Payments start for first claimants in First Nations child welfare case – CTV news
August 14, 2025
OTTAWA — Some claimants are now receiving compensation payments through a $23-billion settlement for more than 300,000 First Nations children and their families.
The settlement is meant to compensate children and their families for Canada’s chronic underfunding of on-reserve child welfare services.
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says the start of compensation payments marks an important milestone.
Woodhouse Nepinak says more than 40,000 claims have now been received but there are still many more eligible claimants who haven’t yet submitted applications.
