Honouring the Truth Reconciling for the Future

64 • Truth & Reconciliation Commission
Graph 1
Residential school enrolment, 1869–70 to 1965–66
12000
Number of students
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
1869–70
1884–85 1899–00 1914–15 1929–30 1944–45 1959–60
Source: Indian Affairs and Northern Affairs annual reports. After the 1965–66 school year, Indian Affairs stopped
reporting on annual residential school enrolment.
Graph 2
Number of residential schools and residences, 1867–1998
Number of schools and residences
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1867 1887 1907 1927 1947 1967 1987
Source: Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Indian Residential Schools of the Indian Residential Schools
Settlement Agreement 2011.