FAQs

Canada has agreed to pay compensation to eligible Class Members who suffered psychological, verbal, physical and/or sexual abuse, at a Federal Indian Hospital. Compensation ranges between $10,000 and $200,000, based on the severity of abuse.

Eligible Class Members will receive a single payment reflecting the most severe abuse they suffered while admitted to a Federal Indian Hospital.

The Settlement also includes:

• a Healing Fund that will provide $150,000,000 to support healing, wellness, reconciliation, protection of languages, education and commemoration activities;
• a Research and Commemoration Fund that will provide $235,500,000 to support research and education regarding Federal Indian Hospitals, the preservation of their history, and the location of burial sites associated with the Hospitals; and
• funding to Indigenous Services Canada in the amount of $150,000,000, under existing programming, to support Class Members’ health and wellness throughout the implementation of the Settlement Agreement.

A class action is a lawsuit which provides a method for a large group of people with common claims to jointly advance one large claim. Class actions allow a a large group of people to receive compensation for harms/abuses committed against them.

The individuals included in a class action are called Class Members. Unless they exclude themselves by opting out, Class Members are included in the lawsuit.

Federal Indian Hospitals were a network of hospitals across the country that were operated by the Canadian Federal Government, for the treatment of individuals who were admitted. Abuses, including psychological, verbal, physical and/or sexual abuse, were committed against people admitted to Federal Indian Hospitals.

There are 33 Federal Indian Hospitals included in the Settlement.