William Jenkins, ed., *Canada and the Great Irish Famine*. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025.

In the summer of 1847, over four hundred ships arrived in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, carrying Irish men, women, and children fleeing the devastation and starvation caused by the Great Potato Famine.Tens of thousands of these refugees began new lives across various regions of Canada, in both urban and rural settings, within Anglophone and Francophone communities.Although Canada was still a relatively young province within the British Empire, this significant migration would have a lasting and profound effect on its identity.This monograph examines how individuals confronted, endured, and remembered the experience of famine migration.The essays investigate the transatlantic journey; the fundraising initiatives and aid organizations; the challenges encountered by cities such as Quebec, Saint John, Montreal, Toronto, Kingston, and Hamilton, along with their public discussions regarding the implications of such a substantial influx of newcomers; the related issues of disease, poverty, mental health challenges, death, and burial; the stories of orphaned children; and the various ways in which the memory of the famine has been commemorated.This tragic demographic catastrophe in nineteenth-century Europe ignited a surge of political writings, artistic and literary works, and memorial practices, intertwining with the narratives of Irish nationalism and the formation of Canada. This study provides a new perspective on the social ramifications of Ireland’s famine migration, emphasizing the resilience and adaptability of both the receiving communities and the migrants themselves.