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Child Find is the oldest, largest and most comprehensive missing children's organization in Canada. Child Find is established across Canada as a network of charitable, non-profit organizations which deliver services to the families of missing/abducted children.

Child Find was established in 1983 after the disappearance of six-year-old Tania Murrell. The Edmonton girl was abducted by a stranger on her way home from school and has yet to be found. Just prior to the abduction, a concerned citizen from Calgary, Kathy Morgenstem, read a brief story on Child Find of America. Following a synopsis of Tania's disappearance in her local newspaper and outraged by Tania's abduction, Ms. Morgenstem wanted to volunteer her time to an organization which dealt specifically with missing children. Through her inquiries, she discovered there was no such organization in Canada and as a result, she took it upon herself to form the first Child Find group in Canada. Child Find British Columbia began the following year in Vancouver. Chapters in Kelowna (1988) and Victoria (1991, out of the Michael Dunahee Search Centre) were subsequently opened. In March of 1998, a chapter was opened in Prince George as part of our commitment to provide better coordinated services across the province. The provincial headquarters was moved to Victoria, BC on May 1, 2005.

Child Find is recognized by the RCMP National Missing Children's Services in Ottawa and is recognized by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States.

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