Agency:.Co-produced by Telewerx and GAPC Entertainment in association with History Television, Vision TV, Knowledge Network, Saskatchewan Communications Network, with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry, CTF: Licence Fee Program, Telefilm Canada, with the participation of Millennium Bureau of Canada, Roger's Cable Fund, CAVCO and Department of Canadian Heritage, Multicultural Program.

Executive producer, Sheila Petzold, Ken Stewart, Marcel Clément ; producer, Hoda Elatawi ; director, Susan Terrill ; writer, Susan Terrill, Sheila Petzold ; director of photography, Karl Roeder ; music composer, Andrew Huggett ; archival research, Vivian Hanwell, Kate Keating, Kate Yule, Erin Brophy ; research, Helen Dundass, Jody Nassr, Isobel Ripley, Sheila Petzold ; sound recordist, Eldy Gouthro, Peter Kettlewell, Kate Kechnie, Larry MacDonald, Jane Porter, Vaughn Rowsell, Don Stewart, Douglas von Rosen ; sound engineer, Robin Dumas.

Participant, Tiffany Beaudin, Anna Bonokoski, Carl Brewer, Erin Brophy, Hinson Calabrese, Herménégilde Chiasson, Pat Cooney, John C. Crosbie, Eric Davidson, Emily Dazé, Ken Dryden, Misa Friesen-Kobayashi, Denise Fung, Mabel Geary, Nicolas Guertin, Jack Gilmour, Barbara Gowdy, Raymond Hagel, Jack Harrison, Elizabeth Hillman, Antonia Iachetti, Ellaina Jancewicz, George Jordan, Joy Kogawa, Clare Laking, Natalie MacMaster, Alistair McLeod, Bob Mellor, Paul Métivier, Denis F. Mildon, Matthew Mitchell, Art Monk, Edith Samuel Manierka, Mary Sexton, Annie Welsh, Hellie Wilson, Jamie Zeppa ; narrator, Becky Rynor.

Recorded 2003.

From working six days a week in a factory to serving up sundaes at the Dairy Queen on weekends, Canadian children have done it all. In the first half of the century many families couldn't get by without financial help from their kids. The nation counted on its young when it came to wartime; from joining up to fight to tucking a love note in a scarf knit for an unknown soldier, witnesses recall their contributions. Recollections of work include cheapskate bosses, the decision to quit and the experience of getting fired. It was tough working in the coal mines and out in the fishing dories, but even babysitters join in the complaints about lousy conditions and low pay! Work is one of a 6-part series entitled Growing Up Canadian. These documentaries explore the myths and realities of Canadian childhood through family life, schooling, work, play, health and the media. The series marks the contribution of childhood and youth experience in defining Canada as it grew into full nationhood in the 20th century.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).