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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 - Fort Vermilion, AB (1903 -1968)

Fort Vermilion (St. Henri)

Roman Catholic missionaries provided educational services at their mission at Fort Vermilion, in what is now Alberta, from 1863 onwards. …

Residential School - Fort William, ON (1885 -1970)

Fort William (St. Joseph’s)

This school started as a Roman Catholic orphanage and school on the Mission Indian Reserve near Fort William. In the …

Residential School - Punnichy (Gordon’s Reserve), SK (1888 -1996)

Gordon’s

The Anglican Church of Canada established a day school on Gordon’s Reserve just north of Regina, in 1876. In 1888, …

Residential School - Fort Smith, NT (1960 -1985)

Grandin College

Originally established as a seminary for boys preparing to enter the priesthood, Grandin College also housed the Oblate Provincial Home. …

Residential School - Inuvik, NT (1959 -1997)

Grollier Hall (Notre-Dame Residence)

Grollier Hall was part of a federal plan to establish hostels in larger northern communities. The program was unpopular from …

Residential School - Grouard, AB (1894 -1957)

Grouard (St. Bernard’s)

A Roman Catholic mission was established at Grouard, in what is now Alberta in 1872. By 1895 the federal government …

Residential School - The Pas, MB (1952 -1979)

Guy Hill (Clearwater)

The Guy Hill School, originally known as the Sturgeon Landing Boarding School, was located at Sturgeon Landing, Saskatchewan on the …

Residential School - Hay River, NT (1895 -1937)

Hay River (All Saints)

The boarding school at the Anglican Mission at Hay River opened in 1895 and was soon receiving government grants. A …

Residential School - Fort Chipewyan, AB (1900 -1974)

Holy Angels (Fort Chipewyan)

The Holy Angels school was founded 1874 at Fort Chipewyan, in what is now Alberta. The school moved to a …