Residential schools in Canada were located across many provinces and territories, primarily on or near Indigenous reserves and rural areas. Some specific locations included:
- British Columbia: Ahousaht, Alberni, Kamloops, Coqualeetza, Kuper Island, and more.
- Manitoba: Norway House, Assiniboia (Winnipeg), Brandon, Dauphin (McKay), Portage la Prairie, and others.
- Saskatchewan: File Hills, Onion Lake, and other sites.
- Alberta: Edmonton, McDougall, Red Deer, and others.
- Ontario: Mohawk Institute near Brantford, Mount Elgin, Bishop Horden, and more.
- Northwest Territories and Yukon also had several residential schools such as Aklavik, Fort McPherson, Fort Providence, and others.
These schools were often administered by various church organizations under the federal government’s residential school system from the late 1800s until the last school closed in 1997. They were scattered throughout Canada in provinces and territories where significant Indigenous populations lived, often far from urban centers except a few exceptions like the Assiniboia School in Winnipeg.
