National Student Memorial Register

The development of the Memorial Register is the result of over a decade of work by countless people. Through this Register, the NCTR honours the children that were lost because of their attendance at residential schools. This includes those children who passed away within one year of being at a residential school and are considered to have remained under the responsibility of residential school authorities.

Ceremonies to honour the children that never returned home from the schools or who died as a result of their forced attendance in these institutions will always remain essential. When the memorial register was brought into the present form, we sought the advice, guidance and blessing of Survivors, Elders and Knowledge Keepers at a national gathering held at Turtle Lodge in Sagkeeng First Nation, Manitoba. Songs were sung and ceremony conducted to help honour and respect the children listed within this register. The Elders emphasized the importance of working with ceremonial peoples across the many Indigenous nations of this land. They emphasized that all nations, customs, and traditions must be respected in honouring these children now and in the future.

Following the direction provided by Survivors during the community engagements held in 2018 and at the National Gathering of Elders, only the names and dates of death will be public.

• For further information on each of the children, please contact us at the NCTR directly.

Add a Name to the Memorial

There are additional names of children waiting to be found that are not included within this register. There remains an extensive amount of work to be done to find all the children that never returned home and their burial sites.

We are ready to receive additional information on any student believed or known to have gone missing at a residential school or as a result of their time at a residential school. We will continue to update the memorial register with additional names.

Please contact us at the NCTR if you would like to add a child’s name to the Memorial.

A National Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support to former students. This 24-Hour Crisis Line can be accessed at: 1-866-925-4419

Memorial Register Student List