Photograph of birthday celebration, Capo family, Toronto, ON, 1960s - solo in inglese

Black and white photograph of birthday celebration, Capo family, Toronto, ON, 1960s. The photograph shows a homemade birthday cake and coca cola (soft drink bottles). Children are gathered around the birthday girl, who stands on a chair and holds a knife.

In the post-war years, from 1950 to 1970, Canada saw its highest numbers of Italian immigrants yet. Numbering about 500,000, these new Italian Canadians surpassed the number of earlier immigrants. As a result, they began to redefine what it meant to be Italian Canadian.