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The Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge, located in Fergus, Ontario, is the oldest surviving state-supported poorhouse in Canada. Constructed in 1877, the site operated as a poorhouse and farm until 1947, and as an old age home until 1971. In the 1980s, the building was repurposed to house the Wellington County Museum and Archives.
The Wellington County House of Industry and Refuge was opened in 1877 and, over the years, housed approximately 1500 deserving poor, including those who were destitute, old and infirm, or disabled. The 60-bed house for inmates was surrounded by a 30-acre industrial farm with a barn for livestock that produced some of the food for the 70 ...
The 'Red House' at Framlingham Castle in Suffolk was founded as a workhouse in 1664. [6] " The workroom at St James's workhouse", from The Microcosm of London (1808). The workhouse system evolved in the 17th century, allowing parishes to reduce the cost to ratepayers of providing poor relief.
A house reflective of the Palladian-inspired residences common during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Eastern Canada; notable residents include John Black, James Boyle Uniacke and Hibbert Binney: 1819 St. Mary's Basilica, Halifax: 1531 Spring Garden Road Central role in the religious history of Nova Scotia. 1820–29 Henry House
The Toronto House of Industry building in 2009. In 1834, the United Kingdom passed a new Poor Law which created the system of Victorian workhouses (or "Houses of Industry") that Charles Dickens described in Oliver Twist. Sir Francis Bond Head, the new lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada in
Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Car Barn & Power House (25 Madison Avenue North) 1902 [11] Kitchener Haas–Pemberton House: 1903 [29] Waterloo Snyder Seagram House: 1903: Waterloo St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church: 1903: A. W. Holmes of Toronto - architect, Caspar Braun - masonry, William Forwell - carpentry: Kitchener Waterloo Carnegie ...
The term "homeless" came into use in Canada after 1962 in reference to people who were "unhoused" versus those simply living in poor-quality housing. [1] Previously, the "homeless" was a general term applied mostly to transient men with no family ties, such as the migrant workers who travelled by freight hopping during the Great Depression. [1]
Lack of employment, poor paying jobs, alcohol abuse, poor access to health care and low education levels are all areas in which contribute to the increased risk of poverty. [36] The overall earnings of aboriginal Canadians living in rural areas in significantly lower than non-aboriginals living in more urban areas. [ 33 ]