Name[1][2] |
Location |
Province/Territory |
Opened |
Closed |
Denomination
|
Assumption (Hay Lake) Indian Residential School[10] |
Assumption
(Hay Lake)
|
AB |
1951 |
1970 |
RC
|
Blue Quill (Lac la Biche/Saddle Lake/Sacred Heart) Indian Residential School
(Hospice of St. Joseph; Lac la Biche/St. Paul's Boarding School)[11]
|
Lac la Biche (1862-1898)
Saddle Lake (1898-1931)
(Saddle Lake)
St. Paul (1898-1931)
|
AB |
1862 |
1970 (became the first Native-administered school in Canada) |
RC
|
Holy Angels Indian Residential School
(École des Saints-Anges / Our Lady of Victoria Indian Residential School)
|
Fort Chipewyan |
AB |
1902 |
1974 |
RC
|
Crowfoot (St. Joseph's) Indian Residential School
(Blackfoot Residential School)[12]
|
Blackfoot Crossing (1900-1909)
Cluny
(Siksika 146)
|
AB |
1900 |
1968 |
RC
|
St. Joseph's (Dunbow) Industrial School
(High River Industrial School)
|
High River |
AB |
1884
|
1922
|
RC
|
Edmonton (Poundmaker) Residential School[13][14]
|
St. Albert
(Poundmaker)
|
AB |
1924 (formerly Red Deer Industrial School)
|
1968
|
MD
|
Ermineskin Indian Residential School |
Hobbema
(Ermineskin)
|
AB |
1915 |
1973 |
RC
|
St. Mary’s (Blood) Indian Residential School (Immaculate Conception Boarding School)[15] |
Stand-Off
(Blood)
|
AB |
1898 |
1988
|
RC
|
Morley (Stoney) Residential School
(McDougall Orphanage and Training Institution)
|
Morley
(Stoney)
|
AB |
1926 |
1949 |
MD
|
Old Sun (Blackfoot) Residential School[16]
(North Camp Residential School / White Eagle's Boarding School / Short Robe Boarding School)
|
Gleichen
(Blackfoot)
|
AB |
1894 |
1971 |
AN
|
Sacred Heart (Peigan) Residential School[17] |
Brocket
(Peigan)
|
AB |
1892 |
1961
|
RC
|
Red Deer Industrial School |
Red Deer |
AB |
1893
|
1919 (Poundmaker school opened 5 years later)
|
MD
|
Sarcee (St. Barnabas) Residential School[18] |
Sarcee Junction, Calgary
(Sarcee/T’suu Tina)
|
AB |
1892 |
1921
|
AN
|
St. Albert (Youville) Residential School[19] |
St. Albert |
AB |
1873 |
1948
|
RC
|
Whitefish Lake (St. Andrew's) Residential School
|
Whitefish Lake
(Whitefish Lake)
|
AB |
1895 |
1950 |
AN
|
Grouard (St. Bernard’s) Residential School |
Grouard |
AB |
1894 |
1957
|
RC
|
Joussard (St. Bruno's) Residential School |
Joussard |
AB |
1913 |
1969 |
RC
|
St. Cyprian's (Queen Victoria’s Jubilee Home) Residential School
(Victoria Jubilee Home for Indian Children)[20]
|
Brocket
(Peigan)
|
AB |
1900 (new school built in 1926) |
1962 |
AN
|
Sturgeon Lake (Calais) Residential School
(St. François/Francis Xavier Boarding school)[21]
|
Calais |
AB |
1907
|
1961 |
RC
|
Fort Vermilion (St. Henri) Residential School[22]
|
Fort Vermilion |
AB |
1903
|
1968 |
RC
|
Wabasca (St. John’s) Residential School[23] |
Wabasca |
AB |
1902 (new school built in 1949) |
1966 |
AN
|
Desmarais (St. Martin’s) Residential School
|
Desmarais-Wabasca
|
AB |
1901 |
1973 |
RC
|
St. Paul's (Blood) Residential School
(Church of England)
|
Cardston
(Blood)
|
AB |
1893
|
1975 |
AN
|
Lesser Slave Lake (St. Peter's) Residential School |
Slave Lake |
AB |
1895
|
1932 |
AN
|
Alberni Indian Residential School |
Port Alberni |
BC |
1900 (burned in 1917, rebuilt in 1920; burned in 1937, rebuilt in 1939) |
1973 |
UC
|
Ahousaht Indian Residential School |
Ahousaht |
BC |
1901 |
1950 |
PB
|
Anahim Lake Dormitory (Ulkatcho) Residential School
|
Anahim Lake
(Ulkatcho)
|
BC
|
1968
|
1977
|
RC
|
Christie (Clayoquot/Kakawis) Residential School[24] |
Meares Island (1900-1971)
Tofino (1971-1983)
|
BC |
1900 |
1983
|
RC
|
Kamloops (St. Louis) Residential School
(Kamloops Industrial School)
|
Kamloops
(Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc)
|
BC |
1890 |
1978 |
RC
|
Kitimaat Indian Residential School
(Elizabeth Long Memorial School for Girls)[25]
|
Kitimaat |
BC |
1908
|
1941 |
MD
|
Kootenay (St. Eugene's/St. Mary's Residential School) |
Cranbrook |
BC |
1867
|
1984
|
RC
|
Kuper Island Indian Residential School |
Penelakut Island |
BC |
1890 |
1975 |
RC
|
Lejac (Stuart Lake) Residential School |
Fraser Lake |
BC |
1917 (new building in 1922) |
1976 |
RC
|
Lower Post Indian Residential School |
Lower Post |
BC |
1951 |
1975 |
RC
|
Coqualeetza (Chilliwack Home) Residential School |
Chilliwack |
BC |
1889
|
1940 (later became the Coqualeetza Hospital and is now the Coqualeetza Cultural Education Centre) |
MD
|
Metlakatla Indian Residential School (Metlakatla Indian Girls' School) |
Metlakatla |
BC |
1891 |
1962 |
OO
|
Port Simpson Residential School
(Crosby Home for Girls)
|
Port Simpson |
BC |
1892
|
1948 |
MD
|
Presbyterian Coqualeetza Indian Residential School |
Chilliwack |
BC |
1861 |
1940 |
PB
|
Roman Catholic Coqualeetza Indian Residential School |
Chilliwack |
BC |
1890 |
1941 |
RC
|
St. Augustine's Indian Residential School |
Sechelt |
BC |
1912 |
1975 |
RC
|
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School |
North Vancouver |
BC |
1898 |
1959 |
RC
|
St. George's (Lytton) Indian Residential School |
Lytton |
BC |
1901 (new school built in 1928) |
1979 |
AN
|
St. Mary's Mission Indian Residential School |
Mission (Pekw'Xe:yles) |
BC |
1861 |
1984 |
RC
|
St. Michael's (Alert Bay) Indian Residential School |
Alert Bay |
BC |
1929 |
1975 |
AN
|
Williams Lake Indian Residential School
(Williams Lake Industrial School)
|
Cariboo |
BC |
1890 |
1981 |
RC
|
Yale Indian Residential School |
Yale |
BC |
1900 |
1920 |
AN
|
Yuquot Indian Residential School |
Yuquot |
BC |
1901 |
1913 |
RC
|
Assiniboia Indian Residential School (Assiniboia Hostel) |
Winnipeg |
MB |
1958 (September 2) |
1973 (June 30) |
RC
|
Birtle Indian Residential School |
Birtle |
MB |
1888 (December 3) |
1970 |
PB
|
Brandon Indian Residential School (Brandon Industrial School) |
Brandon |
MB |
1895 (May 23) |
1972 (June 30) |
MD
|
Cross Lake Indian Residential School (Norway House Roman Catholic Indian Residential School) |
Cross Lake |
MB |
1915(March 9) |
1969 (July 30) |
RC
|
Elkhorn Indian Residential School (Elkhorn Industrial School / Washakada Indian Residential School) |
Elkhorn |
MB |
1888 |
1919 (as CP Railway purchased land on which school was built) |
AN
|
Elkhorn Indian Residential School (Washakada Indian Residential School) |
Elkhorn |
MB |
1925 |
1949 |
AN
|
Fort Alexander Indian Residential School |
Pine Falls |
MB |
1905 |
1970 (June) |
RC
|
Guy Hill Indian Residential School |
The Pas and Clearwater Lake |
MB |
1952 (Students were relocated from Sturgeon Landing, Saskatchewan to a temporary school in The Pas until a newly built school in Clearwater Lake in 1958) |
1979 (June 30) |
RC
|
Lake St. Martin Indian Residential School |
Fisher River |
MB |
1874 (new school built in 1948) |
1963 |
AN
|
MacKay Indian Residential School |
The Pas |
MB |
1915 |
1933 |
AN
|
MacKay Indian Residential School |
Dauphin |
MB |
1955 |
1989 |
AN
|
Norway House Methodist Indian Residential School |
Norway House |
MB |
1900 |
1967 (June 30) |
MD
|
Pine Creek Indian Residential School (Camperville Indian Residential School) |
Camperville |
MB |
1890 |
1969 (August 31) |
RC
|
Portage la Prairie Methodist Indian Residential School |
Portage la Prairie |
MB |
1891 |
1975 (June 30) |
MD
|
Portage la Prairie Presbyterian Indian Residential |
Portage la Prairie |
MB |
1895 |
1950 |
PB
|
Sandy Bay Indian Residential School |
Sandy Bay Reserve |
MB |
1905 |
1970 (June 30) |
RC
|
St. Boniface Industrial School |
St. Boniface |
MB |
1891 |
1909 |
RC
|
St. Paul's Industrial School (St. Rupert's Land Industrial School) |
Selkirk |
MB |
1886 |
1906 |
AN
|
Waterhen Indian Residential School |
Waterhen |
MB |
1890 |
1900 |
RC
|
Lockwood School* |
Cartwright |
NL |
|
1964 |
OO
|
Makkovik Boarding School* |
Makkovik |
NL |
|
1960 |
OO
|
Nain Boarding School* |
Nain |
NL |
|
1973 |
OO
|
St. Anthony's Orphanage* |
St. Anthony |
NL |
|
1979 |
OO
|
Yale School* |
North West River |
NL |
|
1980 |
OO
|
Aklavik Anglican Indian Residential School (All Saints Indian Residential School) |
Shingle Point |
NWT |
1927 (moved to Aklavik in 1934 due to overcrowding |
1959 |
AN
|
Aklavik Catholic Indian Residential School (later Inuvik Indian Residential School) |
Aklavik |
NWT |
1925 (relocated to Inuvik in 1959; Stringer Hall was Anglican Residence and Grollier Hall the RC residence) |
1996 (June 1975 (Stringer Hall); June 30 1996 (Grollier Hall)) |
RC
|
Fort McPherson Indian Residential School; (Including residence, Fleming Hall); |
Fort McPherson |
NWT |
1898 |
1970 |
OO (non-denominational)
|
Fort Providence Indian Residential School (Providence Mission Indian Residential School) |
Fort Providence |
NWT |
1867 |
1953 |
RC
|
Fort Resolution Indian Residential School |
Fort Resolution |
NWT |
1867 |
1957 |
RC
|
Fort Simpson Indian Residential School (Fort Simpson Boarding School, including residences Bompas Hall, Lapointe Hall, St. Margaret's Hall) |
Fort Simpson |
NWT |
1920 |
1970 |
RC
|
Fort Smith Indian Residential School (Breynat Hall) |
Fort Smith |
NWT |
1957 |
1970 |
RC
|
Hay River Indian Residential School (St. Peter's Mission Indian Residential School) |
Hay River |
NWT |
1898 |
1949 |
AN
|
Akaitcho Hall (dormitory for Sir John Franklin High School) |
Yellowknife |
NWT |
1958 |
1994 |
Federal/GNWT
|
Shubenacadie Indian Residential School |
Shubenacadie |
NS |
1922 |
1968 |
RC
|
Chesterfield Inlet Indian Residential School (including residence: Turquetil) |
Chesterfield Inlet |
NU |
1929 |
1970 |
RC
|
Frobisher Bay Indian Residential School |
Frobisher Bay |
NU |
1965 |
1992 The building now houses the Nunatta Residence of the Nunavut Arctic College.(students were transferred to a new hostel, which operated until 1996.) |
RC
|
Kivalliq Hall
|
Rankin Inlet
|
NU
|
1985
|
1997
|
OO
|
Albany Mission Indian Residential School (Fort Albany Residential School) |
Fort Albany |
ON |
1912 |
1963 |
RC
|
Alexandra Industrial School for Girls |
Toronto |
ON |
1897 |
1910[26] |
OO
|
Alnwick Industrial School (in partnership with Mount Elgin Indian Residential School) |
Alderville |
ON |
1838 |
1966 |
MD
|
Bishop Horden Memorial School (Moose Factory Indian Residential School; Moose Fort Indian Residential School) |
Moose Factory |
ON |
1907 |
1963 |
AN
|
Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School |
Kenora |
ON |
1900 |
1966 |
PB
|
Chapleau Indian Residential School (Saint John's Indian Residential School) |
Chapleau |
ON |
1907 |
1950 |
AN
|
Fort Frances Indian Residential School (St. Margaret's Indian Residential School) |
Fort Frances |
ON |
1902 |
1974 |
RC
|
Kenora Indian Residential School |
Kenora |
ON |
1949 |
1963 |
RC
|
McIntosh Indian Residential School |
Kenora |
ON |
1924 |
1969 |
RC
|
Mohawk Institute Residential School (Mohawk Manual Labour School; Mush Hole Indian Residential School) |
Brantford |
ON |
1828 |
1970 |
AN
|
Mount Elgin Indian Residential School (in partnership with Alnwick) |
Muncey Town |
ON |
1848 |
1948 |
MD
|
Shingwauk Indian Residential School |
Garden River |
ON |
1873 |
1873 (burned down six days after opening) |
AN
|
Shingwauk Indian Residential School |
Sault Ste. Marie |
ON |
1873 (merged with Wawanosh to form a larger school in 1900) |
1971 (currently houses Algoma University) |
AN
|
Wawanosh School for Girls |
Sault Ste Marie |
ON |
1877 |
1900 (merged with Shingwauk) |
AN
|
Sioux Lookout Indian Residential School (Pelican Lake Day School) |
Sioux Lookout |
ON |
1911 |
1973 |
AN
|
Spanish Indian Residential Schools; St. Joseph Residential School 1916–1962 (girls school) still standing; St Charles Garnier College 1913–1958 (boys school)now demolished |
Spanish |
ON |
1883 |
1965 |
RC
|
St. Anne’s Indian Residential School |
Fort Albany |
ON |
1936 |
1964 |
RC
|
St. Joseph's Orphanage and Boarding School (for Indigenous and White Children) |
Fort William |
ON |
1870 |
1968 |
RC
|
St. Mary's Indian Residential School |
Kenora |
ON |
1894 |
1962 |
RC
|
Wikwemikong Indian Residential School (Wikwemikong Day School) |
Manitowaning |
ON |
1840 (day school); 1879 (residential school) |
1963 |
RC
|
Armstrong Indian Residential School (Armstrong Residential School; Armstrong Home and School) |
Armstrong |
ON |
1880 |
1891 |
RC
|
Amos Indian Residential School (St. Marc's Indian Residential School) |
St. Marc-de-Figuery (Amos) |
QC |
1948 |
1965 |
RC
|
Federal Hostel at George River |
Kangirsualujjuaq |
QC |
1960 |
1960 |
OO (Non-Denominational)
|
Federal Hostel at Great Whale River |
Kuujjuarapik (Poste-de-la-Baleine) |
QC |
1960 |
1970 |
OO (Non-Denominational)
|
Federal Hostel at Payne Bay |
Kangirsuk (Bellin) |
QC |
1960 |
1960 |
OO (Non-Denominational)
|
Federal Hostel at Port Harrison |
Inukjuak |
QC |
1960 |
1971 |
OO (Non-Denominational)
|
Fort George Hostels |
Fort George |
QC |
1975 |
1978 |
OO (Non-Denominational)
|
St. Philip's Indian Residential School |
Fort George |
QC |
1933 (burned in 1943, rebuilt in 1944) |
1979 |
AN
|
Fort George (St. Joseph's Mission, Residence Couture, Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Énfant-Jésus) |
Fort George |
QC |
1936 |
1952 |
RC
|
La Tuque Indian Residential School |
La Tuque |
QC |
1963 |
1978 |
AN
|
Pointe Bleue Indian Residential School |
Mashteuiatsh |
QC |
1956 |
1965 |
RC
|
Sept-Iles Indian Residential School (Seven Islands, Notre Dame, Maliotenam) |
Sept-Îles |
QC |
1952 |
1967 |
RC
|
Battleford Industrial School |
Battleford |
SK |
1883 |
1914 |
AN
|
Beauval Indian Residential School |
Beauval |
SK |
1895 |
1983 (became Meadow Lake Tribal Council's Beauval Indian Education Centre which closed in 1995) |
RC
|
Cowesses Indian Residential School (Marieval Indian Residential School) |
Marieval |
SK |
1899 |
1981 (First Nation Operated 1981-1997) |
RC
|
Crowstand Indian Residential School |
Kamsack |
SK |
1888 |
1916 |
PB
|
St. Michael's Indian Residential School (Duck Lake Indian Residential School)[27] |
Duck Lake |
SK |
1894 |
1982, turned over to the Saskatoon District Tribal Council. Closed in 1996. |
RC
|
Emmanuel College |
Prince Albert |
SK |
1879 |
1923 |
AN
|
File Hills Indian Residential School (File Hills Colony School) |
Okanese Reserve |
SK |
1889 |
1949 |
PB
|
Gordon Indian Residential School |
Punnichy |
SK |
1889 (new school built in 1911, burned down in 1929) |
1996 |
AN
|
Guy Hill Indian Residential School |
Sturgeon Landing |
SK |
1926 |
1952 (burned down September 4, 1952; students were relocated to temporary school in The Pas until a newly built school opened in Clearwater Lake in 1958) |
RC
|
Île-à-la-Crosse Indian Residential School |
Île-à-la-Crosse |
SK |
1878 |
1976 (the boarding school section) |
RC
|
Lake La Ronge Mission Indian Residential School |
La Ronge |
SK |
1914 (new school built in 1920) |
1947 |
AN
|
Muscowequan Indian Residential School |
Lestock |
SK |
1932 |
1981 |
RC
|
St. Albans Indian Residential School |
Prince Albert |
SK |
? |
1951 (amalgamated with All Saints to become Prince Albert Indian Residential School) |
AN
|
All Saints Indian Residential School |
Prince Albert |
SK |
1865 |
1951 (amalgamated with St. Albans to become Prince Albert Indian Residential School) |
AN
|
Prince Albert Indian Residential School |
Prince Albert |
SK |
1951 (merger of All Saints and St. Albans) |
1964 |
AN
|
Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School (Qu'Appelle Industrial School); Lebret Indian Residential School; (Added St. Paul's High School in 1951) |
Lebret |
SK |
1884 (burned down in 1904, 1932) |
1969 (Re-opened under the operations of the reserve in 1973 as White Calf Collegiate, but that closed in August 1998) |
RC
|
Regina Indian Residential School |
Regina |
SK |
1890 |
1910, demolished in 1948 |
PB
|
Round Lake Indian Residential School |
Whitewood |
SK |
1886 |
1950 |
MD
|
St. Anthony's Indian Residential School (Onion Lake Catholic Indian Residential School) (Joseph Dion was pupil No. 7)[28] |
Onion Lake |
SK |
1891 |
1968 |
RC
|
St. Barnabas Indian Residential School (Onion Lake Indian Residential School) |
Onion Lake |
SK |
1893 (burned down in 1943) |
1951 |
AN
|
St. Phillips Indian Residential School (Keeseekoose Day School) |
Kamsack |
SK |
1899 |
1965 |
RC
|
Thunderchild Indian Residential School (Delmas Indian Residential School) |
Delmas |
SK |
1933 |
1948 (burned down by students) |
RC
|
Aklavik Anglican Indian Residential School (All Saints Indian Residential School) |
Shingle Point |
NWT |
1927 |
1934 (moved to Aklavik due to overcrowding) |
AN
|
Baptist Indian Residential School (Yukon Indian Residential School) |
Whitehorse |
YT |
1900 |
1968 |
BP
|
Carcross Indian Residential School (Forty Mile Boarding School) |
Fortymile |
YT |
1891 |
1910 (moved to Carcross) |
AN
|
Carcross Indian Residential School (Chooutla Indian Residential School; Caribou Crossing Indian Residential School) |
Carcross |
YT |
1910 |
1969 |
AN
|
St. Paul's Indian Residential School (St. Paul's Hall) |
Dawson |
YT |
1920 |
1943 |
AN
|
Yukon Hall (residences for local day school students) |
Whitehorse |
YT |
1956 |
1965 |
AN
|
Tranquille School for Mentally Handicapped Indians (Stsmemelt Village) |
Kamloops |
BC |
1972 |
1978 |
OO (Non-Denominational)
|