Page 6 - Caribbean Immigrants in Canada - Immigration to Canada: Then and Now

Barrel children were named after the shipping containers
Caribbean immigrants used to send supplies and goods home to
their children.

to the children they had left behind. They packed toys,

clothes, and money into circular shipping containers and

sent these home to help support their children. Because

of this practice, thechildren became known as barrel

children. This practice was still going on as of 2018.

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