Activity Guide (PDF 700KB)

Looking for a specific topic or materials?
Please contact the Research Department.