Reflections: Armenian orphans settled in Perth County more than a century ago

Reflections: Armenian orphans settled in Perth County more than a century ago

In the 1920s, the Armenian Relief Association of Canada assisted by helping get more than 100 Armenian orphans admitted to Canada. The ages of these children ranged from eight to 18. Many of these children were orphaned during the Armenian genocide in the historical Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Survivors of this genocide were later victims of the Turkish War of Independence from 1919 to 1922. It has been estimated that between 660,…