Pier 21 is a former ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Nearly one million immigrants came to Canada through Pier 21, and it is the last surviving seaport immigration facility in Canada. The facility is often compared to the landmark American immigration gateway Ellis Island. The former immigration facility is now occupied by the Canadian Museum of Immigration, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design as well as various retail and studio tenants.
Pier 21 in 1934 with RMS Majestic
The Red Cross Nursery in the Pier 21 Annex, 1948
New arrivals at Pier 21 in 1952
Letitia as a hospital ship arriving at Pier 21
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is Canada's national museum of immigration. The museum occupies part of Pier 21, the former ocean liner terminal and immigration shed from 1928 to 1971. Pier 21 is Canada's last remaining ocean immigration shed. The facility is often compared to Ellis Island (1892–1954), in terms of its importance to mid-20th-century immigration to Canada an association it shares with 19th century immigration history at Grosse Isle, Quebec (1832–1932) and Partridge Island in Saint John, New Brunswick (1785–1941). The museum began as an independent institution run by the Pier 21 Society in 1999. It became a national museum run by the Canadian federal government in 2011.
Entrance to the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in 2010.
CP01 Herman Heppell, HMCS Bonaventure, on the Wall of Service
Kenneth Rowe Hall
Fenton Bear, official mascot of the Canadian Museum of Immigration