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Children  Background of the Home Child Movement  A home child is
a young immigrant to Canada who came, under the auspices of one
of many philanthropic agencies, from an institution (receiving
home) in the United Kingdom to another (distributing home) in
Canada. The term home child is uniquely Canadian, and may well
be unknown to people in archival and family history circles in
other countries, including the UK. Home children ranged in age
from infants to teenagers.  Victorian Britain saw major growth
in population and economy, making her the most powerful nation
on earth. While the middle and upper classes prospered, the
unenfranchised poor and infirm suffered. Land enclosure and
mechanization of farming meant less need for agricultural
labour. Urban areas swelled, but