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Residential Schools Archive

The following list of schools are institutions recognized in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA).

There are some schools that do not contain a list of student names. This means that at present, we have no record of children having died as a result of their time at that school. There is a significant amount of work still to be done to ensure no child is forgotten. If you have any information on a child that did not return home from a school, please contact us at the NCTR.

Select a school below to view the names of the children who died at or went missing from that school.

A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former students. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419.

Residential School - Lytton, BC (1901 -1979)

St. George’s (Lytton)

The New England Company, a missionary organization associated with the Church of England, opened the St. George’s school in Lytton, …

Residential School - High River, AB (1884 -1922)

St. Joseph’s (Dunbow)

The Dunbow Industrial school, also known as St. Joseph’s, was one of the first of three industrial schools established by …

Residential School - Fort Resolution, NT (1903 -1957)

St. Joseph’s (Fort Resolution)

Operated as a mission school and opened in 1903, St. Joseph’s main school building was not constructed until about 1910. …

Residential School - Cardston, AB (1898 -1988)

St. Mary’s (Blood)

The Immaculate Conception Boarding School opened in 1898 on the Blood Reserve in what is today Alberta. It was replaced …

Residential School - Mission, BC (1867 -1984)

St. Mary’s (Mission)

Missionaries opened a boarding school at the St. Mary mission in the Fraser Valley in 1863. The school was relocated …

Residential School - Alert Bay, BC (1894 -1974)

St. Michael’s (Alert Bay)

The Anglican Church established a day school at its mission in Alert Bay, British Columbia in 1878. It opened a …

Residential School - Duck Lake, SK (1894 – 1996)

St. Michael’s (Duck Lake)

In 1894 Roman Catholic missionaries established the Duck Lake boarding school north of Saskatoon in what is now Saskatchewan. In …

Residential School - Cardston, AB (1893 -1975)

St. Paul’s (Blood)

St. Paul’s residential school opened on Big Island in the Belly River in 1889, south of Cardston. A 1908 federal …

Residential School - North Vancouver, BC (1899 -1959)

St. Paul’s (Squamish)

The Squamish school in North Vancouver, also known as St. Paul’s, was built in 1899. Two pupils were hospitalized with …