Was there a residential school near you? Find out with our interactive map

For more than 100 years,First Nations, Inuit andMtischildren were takenfrom their families to attend residentialschools, most of whichwererun by churches andfunded by the federal government.

Canada's cultural genocide of Indigenous Peoples

7 years ago

Duration 3:59

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission spoke to thousands of survivors and found that what took place in residential schools in Canada amounted cultural genocide of Indigenous Peoples. So what changes have been made since then?

Students lost their language, culture and family bonds. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) final report said the residential school system amounted to "cultural genocide" against Indigenous people in Canada.

In 2008, the federal government formally apologized for the residential school system and other policies of assimilation.

But despite the work of the TRC, which issued its final report and "94 Calls to Action" toward reconciliation in 2015, many Canadians still aren't aware of the schools that may have existed near them.

There were more than 130 residential schools in operation between the1870sand 1996. CBChas created aninteractive map of the schools that operated across Canada.

• Find the residential school that operated nearest you

For more on Canada's progress on the TRC's Calls to Action, visit cbc.ca/beyond94.