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- ↑ Ontario 1919, pp. 438, 439.
- 1 2 Ontario 1950, p. 83.
- 1 2 3 Ontario 1950, p. 86.
- ↑ Ontario 1914, p. 3518.
- ↑ Ontario 1919, p. 435.
- ↑ Ontario 1939, p. 327.
- ↑ Ontario 1942, p. 111.
- ↑ Ontario 1958, p. 105.
- ↑ Daubs, Katie (July 20, 2018). "She stole a blanket and was trapped in a home for wayward girls for 15 years. Then she made a run for it". Toronto Star.
- ↑ "A Horrible Law". Toronto Daily Star. February 28, 1958. p. 6.
- ↑ Ontario 1964, p. 123.