2010 has been designated as Year of the British Home Child in Canada.
From 1869 to 1939 various workhouses, sheltering homes, orphanages and child care organizations in Great Britain emigrated over 100,000 orphaned, abandoned, pauper children ages 1 to 18 to Canada today known as the British Home Children.
Canada Post is issuing a stamp to commemorate the British Home Children this October.
It is estimated that 12%, over 4 million of the Canadian population, are a descendant of a Home Child.
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