Submitting a Claim

This page includes information on:

• Steps to complete and submit your Claim
• Timelines for submitting your Claim
• Information for representatives submitting on behalf of someone else

To get ready to submit your Claim, make sure you have:

• A copy (photocopy, scan or photo) of an approved form of your valid government-issued identification (ID)
• Supporting documentation (if required)
  • If you are not First Nations or not biologically related to the Removed Child, you will need to provide supporting documentation showing your relationship to the Removed Child (e.g., adoption records)
• A mailing address
• A bank account in your name, if you wish to receive compensation as a direct deposit

To get ready to submit a Claim on behalf of a Class Member who is deceased or a Person Under Disability, make sure you have:

• Valid government-issued ID for both the Removed Child Family Class Member and for you (the representative)
• Supporting documentation if you are not First Nations or do not have a biological relationship, showing your relationship to the Removed Child Family Class Member and/or your legal authority to represent them
• Mailing address for you, the representative

Payments for the Removed Child Family Class will be made after Ultimate Claims Deadline (four years from when your Claims Period opened), at which point you will need a bank account for the estate or for the eligible heir. Depending on the circumstances of the Claim, you will need a bank account in:

• The name of the Deceased Claimant’s estate if there is a Grant of Authority in place where you are named as the legal Representative of the Deceased Removed Child Family Class Member
• Your name, if you are submitting a Claim as the heir of the Deceased Class Member
• The name of the Removed Child Family Class Claimant if they are a Person Under Disability

Learn more about representatives →

Explainer video for Claim Form C
Caregiving Parent or Caregiving Grandparent of a Removed Child (includes Person Under Disability)

To submit a Claim, you can:

• Complete and submit your Claim online using the Claims Portal
• Download a fillable PDF or use a printed version. Complete, sign and date the Claim Form, then submit it along with a copy of your government-issued identification (ID) and copies of any required supporting documents, to the Administrator by:
  • Email: Claims@Admin.FNChildClaims.ca
  • Fax: 1-416-815-2723
  • Mail:
    Settlement Administrator,
    PO Box 2500 STN MAIN
    Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 0H9

Please do not courier your Claim Form as the Administrator cannot accept courier deliveries.

A separate Claim Form is required for each Class. If you believe you are eligible under multiple Classes, you will need to complete and submit a separate Claim Form for each Class. For example: if you are seeking compensation as both a Caregiving Parent or Caregiving Grandparent, and as a Removed Child, there are separate Claim Forms for each Class to complete and submit. If you are not sure which Claim Form is right for you, call the Administrator at 1-833-852-0755 (toll-free).

The Administrator will review your Claim Form to ensure you provided everything that is required.  If information is missing or additional information is needed, the Administrator will contact you.

If the Administrator requires additional or missing information, provide it as soon as possible once you receive the request from the Administrator.

There are important deadlines for providing missing information. You will need to ensure the Administrator receives any missing information by the later of:

• Six months after the Claims Deadline (if your Claims Deadline is March 10, 2028, this means by September 10, 2028); or

• Six months after the date of the Administrator’s request for missing information.

If the missing information is not provided within the above timeframes, the Administrator will send a Final Notice for Missing Information Letter. Prior to sending this final notice, the Administrator will verify that you were offered support with locating and submitting missing information to the Administrator. If missing information is not received by the Administrator within six months of the date of the Final Notice, the Claim will be denied.

If you made a mistake on your Claim Form, have additional information, or need to make changes to your submitted Claim Form, including updates to your personal and contact information, please call the Administrator immediately at 1-833-852-0755.

Learn about eligibility decisions and appeals →

Adult Caregiving Parents or Caregiving Grandparents must submit their Claim by March 10, 2028, regardless of the age of the associated Removed Child. The associated Removed Child is the Child named on the Claim Form of the Removed Child Family Class Claimant. If the Caregiving Parent or Caregiving Grandparent is a minor, the final date to submit a Claim in the Removed Child Family Class depends on when they reach the Age of Majority.

If the Caregiving Parent or Caregiving Grandparent was already the Age of Majority when the Claims Period opened on March 10, 2025, they have until March 10, 2028, to submit their Removed Child Family Class Claim, regardless of the age of the associated Removed Child.

If the Caregiving Parent or Caregiving Grandparent was under the Age of Majority when the Claims Period opened on March 10, 2025, they have three years from the date they reach the Age of Majority to submit their Removed Child Family Class Claim.

A Removed Child Family Class Claim may be submitted up to two years before the Caregiving Parent or Caregiving Grandparent reaches the Age of Majority. If eligible, compensation can only be distributed after the Caregiving Parent or Caregiving Grandparent reaches the Age of Majority.

The Administrator cannot accept a Claim from a Class Member who is more than two years away from reaching the Age of Majority.

Representatives of Deceased Removed Child Family Class Members of any age must submit their Claim by March 10, 2028.

In situations where a Removed Child Family Class Member passed away after March 10, 2025, while under the Age of Majority, the Representative has three years from the Removed Child Family Class Member’s date of death to submit a Claim.

If personal circumstances prevent you from submitting your Claim in the three-year Claims Period, you can request a one-year extension, which is subject to approval by the Administrator. The Request for Deadline Extension Form will be available prior to March 10, 2028.

A Representative of a Deceased Class Member is:

• An individual who is legally appointed, by Grant of Authority (such as a will), to represent the estate of the Deceased Class Member; or
• A living heir of the Deceased Class Member (only certain heirs are eligible, depending on the Claim).

Where a Grant of Authority is in place, Representatives submitting on behalf of a Deceased Class Member will need to provide a copy of the Grant of Authority document that shows their appointment as a Representative (Executor or Administrator) of the deceased person’s estate.

In certain cases, family members of the Deceased Class Member can make a Claim as an heir. If the family member of the Deceased Class Member is not First Nations or does not have a biological relationship to the Class Member, they will also need to provide evidence of their relationship to the Deceased Class Member.

A Representative who takes over a Claim of an eligible Claimant who passed away after submitting their own Claim, will be asked to provide additional information to the Administrator.

Processing timelines vary depending on if there is a Grant of Authority in place and depending on the nature of the Claim.

Learn about supporting documents for Representatives of Deceased Removed Child Family Class Members →