The series consists of transcript copies of short interviews with immigrants, who discuss their experiences and what Canada means to them. The interviews were held in Victoria, Vancouver & 100 Mile House (B.C.); Halifax, Wolfville, Canning, Tangier, & Cape Breton Island (N.S.); Charlottetown (P.E.I.); Fredericton (N.B.); Montreal (Que.); Ottawa, Toronto, Sault St, Marie & Thunder Bay (Ont.); Winnipeg (Man.); and Calgary & Red Deer (Alta.). The interviewees are: Alek de March (Poland), journalist; Naemi Riberio (Portugal), janitor; Hubert Beyer (Germany), journalist; Flemming Jorgenson (Denmark), painter; Maria Bergink (Netherlands), housewife; Herman Bergink (Netherlands), insurance adjuster and carilloneur; Darshan (India), taxi driver; Dolores Tepper (Mexico); Pentti Nisula (Finland), mechanic; Joel Slimani (Algeria), waiter; Hans Neumann (Germany), chef; Dennis Alves (Jamaica), waiter; Jean Choi (Korea), waitress; Helmut Wiegert (Germany), hotel-motel manager; Dr. Aftab ;Mufti (Pakistan), university head of computer sciences; Vincent Leung (Hong Kong), mathematics instructor; Siegfried Delsu (Belgium), computer sciences; Felecita Kaleja (Latvia), piano instructor; Jurgen Peill (Germany), farmer; Mr. Pardoe (Wales), retired headmaster; Bastiaantje Speelman (Netherlands), animator-guide-supervisor; Willy Krauch (Denmark), fish smoker; Joseph Bartosek (Czechoslovakia;), delicatessen owner; Jose Castineiras (Cuba), maitre d'hotel; Julijanna Strudwick (Yugoslavia), waitress; Josephine Wicha (Czechoslovakia), restaurant hostess; Tasso Saltaris (Greece), manager; Tadas Januskevicius, known as Ted Janus (Lithuania); Werner Russold (Austria), wardrobe supervisor; Sleiman Wakim (Lebanon), restaurant owner; George Dow (a Palestinian Arab); Magnus and Heidi Ochsner (Switzerland), farmers; Christiane Martin (Germany), cashier; Anar Somani (Tanzania), bank clerk; Yu Kam Chung (Hong Kong), cosmetician;
Lucimar Volpeon (Brazil), translator; Gerardo Mosquerea (Colombia); Carlos Davila Vasquez (Equador); Doris Pegoud (Germany), assistant at ;CBC Radio International; Dorette Schaefer (Germany); Tomas Schuman (Russia); John Mezei (Hungary); Alfred Zbik (Poland), section head at CBC Radio International; Kristina Sandler (Sweden); Lars Ohman ;(Sweden), aeronautical engineer; Ted Petkoff (Macedonia), grocery store owner; "M.W." (Hungary), potter and housewife; [no name] (Germany), stockbroker; [no name] (Germany), builder; Peter C. Newman (Czechoslovakia), editor of Macleans Magazine; Umberto Manca (Italy), broadcaster; Nuzhat Amin (Pakistan), journalist; Joseph Palumbo (Italy); Effie Altonas (Greece), secretary; "Anonymous" (Serbian, Yugoslavia), environmental control officer; Teppe O. Moilala (Finland), drafting and design supervisor; Harry Bansal (India), metallurgist; Helmut Brandstetter (Austria), designer; Mario Gini (Italy), ;building supervisor; Primo Fabio (Italy), superintendent; Giovanna Zovatto (Italy), housewife; Reino Erkkila (Finland); Eva Liigvald (Finland); Maino Mannila (Finland); Mario Silva (Portugal), storekeeper; "Anonymous" (Czechoslovakia), pediatrician; Erik Lindhardt (Denmark), merchandising; Serge Radchuk (Ukraine), lawyer; Hans Gust (Germany), businessman; Halyna Kowal (Ukraine), receptionist; Agust Aguston (Iceland), student; Roman Ivan Kowal (Ukraine), painter-sculptor; Vera Pintyi (Hungary), cleaner; Dr. V.P. Madan (India), mathematics instructor; Frantisek Fiala (Czechoslovakia), mathematics instructor; Meena Vadgama (Kenya), education co-ordinator; Lascelles Black (Jamaica), fine arts student; Max von Hartmann (Germany), hotelier; Ole Pii; (Denmark), pastry cook and artist-craftsman; Irene Hegi (Switzerland), dental assistant; Dr. Helmut Ruebsaat (Germany), G.P. and folk singer; Rudi Diesvelt (Netherlands), leather worker; Ruth Idso (Norway), clerk; Alex Waissbluth (Chile), jeweller; John Giannis Contogiannis (Greece), head waiter; Masaharu Takaya (Japan), floral designer; and Sheila Munieza (Philippines), nurse.
The transcripts range in length from 1 or 2 pages to 15 pages