We watched TV and ate corn flakes for the first time without milk as one would eat potato chips. My parents were very enthusiastic, full of life, and had plans for the future. Canada was part of our greatest journey on this earth, being welcomed in this land gave us the freedom to shape us into individuals that have contributed much, and so therefore, the sacrifice of leaving our native land, facing many trials and overcoming many hurdles, says it all for us and our posterity.
From the seven people that arrived on Pier 21 on May 15th, , we are now 57 proud Canadians. Thank You Canada!!! The Netherlands is our country of birth and always will be our homeland but now we are Canadian. We will be forever grateful to the staff and all who were, and are now, associated with Pier I came to Canada from the U. The light of the bright moon illuminated the cemetery walls. At this point my eyes were dimmed with tears.
I kissed my son on the forehead and I whispered. For our train trip, we were given ten dollars per person to get us to our destination, enough to buy that pure soft cottony white bread we had never seen before. My advice would be…Stay warm in the winter.
Stop in at a Tim Horton. Try moose meat at least once. And keep smiling. We had our first corn flakes and potatoes with the skin on my mother always peeled the potatoes. Bacon and eggs, Canadian style, went down very well. My mother insisted we eat all the food, to show our appreciation.
We have had a wonderful life in this country. My brothers and sisters join me in saying, Thank you Canada - definitely the land of opportunity! In we bought our first house in West Vancouver. Mom and Dad worked had to improve the family way of life. We loved the taste of Canadian white bread, sliced at that!
It tasted like cake to us and it was the first of many pleasant surprises Pier 21 airing gallery. Origins unknown. At the train station my mom was told to buy some bread and a can of meat. If Pier 21 could talk it could tell many stories. I am indeed glad that now that the docks are often lined with cruise boats rather than immigrant ships.
Our country recognizes the important role in history that it played over many decades. Certainly Pier 21 is an important marker in my life's journey. It is okay to cry. Missing home is normal. Matt Evans Halifax, NS. I came to Canada 4 months ago: when arrived to Canada I was scared. I am happy to live in Canada. JW Edmonton, AB. I was born in Denmark and raised in Jylland. As a teen-ager I was endowed with an adventurous spirit; as I read stories of pioneering in Canada, I determined that I would someday emigrate to that country.
Estonian refugees, date unknown. When we passed customs and boarded the train they gave us two loafs of bread. Not knowing what it was I used it to play accordion as it was soft and flexible.. We immigrated to Canada about a year ago and our first impression of the Canadians was how friendly and welcoming they treated us! Canada is such a great country and we are glad being part of it. It was the Canadian Red Cross that came to our aid when our house in London was bomb damaged during the war.
I was 11 years of age and vividly remember the boxes of clothing and food they delivered to our door. I promised myself that I would go to Canada one day. I believe that Canada has given us the opportunity to become something meaningful of ourselves and contribute to the success of the community and to the Great country of Canada. I moved to Canada when I was two years old. We came from the Netherlands - the memories I have are sitting in the airport in Toronto and refusing to move, and the mud in our new home in Fox Creek, Alberta.
I hungrily bit into the slice that was offered and I got the first shock in this new country. I came to Canada I lived in Regina. I am happy to visit in Moose Jaw Museum.
I am proud to live in Canada I am from Somalia. I thank God for Canada and the life my family has enjoyed here. It has been a terrific country to grow up in and to live. There's no place on earth I'd rather live.
I was 15 when my parents and closest brother crossed the border on a hot, sunny August day at North Portal, Saskatchewan. We were landed immigrants, Americans from Wisconson. We were no strangers to being expatriots, and in , I had spent most of my life outside of the U.
After four years back in the States, Moving to Canada was another adventure. It was all so clean and Fresh in my mind. So much the same, but different never the less. By I was a Canadian, what a good decision. I felt wonderful to be in a new country. As soon as it was legally possible, we became Canadians. Canada became our country and we love Canada.
My mother came from Czechslovakia. They were running from Hitler because they were gypsies. I love Canada. Our agreed time to work and save as a family was up. I began saving for my wedding. I look back on how Canada has changed me and my values. I think the hardest part of emigrating was changing the way I believed things should be done.
I was brought up to understand that the British knew how to do things correctly. They went to buy bread. Canadian and British naval servicemen on board the H. Whitehall, circa Children bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Ascania, December I arrived in Canada on July 1st, on Canada Day and it was very, very meaningful. In South America, we believe in signs and for me was a good sign that, that everything was going to be okay.
My father and his friends built our first house in I would bring my husband and a positive attitude. My father fled Romania in while my mother was pregnant with me. He was captured in Yugoslavia and spent time in prison there before being accepted as a refugee in Canada.
It was two years before my mother, older sister and I were all able to join him. My family chose Calgary because they had Romanian friends in the city. The adjustment was difficult for them having to leave behind their friends, family, good jobs and the sense of security that comes from being surrounded by people who understood their native language and shared a culture with them.
I am in awe of their bravery, positivity and resilience. My sister and I have both gone to school, gotten married and made lives for ourselves here in Canada. I am so grateful for the sacrifices my parents made to bring us here!
I never found those gold nuggets, however, Canada gave me more than gold. This is an immeasurable country, full of opportunities.
God Bless this land. I moved to Canada when I was 16 It was hard at first, but people here are nice. I am now Canadian citizen. What I remember most about the trip is the dolphins following the ship, there was so many of them.
One day I was on deck looking over the side when one the ship crew who was on the bow called over to me. The area was roped off, but he said it was ok to come and see. You could see all the dolphins missing the bow by inches, maybe leading our ship not following us to the new land, I wondered what was waiting for us on the other side. Image courtesy of Rina Caron. My mother decided that our first meal would simply be wieners and mashed potatoes, since, indeed, we had problems locating ingredients for a fancier meal.
The wieners seemed rather short, and when we got home and boiled them, we also discovered that they were neither as tasty nor as firm as Danish wieners. However, our greatest disappointment was with the mustard, which looked exactly like European mustard, but which was probably the worst brand of mustard that we had ever encountered. As we were later to discover, that was our first introduction to peanut butter. I remember the first time I had Canadian bread.
I rolled it up and tried to bounce it. Heads or tails" father said as he balanced the coin on his fingertips. The coin flipping ceremony was decided upon after many hours of heated discussion, ending in a stalemate. They had agreed to emigrate, the choice was between Australia and Canada.
Mother opted for the former because her sister had emigrated to Free mantle in the late thirties. She married an Aussie soon after her arrival; her letters were filled with glowing commentaries of life down under. Father, on the other hand, had relatives in Canada, who also wrote urging him to take advantage of the many opportunities waiting in Canada. They agreed to let the coin decide.
My mother assured him that we only had personal belongings and oil and cheese, he marked the trunks with a check mark and away we went on the train. I never learned which of the original 13 colonies they were baptized by.
We were the only ones on the ship not ill. Bring your open spirit, love of life and tolerance of all peoples. Share your culture, history and story to enrich Canadian fabric and society. At that time we had 3 choices for immigration: Australia, South Africa and Canada. We decided on Canada because it was closer and a return trip to Germany would have been less expensive.
It also seemed more interesting than the other two countries. Adachi, Arriving at Halifax Before Pier Countless Journeys.
One Canada. Are you in this Picture? From Our Collection. Fedor Szugalew, arrived from Russia, Luigi Antonucci, arrived from Italy, Zohra Mawji, arrived from India, Mayse Al-Haboobi, arrived from Iraq, Are You in this Picture?
Thank You Canada. Ole Falkeisen, arrived from the Netherlands, First Home In Canada. Mirja S. He assented cordially to this view and said that he had always been against permitting Japanese coolies to go to America or to Hawaii. I hope that my message will smooth over their feelings so that the government will quietly stop all immigration of coolies into our country.
At any rate I shall do my best to bring this about. Densho Encyclopedia Context and Summary. Resources Harper's Weekly. Government letters; Journal articles. The first major wave of Asian immigrants arrived at American shores in the mids and Asian Americans have since played a key role in U. The infestation ruined up to one-half of the potato crop that year, and about three-quarters of Ellis Island is a historical site that opened in as an immigration station, a purpose it served for more than 60 years until it closed in In late-May , around 30 Chinese laborers were mining gold in an isolated part of northeast Oregon, when the entire group was gunned down by a white gang of horse thieves.
What began as a labor dispute between white and Chinese coal miners on September 2, turned into a bloodbath known as the Rock Springs Massacre that left 28 Chinese miners dead and 15 others wounded. Following the violence, white miners set 79 homes ablaze, effectively wiping Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Recommended for you. How the Troubles Began in Northern Ireland. North Vietnam Disregards Ceasefire Agreement. Immigration Before
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