School Files Series - 1879-1953 (RG10) — c-8679

School Files Series - 1879-1953 (RG10) — c-8679

Year: 1879

The School Files Series (archival reference RG10-B-3-d) is a series of files contained within the Indian and Inuit Affairs sous fonds containing records of the Canadian residential and day schools. From the Library and Archives Canada ( archive ) website: The Residential School system developed before Confederation from missionary and religious roots. After 1867, the federal government began to play a role when it was given constitutional responsibility for Aboriginal peoples. Between 1867 and 1996, there were about 130 federally operated residential schools. Some existed for short periods and others for the entire duration. The schools were based in every territory and province of Canada except New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Most were operated jointly by the federal government and various Catholic or Protestant churches until 1969, when the government assumed total administrative responsibilities. By the mid-1970s, almost all of the schools had ceased to operate. The Gordon Residential School in Punnichy, Saskatchewan, was the last federally run residential school which closed in 1996. The School Files Series was created or classified in the He