Armando Viegas, Natalina Jose, Artur Garcia, Amadeu Vaz and Manuel Mira in 1968 in Toronto, ON, Canada.

Antonio Viola (left) and Carlos Pereira (middle)

Antonio Sousa enjoys a dinner with friends aboard the Saturnia ship, en route to Canada. On the back of the photo, he wrote a note to his wife:
[illegible] the Portuguese have said goodbye and tonight we’ve made another memory but even in these times of playfulness, I feel so alone. Hugs and kisses with all my love.
[ilegível] de despedida aos Portuguese aqui vai mais uma recordação do que mesmo na brincadeira sentia me tanto só. Beijos e abraços com todo o amor.
This photo was taken in May of 1953.

António Sousa at the Drake-Merritt Camp #2 in Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada in 1953.

António Sousa in Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada in July of 1953.

António Sousa in Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada in July of 1953.

António Sousa looks through a photo album while in his shared dorm in Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada in October of 1953.

António Sousa in Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada in February of 1954.

Antonio Sousa stands with his wife inside their Kensington Market restaurant in Toronto, ON, Canada in May of 1957.

Antonio Sousa stands with his wife inside their Kensington Market restaurant in Toronto, ON, Canada in May of 1957.

A group of men standing outside of Antonio Sousa’s restaurant in Kensington Market in Toronto, ON, Canada in 1959.

In the spring/summer of 1959, Antonio Galvao and Antonio Araujo worked 1n landscaping in Oshawa. After working much of the summer and not very satisfied with their wages, they ventured together to Port Hope and the tobacco fields. There was word that greater fortunes waiting for them there. A couple of weeks later, they were joined by Jose and Serafim Cerqueira, who went to work on an adjacent tobacco farm. According to my Dad, the promise of riches was slightly exaggerated; at that time they were making about was talk about $700 to 800 in one month. My dad recollects that probably the most they made was $600, with back breaking labour, but it was another adventure in the life of a young immigrant.

Fado singer Amália Rodrigues Ro performing at Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, ON, Canada. 1986.

Portuguese migrant workers aboard a ship headed for Canada.

Alberto Moreira, Amaro and José Ramalho in Toronto, ON, Canada in 1954.