Institutional Child Abuse in Canada


SECTION 3


Residential School Litigation Statistics
October 29, 1999

Litigation Management Branch, DIAND


October 29, 1999
B.C.
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Atlantic
NWT (including Nunavut)
Yukon
TOTAL

# OF CASES
136
677
1730
70
53
0
2
2
1
26711

# OF SCHOOLS2
12
25
13
10
5

1
4
2
72

# OF SCHOOLS-CATHOLIC
9
16
9
4
3

1
4
0
46

# OF CASES- CATHOLIC
81
658
853
31
16

2
2
0
1643

# OF SCHOOLS- UNITED
1
2
1
2
1

0
0
0
7

# OF CASES- UNITED
39
8
225
26
32

0
0
0
330

# OF SCHOOLS-ANGLICAN
2
7
4
2
1

0
0
2
18

# OF CASES- ANGLICAN
16
11
650
7
4

0
0
1
689

# OF SCHOOLS- PRESBYTERIAN
0
0
0
1
0

0
0
0
1

# OF CASES- PRESBYTERIAN
0
0
2
6
1

0
0
0
9

# OF CASES-PHYSICAL
16
387
384
35
21

0
0
0
843

# OF CASES- SEXUAL
13
17
387
0
3

0
0
0
420

# OF CASES- SEXUAL & PHYSICAL
92
279
925
31
20

2
0
0
1349

# OF CASES- CULTURAL ERADICATION
87
639
714
53
23

1
0
0
1517

# OF CASES- CITE U.N. GENOCIDE CONVENTION
25
181
185
5
32

0
0
0
428

OLDEST CAUSE OF ACTION DATE
1926
1918
1883
1915
1918

1930
1959
0
1883

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12671 total cases involving 5210 individual plaintiffs.

2See Appendix A.