More Deaths at Quebec Residential Schools than Previously Reported

New information uncovered by Radio-Canada's investigative program, Enquête, suggests there were perhaps dozens more deaths in Quebec residential schools in Canada than the 38 officially reported by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), CBC reports.

Combining newly uncovered photographs, previously unpublished reports and interviews with survivors, Enquête found several instances of deaths of Indigenous children in Quebec that are not reflected in the official numbers. Some of the children died from illness. Some were victims of abuse who later died under nebulous circumstances.

Radio-Canada discovered traces of 12 other children who may have died at one of the two residential schools on Fort George Island. Last June, Cree officials announced they would use ground penetrating radar (GPR) to search the sites for unmarked graves. The search will begin next summer.