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Truth and Reconciliation Commission final report: By the numbers

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission releases its final report Tuesday on the history and legacy of Canada's residential school system. Here are some numbers and facts contained in the final report of the commission.
Inuit children stand outside a residential school in a photo released by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission along with its final report. (Indian and Northern Affairs, Library and Archives Canada)

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission releases its final report Tuesday on the history and legacy of Canada's residential school system.

Here are some numbers and facts contained in the final report of the commission:

6,750 Statements received by the Truth and Reconciliation from survivors of residential schools, members of their families and other individuals

150,000 First Nation, Mtis, and Inuit students who went to residential schools.

37,951 Claims made for injuries resulting from physical and sexual abuse in residential schools.

30,939 Claims resolved for sexual or serious physical abuse in residential schools by the end of 2014.

$2.69 Compensation in billions for claims resolved by the end of 2014.

3,200 Documented number of indigenous children who died in residential schools. Justice Murray Sinclair, the chair of the commission, estimates the number of deaths is much higher.

300 Communities visited by the commission since 2008.

300 Child-welfare agencies in Canada operating under provincial and territorial jurisdiction.

100 The period, in years, studied by the inquiry into Canada's residential school system.

80 Residential schools in operation across the country in 1930.

7 Number of languages in which the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report will be published: English, French,Mi'kmaq,Ojibwa,Inuktitut,Cree andDen.

Millions Number of documents collected by the commission since 2008.

View a slideshow on the numbers from The Canadian Press