Fun Facts
Did you know that one in five Canadians have a connection to Pier 21?- Did you know that Winston Churchill disembarked at Pier 21 during the Second World War?
- Did you know that one million immigrants passed through Pier 21 between 1928 and 1971?
- Did you know that Pier 21’s Research Centre has the immigration information of everyone who came to Canada between 1925 and 1935?
- Did you know that the immigration hall at Pier 21 held two hundred people?
- Did you know that sausage was the most popular item for immigrants to try to smuggle into Canada?
- Did you know that many immigrants were given free corn flakes when they arrived at Pier 21 and that most people had no idea what to do with them?
- Did you know that one of the Sisters of Service who welcomed people to Pier 21 spoke seven languages?
- Did you know that Pier 21 had detention quarters, a dining room, nursery, and hospital?
- Did you know that the Nova Scotian hotel and the train stain were once connected to Pier 21 by long pedways?
- Did you know that almost half a million Canadian service personnel left from Pier 21 to serve in the Second World War?
- Did you know that Canada’s population grew as a result of the Second World War because 48,000 war brides and their twenty two thousand children immigrated?
