OUR HISTORY:

The New Brunswick Children’s Foundation’s roots stretch back to the mid-1800s, first as the Saint John Protestant Orphans’ Home Asylum. In 1922, property was acquired which included a school and working farm on Manawagonish Road, Saint John, accommodating children from all ages throughout New Brunswick. The name was changed to the New Brunswick Protestant Orphans’ Home. Though the name and configuration of the Home has changed over the years – its mission to support children in need has remained the focus.

During times of great struggle in Saint John – and throughout the world – the Home was a place where New Brunswick’s most vulnerable children found support and comfort. Picture in your mind a situation where you leave behind your greatest treasure, a little child; this helpless little one left without a father or mother to love and care for it; without funds to provide the absolute necessities for its protection and sustenance. Events such as Saint John’s Great Fire in 1877, the Depression in the 1880s, The Great War, the Great Depression, and the Second World War were defining moments in its history.

Following a shift in social policy in the mid-1960s and the departure of the Home’s last child on July 1, 1976, the Board of Directors at that time determined the best way to use the Home’s remaining funds was to create a Foundation to carry on its mission, and the New Brunswick Children’s Foundation was born. In 1978, the incorporation act was changed to allow the Orphanage to award financial grants to other charitable organizations in New Brunswick that help or care for children in the province.

The Foundation is governed by a fifteen-member board representing New Brunswick communities. Since its incorporation the Foundation has awarded over $15 million to organizations and charities who support the needs of children throughout the province. That number continues to grow every year.

Our legacy for more than 150 years has been to support and provide for the wellbeing and success of the children in our province, meeting the ever-changing needs of the times.

We pledge to continue to uphold that mandate for the next 150 years.

New Brunswick Protestant Orphans’ Home Manawagonish Road, Saint John NB

Orphans’ Home Veterans

Let us not forget the dedication and service to Canada from the young men and women of the New Brunswick Protestant Orphans’ Home.

REQUESTS FOR: ADOPTION & HOME RECORDS

The Foundation office does not hold any adoption records. Children’s records, whether adopted or not, send request to:

Post Adoption Disclosure Services, NB Department of Social Services, 551 King Street, Fredericton, NB E3B 1E7

Toll free: 1-844-851-0999 / Office: 506-453-2949

https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/services/services_renderer.9375.Post_Adoption_Disclosure_Services.html