Overview

• Base compensation began this week under the $23.4-billion settlement and hundreds of early claimants could receive payments within days.
• Administrators have logged more than 40,000 claims since March opening of the first two claimant groups in the phased process.
• The agreement covers removals of over 300,000 First Nations children and families from reserves and Yukon between April 1, 1991, and March 31, 2022.
• Enhanced payments based on factors like age at removal, time in care and northern placements will be adjudicated after base awards are disbursed.
• Officials plan to increase outreach to caregiving parents and grandparents, whose application rates lag, and to involve Deloitte in community engagement as additional claimant classes await court approval.