Research Materials

Partnerships with government departments, universities, and private foundations have led to the development of 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

• 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"
• 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)

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