This page includes information on:
Compensation payments
All Claimants
Base compensation
Compensation amounts and timelines vary by Class and individual circumstances. Compensation payments may be up to $40,000 per eligible associated Removed Child.
This amount may be more or less depending on your unique circumstances.
- Some Removed Child Family Class Claimants may receive more than the Base Compensation for each Removed Child. The Administrator will contact you if you are eligible for additional payments.
- Up to two Caregiving Parents and Caregiving Grandparents can receive the Base Compensation payment for the same Removed Child.
Claimant who is deceased
For eligible Deceased Removed Child Family Class Claimants whose associated Removed Child was placed off reserve with non-family and was in care between January 1, 2006, and March 31, 2022:
- Only the eligible Deceased Caregiving Parent’s living children or the eligible Deceased Caregiving Grandparent’s living grandchildren will receive compensation.
- If eligible, compensation will be allocated equally to the living children or grandchildren and will be paid directly to each living child or grandchild.
When a Claim is for a Deceased Caregiving Parent or Caregiving Grandparent whose associated Removed Child was not placed off reserve with non-family and did not remain in care between January 1, 2006, and March 31, 2022, the estates of the Caregiving Parents and Caregiving Grandparents are not eligible for compensation unless the Claimant submitted a completed Claim Form before they passed away and prior to the Claims Deadline.
In these cases:
- Where a Grant of Authority is in place, compensation will be made payable to “the estate of” the Deceased Caregiving Parent or Caregiving Grandparent and sent to the attention of the Representative.
- Where a Grant of Authority is not in place, compensation will be made payable to the highest priority living family members (heirs). Only the highest priority living heirs will receive compensation, which will be divided equally between the living heirs in the highest priority category (except for the spouse who will receive the entire amount). The priority of heirs will be determined using the following order:
- Spouse
- Child or Children
- Grandchild or Grandchildren
- Parents
- Siblings
- Grandparents
The Administrator will assess eligibility for Claims in the Removed Child Family Class after the Ultimate Claims Deadline, which is four years after your Claims Period opened and includes the three-year Claims Period and one year for extension requests, and only after you have reached the Age of Majority.
This timeline is required because the Administrator may receive competing Claims, such as more than two Caregiving Parents or Caregiving Grandparents submitting a Claim for the same Removed Child. The Administrator must wait until all potential Claimants have had a chance to come forward with a Claim before making an eligibility decision.
Also, different processing timelines apply depending on if you have submitted a Claim for yourself or you have submitted a Claim for someone else with a Grant of Authority or without. Where multiple representatives claim on behalf of the same Class Member, additional time may be required to resolve such competing Claims appropriately.
Multiple Claims for the same Removed Child
Up to two Base Compensation payments for the same Removed Child can be distributed among the Child’s Caregiving Parents and Caregiving Grandparents.
When multiple Caregiving Parents or Caregiving Grandparents submit a Claim for the same Removed Child, whomever the Child was removed from first will take priority to receive compensation.
- For example, if a Child was removed from two Caregiving Grandparents in 2008 and later removed from a Caregiving Parent in 2010, the two Caregiving Grandparents will each receive a Base Compensation payment, and no other Removed Child Family Class Claimant will receive compensation.
If the Caregiving Parents or Caregiving Grandparents from whom the Child was first removed cannot be confirmed, or if the Child was first removed from more than two Caregiving Parents or Caregiving Grandparents, priority will be given in the following order:
- Category A: Caregiving Parents who are not stepparents; then
- Category B: Caregiving Grandparents; then
- Category C: First Nations Stepparents.
If only one Base Compensation payment remains with respect to a Removed Child, and two Stepparents are assessed as eligible, the two Stepparents will share that one Base Compensation.
More than one Child removed from a Claimant’s care
This applies in cases of one or more of the following:
- When multiple Children were removed between April 1, 1991, and December 31, 2005, and did not remain in care as of January 1, 2006
- When the Approved Removed Child Family Class Members were Stepparents
- To Category B Caregiving Grandparents when a Category A Caregiving Parent has been approved for compensation for the same Removed Child
Claimant who is eligible for multiple Classes
- If you were eligible as a Removed Child Class Claimant and received a Base Compensation amount of $40,000; and
- If you were also later found to be eligible as a Caregiving Parent or Caregiving Grandparent and your total compensation under that Class was $126,000; then
- The $40,000 and $126,000 compensation amounts would not be combined. You would receive the remainder ($86,000) for a total compensation of $126,000.
If you are eligible in multiple Classes, you will receive compensation according to the Claims Period timeframe of each Class in which you submit a Claim and are approved for compensation. For example, this means you could receive compensation under the Removed Child Class sooner than under the Removed Child Family Class, if you are eligible in both Classes. Compensation will not be combined, which means that if eligible under multiple Classes, the total amount you receive will be the highest single amount for which you qualify.
Assessment and compensation timelines
All Claimants
For example, if you have reached the Age of Majority on March 10, 2025, the Ultimate Claims Deadline is March 10, 2029. If you were under the Age of Majority on March 10, 2025, your Ultimate Claims Deadline is four years from the date you reach the Age of Majority.
This timeline ensures that any competing Claims, such as more than two Caregiving Parents or Caregiving Grandparents submitting a Claim for the same Removed Child, can be identified and resolved appropriately.
You will then be contacted regarding compensation.
You have 60 days from the date of the Approval of Eligibility Letter to confirm whether you would like to receive your compensation by direct deposit or mailed cheque. The Administrator will issue your compensation according to your instructions. If your completed Compensation Payment Form is not received by the Administrator within 60 days of the date on the Approval of Eligibility Letter, a cheque will be mailed to you. If your mailing address changes, please call the Administrator immediately.
Claimant who is deceased
After March 10, 2029, the Administrator will begin to process Claims by Deceased Family Class Claimants. After each Claim is processed, the Administrator will send the Claimant’s Representative a letter with more information about timeframes for further assessment and payment, if eligible.
In cases where an incomplete Claim was submitted by an eligible Caregiving Parent or Caregiving Grandparent prior to their death, the Administrator may ask the Representative of the Claimant to provide the Missing Information.
Claimant eligible in multiple Classes
If you are eligible in multiple Classes, you will receive compensation according to the Claims Period timeframe of each Class in which you submit a Claim and are approved for compensation. For example, this means you could receive compensation under the Removed Child Class sooner than under the Removed Child Family Class, if you are eligible in both Classes. Compensation will not be combined, which means that if eligible under multiple classes, the total amount you receive will be the highest single amount for which you qualify.
Receiving compensation payments
All Claimants
Base Compensation comes to you as a payment either by direct deposit into a bank account in your name or by mailed cheque.
If you wish to receive compensation by direct deposit, you will need to have a bank account in your name. The Administrator is not permitted to issue payment to a bank account or issue a cheque in the name of anyone but the Claimant or the Deceased Claimant’s Estate or the approved heir of a Deceased Claimant.
Claimant who is a Person Under Disability
Compensation for a Claimant who is a Person Under Disability will be made payable in the name of the Claimant and sent to the attention of their Personal Representative. You must have a bank account in the name of the Claimant for compensation to be issued, unless otherwise specified in the appointment order.
Claimant who is Deceased
For Type A deceased Caregiving Parents and Caregiving Grandparents:
- Any approved compensation payment will be made in the name of the estate of the Deceased Claimant (if a Grant of Authority is in place) or to their eligible highest priority living heirs.
For Type B Deceased Caregiving Parents and Caregiving Grandparents:
- Any approved compensation will be divided among and paid directly to the living children of the Caregiving Parent or living grandchildren of the Caregiving Grandparent.
- If there are no living children or living grandchildren, the Claim is not eligible for compensation.
