Tag Archives: British Home Children

One of the more controversial chapters in Canada\’s history is that of the Home Children. Between the late 1860\’s and the late 1930\’s, over 100,000 children from the UK were sent to Canada. It was part of an emigration scheme to combat the horrible poverty and conditions children were living in at the time. ItContinue reading “Home Children: The British Home Children Advocacy and Research Association”