By the time Queen Victoria ascended to the British throne in 1837, almost 60% of all immigrants entering Canada were Irish and by the time of her death in 1901 the Irish Canadian population stood at almost 1 million. Join us on this special tour of Dalnavert to learn about the fascinating story of the Irish in Canada. Using the spaces of this beautiful middle-class Victorian house, we’ll examine how generations of Irish immigrants fleeing persecution and poverty at home helped to forge the tools that would come to dismantle the British Empire in the twentieth century.
This tour will last approximately 45 minutes.
Content Warning: Includes facts, descriptions and images of death, destruction, and other atrocities, as well as historic racist imagery.
Age Advisory: Recommended 16+

The Irish in Canada runs at 2:30pm every Friday in September.