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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
In Ireland, 9,000 of 57,000 children who passed through the homes died, or 16 per cent.
In Canada, an estimated 6,000 (records are incomplete) of 150,000 children who passed through residential schools died, or 4 per cent.
The higher fatality rate in Ireland is likely due to the fact the homes included newborns and babies, and the infant mortality rate in Ireland in the early 20th century was very high. Whereas Canada’s residential schools included few pre-school aged children. So it’s difficult to make exact comparisons.
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I was more thinking comparing Catholic operated boarding schools for white kids within Canada vs residential schools within Canada. That comparison would start to unravel the discussion around the Church just not caring about children in general or specifically not caring about indigenous children.