Recognition by the Canadian Goverment
The Canadian Government has officially recognized the contribution the British Home Children made to our country as a nation. The year 2010 was officially declared the "Year of the Home Child" to commemoratesthe United Kingdom’s Child Migration Scheme that brought the Home Children from Britain to Canada.
Provincially, New Brunswick recognized 2009 as the Year of the British Home Child, to mark the 140th anniversary of the arrival of the first home children in 1869, and Nova Scotia declared October 2009 the Month of the British Home Children.
In September of 2010 Canada Post honored the children with the issue of a commemorative stamp. It featured an image of the SS Sardinia, a map to symbolize their cross-Atlantic trip, a boy working on the Russell Manitoba Barnardo Farm and one of a child leaving Britain standing beside his suitcase. He is headed to Hamilton, Ontario. The identity of this child is not known.
Provincially, New Brunswick recognized 2009 as the Year of the British Home Child, to mark the 140th anniversary of the arrival of the first home children in 1869, and Nova Scotia declared October 2009 the Month of the British Home Children.
In September of 2010 Canada Post honored the children with the issue of a commemorative stamp. It featured an image of the SS Sardinia, a map to symbolize their cross-Atlantic trip, a boy working on the Russell Manitoba Barnardo Farm and one of a child leaving Britain standing beside his suitcase. He is headed to Hamilton, Ontario. The identity of this child is not known.
