12% or 4 million Canadians are descended from child migrants sent to Canada and Australia from 1840 through to 1940. 100,000 young girls and boys as early as 7 years of age, were sent to Canada as domestic help and farm labour for the equivalent of 10 dollars.
A short video:
https://vimeo.com/262185678
For anyone that may be a descendant and is searching for information there is lots of help available at this website even if all you have is some very basic details:
http://www.britishhomechildren.com/researchbhb
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