CA-K328Indigenous peoples & reconciliation

The former Shingwauk Indian Residential School

Shingwauk Hall, the former school’s main building, now part of Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie, photographed in 2012. Algoma University 1 · Fungus Guy · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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The Shingwauk Indian Residential School in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, opened by the Anglican Church in 1875 and closed in 1970, was part of the residential school system that sought to assimilate Indigenous children by separating them from their families, cultures and languages. Named for Chief Shingwaukonse, whose vision of education was lost, it was a Shingwauk school “in name only”; its main building, Shingwauk Hall, is one of the few remaining residential school buildings in Canada.

Scope & context

The school site as recognized in its 2021 designation, nominated by the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre; not the residential school system as a whole (see CA-K029).

Sources behind this record

Former Shingwauk Indian Residential School National Historic Site ↗

Parks Canada

The site and property; The Residential School System