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Family Allowance 
a monthly allowance paid to the parents or trustees of children under 16 years of age.
See also: baby bonus Family Allowance Act Mothers' Allowance
- 1952 Since the casual trading of children between families makes the administration of Family Allowance difficult, Ottawa has now ruled "no more adoptions."
- 1959 . . . they were also given a month's supply of flour and other food paid from their Family Allowance credits.
- 1963 Canada's family allowances--$72 a year for each child under the age of ten and $96 for each child between ten and sixteen. . . .
- 1952 Since the casual trading of children between families makes the administration of Family Allowance difficult, Ottawa has now ruled "no more adoptions."