Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Funding Recipients
The Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support funding launched in June 2021 to support Indigenous communities to locate missing children at Indian Residential Schools as identified in the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement.
Funding is provided under the following components:
- local research and knowledge gathering
- commemoration and memorialization
- field investigation work
108
funding arrangements
99
communities receiving funding support for research and knowledge gathering
93
communities receiving funding support for commemoration and memorialization
62
communities receiving funding for fieldwork investigation
The list below details funds distributed from the launch of the Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support funding in June 2021 through to March 31, 2023.
| Province | Name of recipient | Project timeline | Total funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | Acimowin Opaspiw Society | 2022 to 2024 | $2,124,205 |
| Alberta | Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $602,411 |
| Alberta | Beaver First Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $309,650 |
| Alberta | Bigstone Health Commission | 2021 to 2024 | $2,009,322 |
| Alberta | Blood Tribe / Kainai Tribal Government | 2022 to 2024 | $727,970 |
| Alberta | Blue Quills University | 2021 to 2023 | $466,730 |
| Alberta | Friends of Michel Society | 2021 to 2024 | $662,640 |
| Alberta | Heart Lake First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $201,300 |
| Alberta | Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council | 2021 to 2024 | $1,355,750 |
| Alberta | Lubicon Lake Band #453 | 2021 to 2023 | $764,558 |
| Alberta | Métis Nation of Alberta Association Local Council St. Albert - Sturgeon County | 2022 to 2024 | $1,111,000 |
| Alberta | Mikisew Cree First Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $905,112 |
| Alberta | North Peace Tribal Council | 2022 to 2024 | $2,031,022 |
| Alberta | O'Chiese First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $421,629 |
| Alberta | Piikani Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $1,515,986 |
| Alberta | Siksika Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $827,517 |
| Alberta | Stoney Nakoda Tsuu'tina Tribal Council | 2021 to 2023 | $219,450 |
| Alberta | Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta | 2021 to 2024 | $1,639,000 |
| Alberta | Tsuu'tina Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $1,102,200 |
| Alberta | Western Cree Tribal Council | 2021 to 2023 | $355,575 |
| Alberta | Woodland Cree First Nation #474 | 2021 to 2023 | $982,220 |
| British Columbia | Ahousaht | 2021 to 2024 | $1,084,153 |
| British Columbia | Cheam Indian Band | 2021 to 2023 | $113,397 |
| British Columbia | Daylu Dena Council | 2021 to 2022 | $181,775 |
| British Columbia | Esk'etemc First Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $532,000 |
| British Columbia | Gitanmaax First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $224,500 |
| British Columbia | Lytton First Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $444,050 |
| British Columbia | Old Massett Village Government | 2022 to 2024 | $826,888 |
| British Columbia | Nadleh Whut’en Band | 2022 to 2024 | $1,651,426 |
| British Columbia | Namgis First Nation (Kwakwaka'wakw) | 2021 to 2024 | $752,141 |
| British Columbia | Penelakut Tribe | 2021 to 2024 | $713,130 |
| British Columbia | Peters First Nation | 2021 to 2022 | $77,000 |
| British Columbia | Shuswap Nation Tribal Council Society | 2022 to 2024 | $162,350 |
| British Columbia | Splatsin | 2022 to 2023 | $49,500 |
| British Columbia | Squamish Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $3,591,492 |
| British Columbia | Stó:lō Nation Chiefs' Council | 2021 to 2024 | $1,083,732 |
| British Columbia | Takla Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $4,968,217 |
| British Columbia | Taku River Tlingit First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $319,100 |
| British Columbia | Tk'emlups First Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $7,386,567 |
| British Columbia | Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations | 2021 to 2024 | $543,180 |
| British Columbia | Tseshaht AIRS | 2021 to 2023 | $554,000 |
| British Columbia | Tsleil-Waututh Nation | 2022 to 2023 | $167,464 |
| British Columbia | Williams Lake First Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $4,821,438 |
| Manitoba | Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs | 2022 to 2023 | $551,546 |
| Manitoba | Cross Lake First Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $1,075,470 |
| Manitoba | Dakota Tipi First Nations | 2021 to 2024 | $353,320 |
| Manitoba | Garden Hill First Nation #297 | 2022 to 2024 | $747,796 |
| Manitoba | Long Plain First Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $303,875 |
| Manitoba | Manitoba Inuit Association | 2022 to 2023 | $770,561 |
| Manitoba | Manitoba Metis Federation | 2022 to 2024 | $1,417,835 |
| Manitoba | Mathias Colomb Cree Nation | 2022 to 2023 | $589,050 |
| Manitoba | Norway House Cree Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $708,620 |
| Manitoba | Pine Creek First Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $332,500 |
| Manitoba | Sagkeeng First Nation | 2021 to 2022 | $610,093 |
| Manitoba | Sioux Valley Dakota Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $1,042,348 |
| Manitoba | Assiniboia Residential School Legacy Group | 2022 to 2023 | $610,860 |
| Northwest Territories | Assembly of First Nations (NWT) | 2022 to 2023 | $182,721 |
| Northwest Territories | Deninu Kue First Nation | 2022 to 2023 | $970,464 |
| Northwest Territories | Liidlii Kue First Nations | 2021 to 2023 | $139,150 |
| Northwest Territories | NWT Métis Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $658,596 |
| Northwest Territories | Teetl'It Gwich'in Band Council | 2021 to 2022 | $41,140 |
| Nova Scotia | Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation | 2022 to 2023 | $34,100 |
| Nova Scotia | Sipekne'katik First Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $326,700 |
| Nunavut | Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated | 2021 to 2022 | $608,096 |
| Ontario | Aamjiwnaang First Nation | 2022 to 2023 | $434,787 |
| Ontario | Agency One First Nation GP Inc. | 2022 to 2025 | $1,123,800 |
| Ontario | Anishinabek Nation | 2022 to 2023 | $583,627 |
| Ontario | Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation) | 2021 to 2023 | $909,679 |
| Ontario | Beausoleil First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $293,102 |
| Ontario | Chapleau Cree First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $687,136 |
| Ontario | Chiefs of Ontario | 2021 to 2024 | $741,320 |
| Ontario | Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association (Algoma University) | 2021 to 2024 | $2,202,650 |
| Ontario | Chippewas of the Thames First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $1,686,298 |
| Ontario | Fort Albany First Nation | 2021 to 2022 | $1,334,407 |
| Ontario | Fort William First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $455,246 |
| Ontario | Garden River First Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $785,770 |
| Ontario | Grand Council Treaty #3 | 2022 to 2024 | $2,540,600 |
| Ontario | Kashechewan Cree First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $675,215 |
| Ontario | Lac Seul First Nations | 2021 to 2024 | $7,091,563 |
| Ontario | Moose Cree First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $470,005 |
| Ontario | Onake Corporation | 2022 to 2024 | $851,720 |
| Ontario | Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation | 2021 to 2022 | $82,514 |
| Ontario | Serpent River First Nation (Nisoonag Relationship Accord) | 2021 to 2022 | $699,574 |
| Ontario | Survivor Secretariat (Woodland Cultural Centre) | 2021 to 2024 | $10,259,975 |
| Ontario | Walpole Island First Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $509,180 |
| Ontario | Wauzhushk Onigum Nation #38B | 2021 to 2024 | $2,099,130 |
| Quebec | Cree Nation of Chisasibi | 2022 to 2024 | $343,010 |
| Quebec | Cree Nation of Mistissini | 2022 to 2024 | $275,834 |
| Quebec | Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-utenam | 2021 to 2023 | $715,000 |
| Quebec | Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan (Mashteuiatsh) | 2022 to 2024 | $962,500 |
| Saskatchewan | Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Inc. | 2021 to 2024 | $2,783,554 |
| Saskatchewan | Beardy’s & Okemasis Cree Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $2,346,466 |
| Saskatchewan | Cowessess First Nations #73 | 2021 to 2024 | $986,922 |
| Saskatchewan | Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations | 2021 to 2022 | $4,884,444 |
| Saskatchewan | George Gordon First Nation | 2022 to 2023 | $575,190 |
| Saskatchewan | James Smith Cree Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $1,304,334 |
| Saskatchewan | Keeseekoose First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $898,480 |
| Saskatchewan | Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $474,606 |
| Saskatchewan | Meadow Lake Tribal Council | 2022 to 2024 | $1,689,260 |
| Saskatchewan | Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $181,500 |
| Saskatchewan | Muskeg Lake Cree Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $209,100 |
| Saskatchewan | Muskoday First Nation Health Centre | 2021 to 2023 | $268,950 |
| Saskatchewan | Muskowekwan Band No. 85 | 2022 to 2024 | $1,318,680 |
| Saskatchewan | Ochapowace Nations | 2021 to 2022 | $276,100 |
| Saskatchewan | Poundmaker Cree Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $420,838 |
| Saskatchewan | Saskatoon Tribal Council | 2021 to 2022 | $368,079 |
| Saskatchewan | Star Blanket Cree Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $2,669,409 |
| Yukon | Carcross/Tagish First Nation | 2021 to 2022 | $435,424 |