Arrival of Vietnamese Refugees in Canada National Historic Event

Montréal, Quebec
Refugees board first flight of CF707 Hong Kong to Canada, 1979. Photograph attributed to MCpl Bryantowich. (© Canada.Department of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada | Canada. Ministère de la Défense nationale / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / e999901766-u)
Refugees board flight CF707 to Canada, 1979
(© Canada.Department of National Defence / Library and Archives Canada | Canada. Ministère de la Défense nationale / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / e999901766-u)
Address : Montréal, Quebec

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2023-07-14
Dates:
  • 1975 to 1990 (Significant)

Other Name(s):
  • Arrival of Vietnamese Refugees in Canada  (Designation Name)
Research Report Number: 2022-34

Importance: After the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, Canada welcomed nearly 200,000 Vietnamese refugees who fled persecution and difficult living conditions