Historical context · Document / PDF
Canada's Residential Schools: The History, Part 1 — Origins to 1939
This first historical volume traces the development of the residential school system to 1939 using government and church records, other research and Survivor evidence. Its source notes support deeper inquiry into specific institutions and policies.
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- Publisher / custodian
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
- Source date
- 2015 report; NCTR-hosted edition
- Source type
- Historical context
- Format
- Document / PDF
- Regions
- Canada, Saskatchewan
- Peoples / communities
- First Nations, Inuit, Métis
Read with context
A Commission historical synthesis, rather than a single contemporaneous historical record. Large PDF; select a chapter rather than assign the whole volume.
Questions to investigate
- Choose a claim and follow the report's source notes.
- Compare how government records and Survivor evidence describe one policy.
Access and reuse
- Access
- link-only
- Rights / reuse
- The NCTR identifies its TRC reports as public domain and freely duplicable. This entry links to the report; preserve full authorship, context and credits when preparing any permitted reuse. Publisher rights information ↗
- Record checked
- 2026-09-30
Opened NCTR-linked PDF; tool identifies 1,025 pages and official report index identifies this volume and period.
Copy-ready citation
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada; National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Canada's Residential Schools: The History, Part 1 — Origins to 1939. 2015 report; NCTR-hosted edition. https://nctr.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Volume_1_History_Part_1_English_Web.pdf. Record checked 2026-09-30.
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