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Juvenile immigration records [textual record (microform)] [1870-1932] (R1206-158-4-E)

Bilingual equivalent

Fiches des examens sur les enfants [document textuel (microforme)] [ca. 1913-1932]

Date(s)

Microfilmed [ca. 1959]

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

8 microfilm reels

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Sub-series consists of juvenile inspection report cards created by Immigration officials as they carried out regular inspection of children brought to Canada by various organizations. The inspections were conducted by departmental inspectors or individuals designated by them, such as local ministers. The eight reels in this sub-series consist of inspection report cards arranged in alphabetical order by child's surname. Most of the cards date from 1920 to 1932, with a few as early as 1913. Each card includes the following information: name, age or date of birth, date of arrival, name of ship, name of Home/Union, dates and results of inspections, and name and address of employer(s). Many of the cards include informative follow-up comments. Most of the children were sent to Canada by organizations in Great Britain, such as Barnardo's, Middlemore, Quarrier's, the Salvation Army, the Catholic Emigration Association and the British Immigration and Colonization Association. There are also inspection cards for European children, including those brought to Canada by the Armenian Relief Association of Canada and the Canadian Jewish War Orphans Committee.

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Copyright belongs to the Crown.

Finding aid

A list of related First central registry system files can be found in the "Guide to Records of Juvenile Immigration in the Government Archives Division". (No finding aid)

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Source

Government

MIKAN no.

161388