Reports

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Highlighted Reports

We would like to bring these reports to the country’s attention as there is more work to be done and more children to be found to honour and protect them.

Where are the Children Buried? (PDF)

Where are the Children Buried? Figures and Illustrations (PDF)

“In a Moment of Reflection:”

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports

Reports listed here were issued or created by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). These digital copies can be accessed or duplicated at no charge from the NCTR’s website. All reports are in the public domain.

Full print copies of the TRC reports can be purchased from McGill-Queen’s University Press. At this time, the NCTR does not offer print copies for sale.

Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future (PDF)

What We Have Learned (PDF)

The Survivors Speak (PDF)

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action (PDF)

Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 1 Origins to 1939 (PDF)

Index for Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 1 Origins to 1939 (PDF)

Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 2: 1939 to 2000 (PDF)

Index for Canada’s Residential Schools: The History, Part 2: 1939 to 2000 (PDF)

Canada’s Residential Schools: The Inuit and Northern Experience (PDF)

Index for Canada’s Residential Schools: The Inuit and Northern Experience (PDF)

Canada’s Residential Schools: The Métis Experience (PDF)

Index for Canada’s Residential Schools: The Métis Experience (PDF)

Canada’s Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials (PDF)

Canada’s Residential Schools: Missing Children and Unmarked Burials

Canada’s Residential Schools: The Legacy (PDF)

Index for Canada’s Residential Schools: The Legacy (PDF)

Canada’s Residential Schools: Reconciliation (PDF)

Index for Canada’s Residential Schools: Reconciliation (PDF)

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Reports

Reports listed here were issued or created by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Legacy Project

Lessons Learned Survivors Perspectives (PDF)

Pathways (PDF)

TRC’s 94 Calls to Action Transcribed in Punjabi (PDF)

This report by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation was prepared for Indigenous Services Canada in 2023. Indigenous Services Canada conducted an environmental scan study as part of a broader effort to understand the current status, jurisdictional ownership and condition of sites and buildings associated with the 140 former residential school recognized in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Indigenous Services Canada prepared a narrative report and an interactive mapping tool which can be accessed through its departmental web site.

The Creating an Engagement Plan with Indigenous Communities report is meant to compliment ISC’s environmental scan by offering guidance for decisions concerning the future of former Indian residential school sites and buildings to ensure decision-makers account for the wishes of communities and Survivors. 

This work is separate from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation’s priority to implement Call to Action #73 Memorial Register – NCTR

• Build an information repository for the National Residential School Cemetery Register.
• Analyze information relating to missing children and student deaths at former Indian Residential Schools and the presence and condition of cemeteries.
• Create a map of cemeteries and burial sites.

Modern Reports

Reports listed here are relevant and important reports issued in recent years related to the Residential School system.

Independent Assessment Process Final Report (PDF)

The Role of the RCMP During the Indian Residential School System (PDF)

Canadian Public Opinion on Aboriginal Peoples (PDF)

Indigenous Resilence, Connectedness and Reunification (PDF)

Government Reports

Reports listed here are central historical reports related to the Residential School system.

White Paper (PDF)

Ryerson Report (PDF)

Bagot Report (PDF)

Davin Report (PDF)

The Story of A National Crime (PDF)

Legislation

Reports listed here were created by the Canadian Government regarding First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples.

1869 Gradual Enfranchisement Act (PDF)

1876 Indian Act (PDF)

1857 Gradual Civilization Act (PDF)

Aboriginal Healing Foundation Reports

We gratefully acknowledge the Legacy of Hope Foundation for granting access to the Aboriginal Healing Foundation publications. Visit https://ahf2.ca/ to order hard copies.

Cultivating Canada: Reconciliation Through the Lens of Cultural Diversity (PDF)

AHF Final Report: Volume 1 (A Healing Journey: Reclaiming Wellness) (PDF)

Volume 2 (Measuring Progress: Program Evaluation) (PDF)

Volume 3 (Promising Healing Practices in Aboriginal Communities) (PDF)

Final Report Summary (PDF)

Final Report in Inuktitut (PDF)

AHF Case Studies (PDF)

A Compendium of Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research (PDF)

The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement’s Common Experience Payment and Healing: A Qualitative Study Exploring Impacts on Recipients (PDF)

Residential Schools, Prisons, and HIV/AIDS among Aboriginal People in Canada: Exploring the Connections (PDF)

Aboriginal Healing in Canada: Studies in Therapeutic Meaning and Practice (PDF)

Response, Responsibility and Renewal: Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Journey (PDF)

From Truth to Reconciliation : Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools (PDF)

Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Canada (PDF)

Lump Sum Compensation Payments Study (PDF)

Addictive Behaviours Among Aboriginal People in Canada (PDF)

Reclaiming Connections: Understanding Residential School Trauma Among Aboriginal People (PDF)

Métis History and Experience and Residential Schools in Canada (PDF)

A Brief Report of the Federal Government of Canada’s Residential School System for Inuit (PDF)

Decolonization and Healing: Indigenous Experiences in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Greenland (PDF)

Warrior-Caregivers: Understanding the Challenges and Healing of First Nations Men (PDF)

Aboriginal Domestic Violence in Canada (PDF)

Aboriginal Elder Abuse in Canada (PDF)

Aboriginal People, Resilience and the Residential School Legacy (PDF)

Aboriginal Sexual Offending in Canada (PDF)

Historic Trauma and Aboriginal Healing (PDF)

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Among Aboriginal People in Canada: Review and Analysis of the Intergenerational Links to Residential Schools (PDF)

Mental Health Profiles for a sample of British Columbia’s Aboriginal Survivors of the Canadian Residential School System (PDF)