The Golden Bridge Child Migration from Scotland to Canada 1869–1939

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All of the children who were sent to Canada were expected to work. Although children over twelve were expected to receive a wage this was often denied. One former home child writing in later life described his life on a farm in Ontario:

“I knew nobody. I had no friends. I just worked from five in the morning until nine at night under the farmer’s strict glare.”

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