Annotated Sourcebook on the Emigration of Children to Canada, 1832–1926
“Room to Rest, and Room to Labour: Juvenile Emigration to Canada, 1832–1926
By Dr. Chirs Willmore
Associate Teaching Professor; Associate Chair, Economics
2026
Shared on a permissive Creative Commons license, to Joy Parr and Lori Oschefski.
This remarkable multi-volume collection brings together a vast array of historical documents relating to the emigration of children to Canada between 1832 and 1926. Carefully researched and thoughtfully annotated, the sourcebook provides valuable context to the records, making them accessible to descendants, researchers, authors, educators, and historians alike. By gathering these sources in one place and presenting them in an easy-to-use format, Dr. Willmore has created an invaluable resource that will greatly enhance our understanding of child migration to Canada. In my opinion, this is one of the most important contributions to British Home Child research published in many years and will undoubtedly become an essential reference for anyone studying the history of the Home Children and related child migration schemes.