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
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funding arrangements
150
communities receiving funding support for research and knowledge gathering
125
communities receiving funding support for commemoration and memorialization
85
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 February 28, 2025.
| Province | Name of recipient | Project timeline | Total funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta | Acimowin Opaspiw Society | 2022 to 2025 | $6,662,871.00 |
| Alberta | Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $602,411.00 |
| Alberta | Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation | 2024 to 2025 | $438,450.00 |
| Alberta | Beaver First Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $463,277.00 |
| Alberta | Bigstone Health Commission | 2021 to 2024 | $2,162,949.00 |
| Alberta | Blood Tribe / Kainai Tribal Government | 2022 to 2025 | $2,844,945.00 |
| Alberta | Blue Quills University | 2021 to 2025 | $2,039,593.00 |
| Alberta | Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement | 2023 to 2024 | $408,100.00 |
| Alberta | Development Foundation of Treaty 6 Confederacy | 2024 to 2025 | $234,300.00 |
| Alberta | Enoch Cree Nation | 2024 to 2025 | $520,740.00 |
| Alberta | Friends of Michel Society | 2021 to 2025 | $852,083.00 |
| Alberta | Heart Lake First Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $504,928.00 |
| Alberta | Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council | 2021 to 2025 | $2,009,377.00 |
| Alberta | Lubicon Lake Band #453 | 2021 to 2023 | $764,558.00 |
| Alberta | Métis Nation of Alberta Association Local Council St. Albert - Sturgeon County | 2022 to 2024 | $1,111,000.00 |
| Alberta | Metis Nation of Alberta Association (Otipemisiwak Metis Government) | 2024 to 2025 | $754,600.00 |
| Alberta | Mikisew Cree First Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $1,633,602.00 |
| Alberta | North Peace Tribal Council | 2022 to 2024 | $2,031,022.00 |
| Alberta | O'Chiese First Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $1,476,220.00 |
| Alberta | Owl River Métis Community Association | 2023 to 2025 | $631,747.00 |
| Alberta | Paul First Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $854,675.00 |
| Alberta | Piikani Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $1,669,613.00 |
| Alberta | Poundmaker's Lodge Treatment Centres | 2024 to 2025 | $22,000.00 |
| Alberta | Siksika Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $827,517.00 |
| Alberta | Stoney Nakoda Tsuut'ina Tribal Council | 2021 to 2024 | $419,450.00 |
| Alberta | Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation | 2024 to 2025 | $848,650.00 |
| Alberta | Swan River First Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $2,224,129.00 |
| Alberta | Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta | 2021 to 2024 | $1,792,627.00 |
| Alberta | Tsuut'ina Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $2,811,827.00 |
| Alberta | Western Cree Tribal Council | 2021 to 2023 | $355,575.00 |
| Alberta | Whitefish Lake First Nation | 2023 to 2024 | $641,990.00 |
| Alberta | Woodland Cree First Nation #474 | 2021 to 2023 | $982,220.00 |
| British Columbia | ʔaq'am | 2024 to 2025 | $18,361.00 |
| British Columbia | Ahousaht | 2021 to 2025 | $1,662,280.00 |
| British Columbia | Cheam Indian Band | 2021 to 2024 | $423,597.00 |
| British Columbia | Daylu Dena Council | 2021 to 2022 | $181,775.00 |
| British Columbia | Esk'etemc First Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $532,000.00 |
| British Columbia | Gitanmaax First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $378,127.00 |
| British Columbia | Lak Kw'alaams | 2023 to 2024 | $3,000,000.00 |
| British Columbia | Lytton First Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $444,050.00 |
| British Columbia | Nadleh Whut'en Band | 2022 to 2024 | $1,805,054.00 |
| British Columbia | Namgis First Nation (Kwakwaka'wakw) | 2021 to 2024 | $905,768.00 |
| British Columbia | Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council | 2023 to 2024 | $29,062.00 |
| British Columbia | Old Massett Village Government | 2022 to 2024 | $826,888.00 |
| British Columbia | Penelakut Tribe | 2021 to 2024 | $866,757.00 |
| British Columbia | Peters First Nation | 2021 to 2022 | $77,000.00 |
| British Columbia | Shíshálh Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $2,649,125.00 |
| British Columbia | Shuswap Nation Tribal Council Society | 2022 to 2024 | $162,350.00 |
| British Columbia | Splatsin | 2022 to 2023 | $49,500.00 |
| British Columbia | Squamish Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $4,487,085.00 |
| British Columbia | Stó:lō Nation Chiefs' Council | 2021 to 2025 | $3,434,060.00 |
| British Columbia | Stolo Tribal Council | 2024 to 2025 | $130,613.00 |
| British Columbia | Takla Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $5,121,844.00 |
| British Columbia | Taku River Tlingit First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $904,024.00 |
| British Columbia | Tk'emlups First Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $7,386,567.00 |
| British Columbia | Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations | 2021 to 2025 | $600,930.00 |
| British Columbia | Tseshaht AIRS | 2021 to 2025 | $3,955,510.00 |
| British Columbia | Tsleil-Waututh Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $329,385.00 |
| British Columbia | Williams Lake First Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $8,615,061.00 |
| Manitoba | Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs | 2022 to 2023 | $551,546.00 |
| Manitoba | Assiniboia Residential School Legacy Group | 2022 to 2023 | $610,860.00 |
| Manitoba | Bunibonibee Cree Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $522,902.00 |
| Manitoba | Canupawakpa Dakota Nation No. 289 | 2023 to 2024 | $514,717.00 |
| Manitoba | Cree Nation Tribal Health Centre | 2023 to 2025 | $1,458,272.00 |
| Manitoba | Cross Lake First Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $2,109,498.00 |
| Manitoba | Dakota Tipi First Nations | 2021 to 2024 | $353,320.00 |
| Manitoba | Garden Hill First Nation #297 | 2022 to 2025 | $1,975,558.00 |
| Manitoba | God's Lake First Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $836,578.00 |
| Manitoba | Lake Manitoba First Nation | 2024 to 2025 | $212,045.00 |
| Manitoba | Lake St. Martin First Nation | 2024 to 2025 | $212,451.00 |
| Manitoba | Little Saskatchewan First Nation No. 274 | 2023 to 2025 | $626,753.00 |
| Manitoba | Long Plain First Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $303,875.00 |
| Manitoba | Manitoba Inuit Association | 2022 to 2025 | $2,131,344.00 |
| Manitoba | Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak | 2023 to 2025 | $4,475,021.00 |
| Manitoba | Manitoba Metis Federation | 2022 to 2025 | $2,293,691.00 |
| Manitoba | Mathias Colomb Cree Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $1,251,250.00 |
| Manitoba | Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $327,673.00 |
| Manitoba | Norway House Cree Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $968,273.00 |
| Manitoba | Opaskwayak Cree Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $1,681,838.00 |
| Manitoba | Pine Creek First Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $1,319,863.00 |
| Manitoba | Red Sucker Lake | 2023 to 2025 | $560,513.00 |
| Manitoba | Sagkeeng First Nation | 2021 to 2022 | $610,093.00 |
| Manitoba | Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $691,302.00 |
| Manitoba | Sapotaweyak Cree Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $825,528.00 |
| Manitoba | Sioux Valley Dakota Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $3,662,698.00 |
| Manitoba | Skownan First Nation | 2024 to 2025 | $220,045.00 |
| Manitoba | St. Theresa Point First Nation Band | 2023 to 2025 | $837,826.00 |
| Manitoba | Tataskweyak Cree Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $940,622.00 |
| Manitoba | Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve No. 292 | 2024 to 2025 | $46,020.00 |
| Manitoba | Wasagamack First Nation No. 299 | 2023 to 2025 | $577,924.00 |
| Northwest Territories | Assembly of First Nations | 2022 to 2024 | $482,721.00 |
| Northwest Territories | Deninu Kue First Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $4,630,486.00 |
| Northwest Territories | Inuvialuit Regional Corporation | 2023 to 2025 | $1,201,652.00 |
| Northwest Territories | Liidlii Kue First Nations | 2021 to 2023 | $139,150.00 |
| Northwest Territories | NWT Métis Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $1,259,619.00 |
| Northwest Territories | Teetl'It Gwich'in Band Council | 2021 to 2022 | $41,140.00 |
| Nova Scotia | Mi'kmawey Debert Cultural Centre | 2023 to 2025 | $572,000.00 |
| Nova Scotia | Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation | 2022 to 2023 | $34,100.00 |
| Nova Scotia | Sipekne'katik First Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $1,124,973.00 |
| Nunavut | Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated | 2021 to 2022 | $608,096.00 |
| Ontario | Aamjiwnaang First Nation | 2022 to 2023 | $434,787.00 |
| Ontario | Agency One First Nation GP Inc. | 2022 to 2025 | $2,993,013.00 |
| Ontario | Anishinabek Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $2,524,612.00 |
| Ontario | Asubpeeschoseewagong Netum Anishinabek | 2021 to 2025 | $3,139,205.00 |
| Ontario | Bearskin Lake First Nation No. 207 | 2023 to 2025 | $645,233.00 |
| Ontario | Beausoleil First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $1,217,481.00 |
| Ontario | Chapleau Cree First Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $1,534,394.00 |
| Ontario | Chiefs of Ontario | 2021 to 2025 | $938,687.00 |
| Ontario | Children of Shingwauk Alumni Association | 2021 to 2025 | $2,594,069.00 |
| Ontario | Chippewas of Georgina Island First Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $739,368.00 |
| Ontario | Chippewas of the Thames First Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $1,893,778.00 |
| Ontario | Fort Albany First Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $3,113,942.00 |
| Ontario | Fort William First Nation | 2022 to 2024 | $893,773.00 |
| Ontario | Garden River First Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $1,072,255.00 |
| Ontario | Grand Council Treaty #3 | 2022 to 2024 | $2,694,227.00 |
| Ontario | Iskatewizaagegan #39 Independent First Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $2,905,480.00 |
| Ontario | Kashechewan Cree First Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $1,772,856.00 |
| Ontario | Lac Seul First Nations | 2021 to 2024 | $7,245,191.00 |
| Ontario | Métis Nation of Ontario | 2023 to 2025 | $592,157.00 |
| Ontario | Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $3,512,512.00 |
| Ontario | Moose Cree First Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $1,505,871.00 |
| Ontario | Munsee-Delaware Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $584,348.00 |
| Ontario | Nishnawbe Aski Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $2,280,878.00 |
| Ontario | Onake Corporation | 2022 to 2025 | $1,182,222.00 |
| Ontario | Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation | 2021 to 2022 | $82,514.00 |
| Ontario | Serpent River First Nation (Nisoonag Relationship Accord) | 2021 to 2024 | $2,207,364.00 |
| Ontario | Survivor Secretariat (Woodland Cultural Centre) | 2021 to 2024 | $10,259,975.00 |
| Ontario | Walpole Island First Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $662,810.00 |
| Ontario | Wauzhushk Onigum Nation #38B | 2021 to 2025 | $5,135,713.00 |
| Quebec | Conseil de la Nation Atikamekw - Atikamekw Sipi | 2024 to 2025 | $95,562.00 |
| Quebec | Conseil de la Première Nation Abitibiwinni (Pikogan) | 2024 to 2025 | $183,000.00 |
| Quebec | Cree Nation Government | 2023 to 2025 | $692,591.00 |
| Quebec | Cree Nation of Chisasibi | 2022 to 2024 | $661,208.00 |
| Quebec | Cree Nation of Mistissini | 2022 to 2024 | $275,834.00 |
| Quebec | Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-utenam | 2021 to 2023 | $715,000.00 |
| Quebec | Institut Tshakapesh | 2023 to 2025 | $632,976.00 |
| Quebec | Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan (Mashteuiatsh) | 2022 to 2025 | $962,500.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Inc. | 2021 to 2025 | $3,219,118.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Beardy's & Okemasis Cree Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $2,346,466.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Cowessess First Nations #73 | 2021 to 2025 | $3,857,399.00 |
| Saskatchewan | English River First Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $2,759,065.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations | 2021 to 2022 | $4,884,444.00 |
| Saskatchewan | George Gordon First Nation | 2022 to 2023 | $575,190.00 |
| Saskatchewan | James Smith Cree Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $1,841,557.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Keeseekoose First Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $2,295,838.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $1,697,816.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Meadow Lake Tribal Council | 2022 to 2024 | $1,689,260.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Ministikwan Lake Cree Nation | 2021 to 2023 | $181,500.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Mosquito Economic Development Corporation | 2023 to 2025 | $2,452,005.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Muskeg Lake Cree Nation | 2022 to 2025 | $747,364.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Muskoday First Nation Health Centre | 2021 to 2023 | $268,950.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Muskowekwan Band No. 85 | 2022 to 2025 | $2,185,700.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Office of the Treaty Commissioner | 2024 to 2025 | $213,313.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Okanese Cree Nation | 2023 to 2025 | $1,071,078.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Peter Ballantyne Development Limited Partnership | 2024 to 2025 | $475,565.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Ochapowace Nations | 2021 to 2022 | $276,100.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Poundmaker Cree Nation | 2021 to 2024 | $420,838.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Saskatoon Tribal Council | 2021 to 2022 | $368,079.00 |
| Saskatchewan | Star Blanket Cree Nation | 2021 to 2025 | $3,975,781.00 |
| Yukon | The Yukon Working Group on Residential Schools Missing Children and Unmarked Burials | 2021 to 2025 | $3,936,367.00 |
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