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| 1927 advert in Cumnock Chronicle |
1928-1930
Government scheme
SCOTS MINERS FOR CANADA
The White Star liner Regina sails this evening from the Clyde for Canada with a good complement of emigrants drawn from all parts of Scotland. There is an increasing number of miners emigrating to the Canadian mines in Nova Scotia, and judging from the number of families now proceeding to join miners already in Canada, it would appear that conditions have been found favourable. The usual number of domestics and ironworkers also figure in the passenger list. Miners also figure in the passenger list of the Canadian Pacific liner Montclare which sails from the Tail of the Bank to-day for Canada. The party numbers six, of whom two hail from Portobello and one from Dunfermline. Also on board will be a party of domestic servants for Canada. Altogether 150 passengers embark at the Tail of the Bank .
The Scotsman - Saturday 16 October 1926 accessed through British Newspaper Archive
SCOTS MINERS' SONS FOR CANADA.
The first party of miners' sons from Scotland, numbering about forty, to proceed to Canada under a new free passage scheme, sailed yesterday from Princes Dock, Glasgow, by the Canadian Pacific liner "Melite." The boys, whose ages range from 14 to 17 years, are drawn from the West Fife and Lanarkshire coalfields. Recruited by the Y.M.C.A., the lads will travel to the farm hostel of the United Church of Canada, at Norval, Ontario. The youthful settlers are journeying free of charge to themselves, and each has received assistance towards the purchase of his outfit, while all incidental expenses are defrayed. Mr A. Smith, Secretary of the Cowdenbeath Y.M.C.A., is conducting the party right through to its destination. After some days spent at the hostel, the boys will be allocated to the farmers who have been specially selected by the United Church, and they will be treated as members of the family. They will each receive a week in wages, together with full board and lodging, and wages will be increased according to experience and ability. At the age of 21, the boys will be eligible to acquire land on their own behalf from the Canadian Government. Supervision during their period of apprentineship will be exercised by the - sited Church of Canada through the manager of their farm hostel, Mr A. McLaren. who is himself a Scot. The hostel at Norval will be regarded as a central home to which the buys can always go if difficulties or sickness arise. The next party of Scots boys will sail on August 3, and lads interested in the scheme should apply without delay to the Secretary. Y. M. C.A. Migration Department, 2 Drumsheugh Gardens. Edinburgh, or 122 Wellington Street, Glasgow.
Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser - Saturday 14 July 1928
1927 3000 families resettlement scheme
This article examines the 3,000 Family Scheme, a joint British-Canadian settlement project in which British families, comprised of over 18,000 individuals, were relocated to homesteads as colonisers of Canada's remote areas. There, many endured isolation and hardship, and were largely blamed for their own plight.
