List of Canadian residential schools

The following is a list of Canadian Indian residential schools The first residential schools were set up in the 1840s with the last residential school closing in 1996.

Religious denomination Religious denomination A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and identity.The term describes various Christian denominations...
(AN)	Anglican Church
(BP)	Baptist Baptist Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
(MD)	Methodist
(OO)	Other
(PB)	Presbyterian Church
(RC)	Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
(UC)	United Church of Canada United Church of Canada The United Church of Canada is a Protestant Christian denomination in Canada. It is the largest Protestant church and, after the Roman Catholic Church, the second-largest Christian church in Canada...

Alberta

Assumption Indian Residential School (Hay Lakes Indian Residential School); Hay Lakes; opened 1951; closed 1970, (RC)
Blue Quill’s Indian Residential School (Lac la Biche Boarding School; Hospice of St. Joseph); Lac la Biche; opened 1862; moved to Brocket in 1898 (RC)
Blue Quill’s Indian Residential School (Sacred Heart Indian Residential School; Saddle Lake Boarding School); Lac la Biche; opened 1898; closed 1931 (RC)
Blue Quill’s Indian Residential School (St. Paul’s Residential School) Lac la Biche; opened 1931; in 1970 (RC) (became the first Native-administered school in Canada)
Convent of Holy Angels Indian Residential School (Holy Angels Indian Residential School; Our Lady of Victoria Indian Residential School); Fort Chipewyan; opened 1902; closed 1974 (RC)
Crowfoot Indian Residential School; Cluny; opened 1909; closed 1968 (RC)
Dunbow Industrial School (St. Joseph’s Industrial School, High River Industrial School); High River
High River, Alberta
High River is a town in southwestern Alberta, Canada with a population of 10,716. It is south of the city of Calgary, at the junction of Alberta Highways 2 and 23...

; opened 1888; closed 1939 (RC)
Edmonton Industrial School; St. Albert
St. Albert, Alberta
St. Albert is a suburban city in Alberta, located northwest of Edmonton, on the Sturgeon River. It was originally settled as a Métis community, and is now the second largest city in the Edmonton area. St...

; opened 1919; closed 1960 (MD)
Ermineskin Indian Residential School; Hobbema
Hobbema, Alberta
Hobbema is an unincorporated community in central Alberta, Canada, a portion of which is designated a hamlet within Ponoka County. It is located near the intersection of Highway 2A and Highway 611, approximately south of the City of Edmonton....

; opened 1916; closed 1973 (RC)
Fort Smith Indian Residential School (Breyant Hall); Fort Smith
Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Fort Smith is a town in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located in the southeastern portion of the Northwest Territories, on the Slave River and adjacent to the NWT/Alberta border.-History:Fort Smith's history began because of the Slave River and the vital link...

; opened 1955; closed 1970 (RC)
Immaculate Conception Indian Residential School (Immaculate Conception Boarding School; Blood Indian Residential School); Stand-Off
Stand Off, Alberta
Stand Off is an unincorporated community in southern Alberta within Cardston County, located on Highway 2, southwest of Lethbridge....

; opened 1884; closed 1926 (RC)
Immaculate Conception Boarding School (Blood Indian Residential School; St. Mary’s Mission Boarding School); Stand-Off; opened 1911; closed 1975 (RC)
McDougall Orphanage and Residential School (Morley Indian Residential School); Morley
Morley, Alberta
Morley is a First Nations settlement within the Stoney 142/143/144 Indian reserve in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located along the Canadian Pacific Railway between the Trans-Canada Highway and the Bow River, upstream from Ghost Lake. It has an elevation of .The settlement is located in census...

; opened 1886; closed 1949 (MD)
Old Sun’s Boarding School (North Camp Residential School, White Eagle’s Boarding School; Short Robe Boarding School); Gleichen
Gleichen, Alberta
Gleichen is a hamlet in southeast Alberta, Canada within Wheatland County. It is located adjacent to the Siksika Nation at the intersection of Highway 1 and Highway 547, approximately southeast of Strathmore.- History :...

; opened 1894; closed 1912 (AN)
Old Sun’s Boarding School (North Camp School; White Eagle’s Boarding School; Short Robe Boarding School); Gleichen; opened 1929; closed 1971 (AN)
Peigan Indian Residential School (Victoria Jubilee Home); Brocket
Brocket, Alberta
Brocket is a settlement in Peigan 147, in southern Alberta located on the Highway 3, between Pincher Creek and Fort Macleod. It is the main community on the Peigan reserve.-Demographics:...

; opened 1892; closed 1965 (AN)
Red Deer Industrial School Red Deer
Red Deer, Alberta
Red Deer is a city in Central Alberta, Canada. It is located near the midpoint of the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and is surrounded by Red Deer County. It is Alberta's third-most-populous city – after Calgary and Edmonton. The city is located in aspen parkland, a region of rolling hills...

; opened 1889; closed 1944(MD)
Sarcee Indian Residential School; Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

; opened 1894; closed 1930 (AN)
St. Albert’s Indian Residential School St. Albert; opened 1941; closed 1948 (RC)
St. Andrew’s Indian Residential School Whitefish Lake (AN) ; opened 1895; closed 1950
St. Barnabas Indian Residential School; Sarcee; opened 1899; new school built in 1912; closed 1922 (AN)
St. Bernard Indian Residential School (Grouard Indian Residential School); Grouard
Grouard, Alberta
Grouard, also known as Grouard Mission, is a hamlet in northern Alberta within the Municipal District of Big Lakes. It is located north of Highway 2, approximately northeast of Grande Prairie....

; opened 1939; closed 1962 (RC)
St. Bruno Indian Residential School (Joussard Indian Residential School); Joussard
Joussard, Alberta
Joussard is a hamlet in northern Alberta within the Municipal District of Big Lakes, located north of Highway 2, approximately east of Grande Prairie.- References :...

; opened 1913; closed 1969 (RC)
St. Cyprian’s Indian Residential School; Brocket; opened 1900; new school built in 1926; closed 1962 (AN)
St. Francis Xavier Indian Residential School; Calais
Calais, Alberta
Calais is an unincorporated community in northern Alberta in Greenview MD, located north of Highway 43, east of Grande Prairie....

; opened 1890; closed 1961 (RC)
St. Henri Indian Residential School (Fort Vermilion Indian Residential School); Fort Vermilion; opened 1900; closed 1968 (RC)
St. John’s Indian Residential School (Wabasca Residential School); Wabasca; opened 1895; new school built in 1949; closed 1966 (AN)
St. Martin Boarding School; Wabasca; opened 1901; closed 1973 (RC)
St. Paul Des Métis Indian Residential School; St. Paul
St. Paul, Alberta
St. Paul is a town in east-central Alberta, Canada. It was formerly called St. Paul de Métis and was originally a French-Catholic settlement and mission to the Metis people....

; opened 1898; closed 1905 (RC)
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School, Cardston; opened 1900; closed 1972 (AN)
St. Peter’s Indian Residential School (Lesser Slave Lake Indian Residential School); Lesser Slave Lake
Lesser Slave Lake
Lesser Slave Lake is a lake located in central Alberta, Canada, northwest of Edmonton. It is the second largest lake entirely within Alberta boundaries , covering and measuring over long and at its widest point. Lesser Slave Lake averages in depth and is at its deepest...

; opened 1900; closed 1932 (AN)
Sturgeon Lake Indian Residential School; Sturgeon Lake
Sturgeon Lake (Alberta)
Sturgeon Lake is a lake in north-western Alberta, Canada. It has a total area of and a maximum depth of . It is located in the hydrographic basin of the Little Smoky River at an elevation of 685 m, 20 km west of the town of Valleyview, along Highway 43....

; opened 1907; closed 1957 (RC)
Youville Indian Residential School; Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...

; opened 1892; closed 1948 (RC)

British Columbia

Alberni Indian Residential School; Port Alberni
Port Alberni, British Columbia
Port Alberni is a city located in the province of British Columbia in Canada. It is the location of the head offices of the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District. The city has a total population of 17,743, and the census agglomeration area a total of 25,396....

; opened 1920; closed 1973 (PB)
Ahousaht Indian Residential School; Ahousaht; opened 1901; closed 1950 (PB)
Christie Indian Residential School (Kakawis Indian Residential School); Tofino
Tofino, British Columbia
Tofino is a district of about 1,650 residents on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada, located at the western terminus of Highway 4, on the tip of the Esowista Peninsula, at the southern edge of Clayoquot Sound....

(Meares Island
Meares Island
Meares Island is one of the many islands surrounding the Village of Tofino, British Columbia, Canada. Its name was given in 1862 by George Henry Richards, captain of HMS Hecate, in honor of John Meares...

); opened 1900; closed in 1973; new school built in 1974; closed in 1983 (RC)
Christie Indian Residential School (New Christie Indian Residential School; Kakawis Indian Residential School); Tofino, British Columbia
Tofino, British Columbia
Tofino is a district of about 1,650 residents on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada, located at the western terminus of Highway 4, on the tip of the Esowista Peninsula, at the southern edge of Clayoquot Sound....

(Meares Island); new school built in 1974; closed in 1983(RC)
Cowichan Catholic Convent School; Cowichan
Cowichan Valley
The Cowichan Valley is a region around the Cowichan River and Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. There is some debate as to the origin of the name Cowichan, which many believe to be an anglicized form of the First Nations tribal name Quw'utsun.Communities include...

; opened 1863; closing date unknown (RC)
Friendly Cove Day School; Yuquot; opened 1930; closed 1964 (RC)
Greenville Mission Boy’s Boarding School; Nass River
Nass River
The Nass River is a river in northern British Columbia, Canada. It flows from the Coast Mountains southwest to Nass Bay, a sidewater of Portland Inlet, which connects to the North Pacific Ocean via the Dixon Entrance...

; opened 1863; closing date unknown (MD)
Kamloops Indian Residential School
Kamloops Indian Residential School
The Kamloops Indian Residential School was part of the Canadian residential school system and one of the 130 boarding schools for First Nations children that operated in Canada between 1874 and 1996. The Kamloops School was opened in 1893 and continued operation until 1977...

(St. Ann’s Academy); Kamloops
Kamloops, British Columbia
Kamloops is a city in south central British Columbia, at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River and near Kamloops Lake. It is the largest community in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the location of the regional district's offices. The surrounding region is more commonly...

; opened 1890; closed 1978 (RC)
Kamloops Indian Residential School (St. Louis Mission Indian Residential School); Kamloops; opened 1890; closed 1978 (RC)
Kitimaat Indian Residential School (Elizabeth Long Memorial School for Girls); Kitimaat
Kitimat, British Columbia
Kitimat is a coastal city in northwestern British Columbia, in the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine. The Kitimat Valley, which includes the adjacent community of Terrace, is the most populous urban district in Northwest British Columbia...

; opened 1883; closing date unknown (MD)
Kootenay Indian Residential School (St. Eugene’s Indian Residential School, St. Mary’s Indian Residential School); Cranbrook
Cranbrook, British Columbia
Cranbrook, British Columbia is a city in southeast British Columbia, located on the west side of the Kootenay River at its confluence with the St. Mary's River, It is the largest urban centre in the region known as the East Kootenay. As of 2006, Cranbrook's population is 18,267, and the...

; opened 1898; closed 1970 (RC)
Kuper Island Indian Residential School; Chemainus; opened 1890; closed 1975 (RC)
Lejac Indian Residential School; Fraser Lake; opened 1910; new building in 1922; closed 1976 (RC)
Lower Post Indian Residential School; Lower Post
Lower Post, British Columbia
Lower Post is an aboriginal community in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on Highway 97, the Alaska Highway, approximately 15 miles southeast of Watson Lake, Yukon. Its historical mile designation is Mile 620...

; opened 1940; closed 1975 (RC)
Methodist Coqualeetza Institute; Chilliwack
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Chilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of 80,000 people. Chilliwack is the second largest city in the Fraser Valley Regional District after Abbotsford. The city is surrounded by mountains and...

; opened 1886; closed 1937; later became the Coqualeetza Hospital (MD) and is now the Coqualeetza Cultural Education Centre
Metlakatla Indian Residential School (Metlakatla Indian Girl’s School); Metlakatla
Metlakatla, British Columbia
Metlakatla, British Columbia, is a small community that is one of the seven Tsimshian village communities in British Columbia, Canada. It is situated at Metlakatla Pass near Prince Rupert, British Columbia...

; opened 1891; closed 1962 (OO)
Port Simpson Methodist Girl’s School; Port Simpson; opened 1863; closed 1950 (MD)
Presbyterian Coqualeetza Indian Residential School; Chilliwack
Chilliwack, British Columbia
Chilliwack is a Canadian city in the Province of British Columbia. It is a predominantly agricultural community with an estimated population of 80,000 people. Chilliwack is the second largest city in the Fraser Valley Regional District after Abbotsford. The city is surrounded by mountains and...

; opened 1861; closed 1940 (PB)
Roman Catholic Coqualeetza Indian Residential School; Chilliwack opened 1890; closed 1941 (RC)
Sechelt Indian Residential School; Sechelt; opened 1912; closed 1975 (RC)
Squamish Indian Residential School (St. Francis Indian Residential School; St. Paul’s Indian Residential School); North Vancouver; opened 1898; closed 1959 (RC)
St. George’s Indian Residential School (Lytton Indian Residential School); Lytton
Lytton, British Columbia
Lytton in British Columbia, Canada, sits at the confluence of the Thompson River and Fraser River on the east side of the Fraser. The location has been inhabited by the Nlaka'pamux people for over 10,000 years, and is one of the earliest locations settled by non-natives in the Southern Interior of...

; opened 1901; new school built in 1928; closed 1979 (AN)
St. Mary’s Mission Indian Residential School; Mission
Mission, British Columbia
Mission, the core of which was formerly known as Mission City, is a district municipality in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River overlooking the City of Abbotsford and with that city is part of the Central Fraser Valley. Mission is the...

; opened 1861; closed 1984 (RC). See Peckquaylis.
St. Michael’s Indian Residential School (Alert Bay Indian Residential School); Alert Bay opened 1929; closed 1975 (AN)
Thomas Crosby Indian Residential School (Thomas Crosby Girls Home Indian Residential School); Port Simpson; opened 1879; closed 1950 (MD)
Thomas Crosby Indian Residential School (Thomas Crosby Home for Boys Indian residential School); Port Simpson; opened 1879; closed 1950 (MD)
Victoria Catholic Convent School; Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

; opened 1863; closing date unknown (RC)
Williams Lake Indian Residential School (Williams Lake Industrial School); Cariboo; opened 1890; closed 1981 (RC)
Yale Indian Residential School; Yale
Yale, British Columbia
Yale is an unincorporated town in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was founded in 1848 by the Hudson's Bay Company as Fort Yale by Ovid Allard, the appointed manager of the new post, who named it after his superior, James Murray Yale, then Chief Factor of the Columbia District...

; opened 1900; closing date unknown (AN)
Yuquot Indian Residential School; Yuquot; opened 1901; closed 1913 (RC)

Manitoba

Assiniboia Indian Residential School (Assiniboia Hostel); Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

; opened September 2, 1958; closed June 30, 1973 (RC)
Birtle Indian Residential School; Birtle
Birtle, Manitoba
Birtle is a small town of 690 people , located on the prairies of western Manitoba, Canada at the junction of Highways 83 and 42.-History:...

; opened December 3, 1888; closed 1970 (PB)
Brandon Indian Residential School (Brandon Industrial School); Brandon
Brandon, Manitoba
Brandon is the second largest city in Manitoba, Canada, and is located in the southwestern area of the province. Brandon is the largest city in the Westman region of Manitoba. The city is located along the Assiniboine River. Spruce Woods Provincial Park and CFB Shilo are a relatively short distance...

; opened May 23, 1895; closed June 30, 1972 (MD)
Cross Lake Indian Residential School (Norway House Roman Catholic Indian Residential School); Cross Lake
Cross Lake, Manitoba
Cross Lake is the name of two closely related, adjoining but independent communities in the Canadian Province of Manitoba. One of the Cross Lakes is the Cross Lake Indian Reserve where the main urban area is called Cross Lake...

; opened March 9, 1915; closed July 30, 1969 (RC)
Elkhorn Indian Residential School (Elkhorn Industrial School; Washakada Indian Residential School); Elkhorn
Elkhorn, Manitoba
Elkhorn is a village in southwestern Manitoba, Canada.Incorporated on January 2, 1906, it is located approximately 105 kilometers west of Brandon. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Wallace.-History:...

; opened 1888; closed 1919 as CP Railway purchased land on which school was built (AN)
Elkhorn Indian Residential School (Washakada Indian Residential School); Elkhorn; opened 1925; closed 1949 (AN)
Fort Alexander Indian Residential School; Pine Falls; opened 1905; closed June 1970 (RC)
Guy Hill Indian Residential School; Sturgeon Landing; opened 1926; the school burned down on September 4, 1952, and the students were relocated to a temporary school in The Pas
The Pas, Manitoba
The Pas is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located in Division No. 21, Manitoba in the Northern Region, some 630 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, near the border of Saskatchewan. It is sometimes still called Paskoyac by locals as the first trading post was called Fort Paskoyac...

until a newly built school opened in Clearwater Lake in 1958; closed June 30, 1979 (RC)
Lake St. Martin Indian Residential School; Fisher River
Fisher River, Manitoba
Fisher River is a Cree first nations reserve located approximately 193 km north of Manitoba’s capital city, Winnipeg. The Fisher River Cree Nation is composed of two reserves; Fisher River 44 and Fisher River 44A...

; opened 1874; new school built in 1948; closed 1963 (AN)
MacKay Indian Residential School; The Pas; opened 1915; closed 1933 (AN)
MacKay Indian Residential School; Dauphin
Dauphin, Manitoba
Dauphin is a small city in Manitoba, Canada, with a population of 7,906 as of 2006. The nearby lake was given the name "Dauphin" by the explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye in 1741 in honour of the heir to the French throne...

; opened 1955; closed 1980 (AN)
Norway House Methodist Indian Residential School; Norway House
Norway House, Manitoba
- Treaty and York Boat Days :Held annually each summer, the York Boat events serve as the main attraction.-External links:* * * *...

; opened 1900; closed June 30, 1967 (MD)
Pine Creek Indian Residential School (Camperville Indian Residential School); Camperville
Camperville, Manitoba
Camperville is an unincorporated community in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Many Métis people live in this community. It is situated on Lake Winnipegosis....

; opened 1890; closed August 31, 1969 (RC)
Portage la Prairie Methodist Indian Residential School; Portage la Prairie
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
-Transportation:Portage la Prairie railway station is served by Via Rail with both The Canadian and Winnipeg – Churchill trains calling at the station....

; opened 1891; closed June 30, 1975 (MD)
Portage la Prairie Presbyterian Indian Residential; Portage la Prairie; opened 1895; closed 1950 (PB)
Sandy Bay Indian Residential School; Sandy Bay Reserve; opened 1905; closed June 30, 1970 (RC)
St. Boniface Industrial School; St. Boniface; opened 1891; closed 1909 (RC)
St. Paul’s Industrial School (St. Rupert’s Land Industrial School); Selkirk
Selkirk, Manitoba
Selkirk is a city in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, located about 22 km northeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg on the Red River, near . As of the 2006 census, Selkirk had a population of 9,515....

; opened 1886; closed 1906 (AN)
Waterhen Indian Residential School; Waterhen
Waterhen, Manitoba
Waterhen is a Northern Affairs Community in the Canadian province of Manitoba, located approximately 10 km south of the Skownan First Nation and approximately one hour northeast of Dauphin. at the junction of Provincial Road 328 and Provincial Road 276...

; opened 1890; closed 1900 (RC)

Northwest Territories

Aklavik Anglican Indian Residential School (All Saints Indian Residential School); Shingle Point; opened 1927; moved to Aklavik
Aklavik, Northwest Territories
Aklavik is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Until 1961, the community served as the regional administrative centre for the territorial government...

1934 due to overcrowding; closed 1959 (AN)
Aklavik Catholic Indian Residential School (later Inuvik Indian Residential School); Aklavik; opened 1925; relocated to Inuvik in 1959; Stringer Hall was Anglican Residence and Grollier Hall the RC residence (name of residences) (RC)
Fort McPherson Indian Residential School; Fort McPherson
Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories
Fort McPherson is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is located on the east bank of the Peel River and is south of Inuvik on the Dempster Highway....

; opened 1898; closed 1970; Fleming Hall (name of residence); nondenominational (OO)
Fort Providence Indian Residential School (Providence Mission Indian Residential School); Fort Providence
Fort Providence, Northwest Territories
Fort Providence is a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada...

; opened 1867; closed 1953 (RC)
Fort Resolution Indian Residential School; Fort Resolution
Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories
Fort Resolution is a "settlement corporation" in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada...

; opened 1867; closing date unknown (RC)
Fort Simpson Indian Residential School (Fort Simpson Boarding School); Fort Simpson
Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories
Fort Simpson is a village in the Dehcho Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. The community is located on an island at the confluence of the Mackenzie and Liard Rivers...

; opened 1920; closed 1950; Bompas Hall, Lapointe Hall, St. Margaret’s Hall (names of residences) (RC)
Fort Simpson Indian Residential School; Fort Simpson; opened 1950; closed 1970; Bompas Hall, Lapointe Hall, St. Margaret’s Hall (names of residences) (OO)
Hay River Indian Residential School (St. Peter’s Mission Indian Residential School); Hay River
Hay River, Northwest Territories
Hay River , known as "the Hub of the North," is a town in the Northwest Territories, Canada, located on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, at the mouth of the Hay River. The town is separated into two sections, a new town and an old town with the Hay River Airport between them...

; opened 1898; closed 1949 (AN)
Yellowknife Indian Residential School (Rocher River Day School); Yellowknife
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Yellowknife is the capital and largest city of the Northwest Territories , Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, approximately south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the outlet of the Yellowknife River...

; opened 1948; closed 1970; Akaitcho Hall (name of residence) (RC)

Nova Scotia

Shubenacadie Indian Residential School; Shubenacadie
Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
Shubenacadie is a community located in Hants County, in central Nova Scotia, Canada. As of 2006, the population was 2,074.In the Micmac language, Shubenacadie means "abounding in ground nuts" or "place where the red potato Shubenacadie (['ʃuːbə'nækədiː]) is a community located in Hants County, in...

; opened 1922; closed 1968; (RC)

Nunavut

Chesterfield Inlet Indian Residential School; Chesterfield Inlet
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut
The community of Chesterfield Inlet is located on the western shore of Hudson Bay, Kivalliq Region, in Nunavut Canada at the mouth of Chesterfield Inlet. Igluligaarjuk is the Inuktitut word for "place with few houses", it is the oldest community in Nunavut...

; opened 1929; closed 1970; Turquetil (name of residence) (RC)
Frobisher Bay Indian Residential School; Frobisher Bay; opened 1965; closing date unknown (RC)

Ontario

Albany Mission Indian Residential School (Fort Albany Residential School); Fort Albany
Fort Albany, Ontario
Fort Albany First Nation is a community in within the Cochrane District of Northern Ontario, Canada. Situated on the southern shore of the Albany River, Fort Albany First Nation is only accessible by air or by winter road....

; opened 1912; closed 1963 (RC)
Alexandra Industrial School for Girls; Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

; opened 1897; closing date unknown (OO)
Alnwick Industrial School; Alderville; opened 1838; closed 1966; worked in partnership with Mount Elgin Indian Residential School (MD)
Bishop Horden Memorial School (Moose Factory Indian Residential School; Moose Fort Indian Residential School); Moose Factory
Moose Factory, Ontario
Moose Factory is a community in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. It is on Moose Factory Island, near the mouth of the Moose River, which is at the southern end of James Bay. It was the first English-speaking settlement in Ontario and the second Hudson's Bay Company post to be set up in North...

; opened 1907; closed 1963 (AN)
Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School; Kenora; opened 1900; closed 1966 (PB)
Chapleau Indian Residential School (Saint John’s Indian Residential School); Chapleau
Chapleau, Ontario
Chapleau is a township in Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada. It is home to one of the world's largest wildlife preserves. Chapleau has a population of 2,354 according to the Canada 2006 Census....

; opened 1907; closed 1950 (AN)
Fort Frances Indian Residential School (St. Margaret’s Indian Residential School); Fort Frances
Fort Frances, Ontario
Fort Frances is a town in, and the seat of, Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The population as of the 2006 census was 8,103 and Fort Frances' population peaked in 1971 at 9,947...

; opened 1902; closed 1974 (RC)
Kenora Indian Residential School; Kenora;no records found;opened 1949; closed 1963 (RC)
McIntosh Indian Residential School;no records found; Kenora; opened 1924; closed 1969 (RC)
Mohawk Institute Residential School (Mohawk Manual Labour School; Mush Hole Indian Residential School); Brantford
Brantford, Ontario
Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. While geographically surrounded by the County of Brant, the city is politically independent...

; opened 1828; closed 1969 (AN)
Mount Elgin Indian Residential School; Muncey Town; opened 1848; closed 1948; worked in partnership with Alnwick (MD)
Shingwauk Indian Residential School; Garden River
Garden River (Ontario)
The Garden River is a river in the Algoma District of Ontario which empties into the St. Marys River east of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.The river gets its name from vegetable gardens kept by the Ojibwa people in this area. The Garden River First Nation Reserve is located in this area. The reserve...

; opened 1873; burned down six days after opening (AN)
Shingwauk Indian Residential School; Sault Ste. Marie
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Sault Ste. Marie is a city on the St. Marys River in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is the third largest city in Northern Ontario, after Sudbury and Thunder Bay, with a population of 74,948. The community was founded as a French religious mission: Sault either means "jump" or "rapids" in...

; opened 1873; merged with Wawanosh to form a larger school in 1934 (AN)
Shingwauk Indian Residential School;no records found; (Wawanosh School for Girls); Sarnia
Sarnia, Ontario
Sarnia is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada . It is the largest city on Lake Huron and is located where the upper Great Lakes empty into the St. Clair River....

; opened 1877; merged with Singwauk in 1934 (AN)
Shingwauk Indian Residential School ;no records found;(Wawanosh School for Girls; Singwauk Hall); Sault Ste. Marie; opened 1934; closed 1971; (AN) currently houses Algoma University
Sioux Lookout Indian Residential School ;no records found;(Pelican Lake Day School); Sioux Lookout
Sioux Lookout, Ontario
Sioux Lookout is a town in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It has a population of 5,336 and an elevation of 1280 ft / 390 m. Known locally as the "Hub of the North", it is serviced by the Sioux Lookout Airport, Highway 72, and the Sioux Lookout railway station...

; opened 1911; closed 1973 (AN)
Spanish Indian Residential School; Spanish
Spanish, Ontario
Spanish is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on Trans-Canada Highway 17 in the Algoma District near the border of the Sudbury District...

; opened 1883; closed 1965 (RC)
St. Anne’s Indian Residential School; Fort Albany; opened 1936; closed 1964 (RC)
St. Joseph’s Indian Boarding School (Fort William Indian Residential School); Fort William
Fort William, Ontario
Fort William was a city in Northern Ontario, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. It amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre to form the city of Thunder Bay in January 1970. Ever since then it has been the largest city in Northwestern...

; opened 1936; closed 1964 (RC)
St. Mary’s Indian Residential School; Kenora; opened 1894; closed 1962 (RC)
Wikwemikong Indian Residential School (Wikwemikong Day School); Manitowaning;yet no records found; opened 1840; closed 1879 (RC)
Wikwemikong Indian Residential School (Wikwemikong Day School; Wikwemikong Manual Labour School); Manitowaning; residential school opened 1879; closed 1963 (RC)
Armstrong Indian residential school (armstrong residential school; armstrong home and school) ;yet no records found; armstrong ; residential school and home opened 1880; closed 1891 (RC)

Quebec

Amos Indian Residential School (St. Marc's Indian Residential School) Amos, QC; opened 1948; closed 1965 (RC)
Federal Hostel at George River
Federal Hostel at Great Whale River (Poste-de-la-Baleine, Kuujjaraapik)
Federal Hostel at Payne Bay (Bellin)
Federal Hostel at Port Harrison (Inoucdjouac, Innoucdouac)
Fort George Hostels (Quebec) for the period of September 1, 1975, to June 30, 1978
Fort George (St. Phillip's); opened 1934; closed 1979 (AN)
Fort George (St. Joseph's Mission, Residence Couture, Sainte-Thérèse-de-l’Énfant- Jésus); opened 1936; closed 1952 (RC)
La Tuque Indian Residential School; opened September 1963; closed June 30, 1978 (AN)
Pointe Bleue Indian Residential School; opened 1956; closed 1965 (RC)
Sept-Îles (Seven Islands,Notre Dame, Maliotenam); opened 1952; closed 1967 (RC)

Saskatchewan

Battleford Industrial School; Battleford, opened 1883; closed 1943 (RC)
Beauval Indian Residential School; Beauval
Beauval, Saskatchewan
Beauval, Saskatchewan is a small community located in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It was founded in the early 20th century as a Roman Catholic mission and as a transportation center.-History:...

; opened 1895; closed 1983 (RC) (became Meadow Lake Tribal Council’s Beauval Indian Education Centre which closed in 1995)
Cowesses Indian Residential School (Marieval Indian Residential School); Marieval
Marieval, Saskatchewan
Marieval is a hamlet in Saskatchewan....

; opened 1936; closed 1975 (RC)
Crowstand Indian Residential School; Kamsack; opened 1888; closed 1913 (PB)
St. Michael’s Indian Residential School (Duck Lake Indian Residential School); Duck Lake; opened 1892; closed 1996 (RC)
Emmanuel College; Prince Albert
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated in the centre of the province on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the "Gateway to the North" because it is the last major centre along the route to the resources of northern Saskatchewan...

; opened 1865; closed 1923 (AN)
File Hills Indian Residential School (File Hills Colony School); Okanese Reserve
Okanese First Nation
The Okanese First Nation is a First Nations in Saskatchewan, Canada.The Okanese First Nation was a signatory to Treaty number four.It is named after a leader named Okanis, who signed the treaty on their behalf, on September 9, 1875....

; opened 1889; closed 1949 (MD)
Gordon Indian Residential School; Punnichy
Punnichy, Saskatchewan
- Notable people :Nolan Yonkman, a defenceman for the Florida Panthers, was born in Punnichy.- See also :* List of communities in Saskatchewan* Villages of Saskatchewan-External links:*******...

; opened 1889; new school built in 1911, burned down in 1929; closed 1975 (AN)
Guy Hill Indian Residential School; Sturgeon Landing; opened 1926; the school burned down on September 4, 1952, and the students were relocated to a temporary school in The Pas
The Pas, Manitoba
The Pas is a town in Manitoba, Canada, located in Division No. 21, Manitoba in the Northern Region, some 630 kilometres northwest of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, near the border of Saskatchewan. It is sometimes still called Paskoyac by locals as the first trading post was called Fort Paskoyac...

until a newly built school opened in Clearwater Lake in 1958; closed June 30, 1979 (RC)
Île-à-la-Crosse Indian Residential School; Île-à-la-Crosse; opened 1878; closing date unknown (RC)
Lake La Ronge Mission Indian Residential School; La Ronge
La Ronge, Saskatchewan
La Ronge is a community of about 2,700 people in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada, 250 km north of Prince Albert. There are an additional 2,000 people living in the Lac La Ronge First Nation bordering the town, and another 1,000 people living in the neighbouring community of Air Ronge...

; opened 1914; new school built in 1920; closed 1947 (AN)
Muscowequan Indian Residential School; Lestock
Lestock, Saskatchewan
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; opened 1932; closed 1981 (RC)
Prince Albert Indian Residential School (St. Albans Indian Residential School); Prince Albert; opening date unknown; closed 1951 (AN)
Prince Albert Indian Residential School (All Saints Indian Residential School); Prince Albert; opened in 1865; amalgamated with St. Albans in 1951 to become Prince Albert Indian Residential School in 1951 (AN)
Prince Albert Indian Residential School; Prince Albert; opened in 1951; closed 1964 (AN)
Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School (Fort Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School; Lebret Indian Residential School) Lebret; opened 1884; school burned down in 1908; closed 1969 (RC) (Re-opened under the operations of the reserve in 1973, and renamed White Calf Collegiate, but closed in August 1998)
Regina Indian Residential School; Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...

; opened 1890; closing date unknown (PB)
Round Lake Indian Residential School; Whitewood
Whitewood, Saskatchewan
Whitewood is a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is located approximately east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway Sk Hwy 1. It is situated at the crossroads of two major highways systems – the Trans-Canada, which runs east and west, and Sk Hwy 9, which runs north and south from...

; opened 1886; closed 1950 (MD)
St. Anthony’s Indian Residential School (Onion Lake Catholic Indian Residential School); Onion Lake; opened 1891; closed 1968 (RC)
St. Barnabas Indian Residential School (Onion Lake Indian Residential School); Onion Lake; opened 1893; school burned down in 1943; closed 1951 (AN)
St. Phillips Indian Residential School (Keeseekoose Day School); Kamsack; opened 1899; closed 1965 (RC)
Thunderchild Indian Residential School (Delmas Indian Residential School); Delmas
Delmas, Saskatchewan
Delmas is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Listed as a designated place by Statistics Canada, the hamlet had a population of 116 in the Canada 2006 Census....

; opened 1933; school was burned down by students in 1948 (RC)

Yukon

Aklavik Anglican Indian Residential School (All Saints Indian Residential School); Shingle Point; opened 1927; moved to Aklavik
Aklavik, Northwest Territories
Aklavik is a hamlet located in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Until 1961, the community served as the regional administrative centre for the territorial government...

1934 due to overcrowding (AN)
Baptist Indian Residential School (Yukon Indian Residential School); Whitehorse
Whitehorse, Yukon
Whitehorse is Yukon's capital and largest city . It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1476 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which originates in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in...

; BP; opened 1900; closed 1968 (BP)
Carcross Indian Residential School (Forty Mile Boarding School); Fortymile; opened 1891; moved to Carcross
Carcross, Yukon
Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, is an unincorporated community in the Territory of Yukon, Canada on Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. It has a population of 431 and is home to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation....

in 1910 (AN)
Carcross Indian Residential School (Chooutla Indian Residential School; Caribou Crossing Indian Residential School); Carcross; opened 1910; closed 1969 (AN)
St. Paul’s Indian Residential School (St. Paul’s Hall); Dawson
Dawson City, Yukon
The Town of the City of Dawson or Dawson City is a town in the Yukon, Canada.The population was 1,327 at the 2006 census. The area draws some 60,000 visitors each year...

; opened 1920; closed 1943 (AN)
Yukon Hall; Whitehorse; opened 1956; closed 1965; residences for local day school students (AN)
Lower Post, British Columbia was home to the closest Catholic school, and Yukon's Catholic children were sent there.

External links

Official Residential School Settlement website
List of residential schools
History of Indian Residential Schools - Assembly of First Nations
Assembly of First Nations
The Assembly of First Nations , formerly known as the National Indian Brotherhood, is a body of First Nations leaders in Canada...
Where are the children; Healing the Legacy of Residential Schools

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