Children's Homes and Institutions in Canada
Abbreviations:
AB=Northern Ireland Area Board; AS=Approved School; BC=Borough Council; BI=Borstal;
CC=County Council; CHE=Community Home; CS=Certified School; DB=Barnardo's;
DC=Detention Centre; IS=Industrial School; LA=Ladies' Association; LC=London Borough Council;
LD=List D; MB=Mothers/Babies; MH=Magdalen Home; NCH=National Children's Home;
PHm=Probation Home; PHs=Probation Hostel; PL=Poor Law Home; Rfy=Reformatory School;
SA=Salvation Army; WS=Waifs & Strays / Children's Society.
Links marked * are to pages on www.workhouses.org.uk.
British Columbia
- Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School, Cowichan Station, Vancouver Island
Manitoba
- Russell Industrial Farm, Russell (DB)
- Reception Home, 115 Pacific Avenue, Winnipeg (DB)
- Oakwood, 75 Bannerman Avenue East, Winnipeg (DB)
- Winnipeg Babies' Home, Winnipeg (WS)
- Children's Aid Society Reception Home, Winnipeg
Ontario
- Marchmont House, 193 Moira Street West, Belleville (DB)
- Fairknowe, First Avenue, Brockville
- Blair Athol, Galt (now Cambridge)
- NCH Receiving Home, 1078 Main Street, Hamilton (NCH)
- National Refuges Reception Home, Hamilton
- The Coombe, 152 Guelph Avenue, Hespeler
- Our Western Home, Niagara-on-the Lake
- New Orpington Lodge /St George's Home, Wellington Street, Hintonburg, Ottawa
- Hazelbrae (Margaret Cox Home), 'Conger Hill', near George Street, Peterborough (DB)
- Macpherson Home, 51 Avon Street, Stratford
- Girls' Maternity Home, 152 Bathurst Street, Toronto (MB/DB)
- 20 Spadina Road, Toronto (DB)
- Reception Home, 214 Farley Avenue, Toronto (DB)
- Fegan's Distributing Home, 295 George Street, Toronto
- Reception Home, 50-52 Peter Street, Toronto (DB)
- Reception Home, 538 Jarvis Street, Toronto (DB)
- Elizabeth Rye Home, 661 Huron Street, Toronto (WS)
- Rest House, 664 Richmond Street West, Toronto (DB)
- National Refuges Reception Home, Wingham
Quebec
- Macpherson Home, Knowlton
- Gibbs Home, 117 Bowen Street, Sherbrooke (WS)
- Benyon Home, 136 Bowen Street, Sherbrooke (WS)
- Gibbs Home, 21 Lawford Street, Sherbrooke (WS)
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