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Claims process opens for ‘Indian hospitals’ settlement
Survivors of 33 government-run Indian hospitals across Canada can claim compensation from $10,000 to $200,000 for abuse under a 2018 class-action settlement.
- On Jan. 27, 2026 the claims process opens for a landmark 'Indian hospitals' settlement, The Canadian Press reported from Ottawa.
- Ann Hardy is named as the representative plaintiff in the class-action on behalf of former patients and was pictured at her home in Edmonton, Alta, on Jan. 30, 2018.
- The federal government agreed to pay individual survivors between $10,000 and $200,000 if admitted to an Indian hospital and experienced alleged abuse.
- Class members have until Long ago to submit claims, and Hardy alleges sexual abuse linked to hospital visits like monthly X-rays at Charles Camsell Indian Hospital, Edmonton.
- Former patients filed a lawsuit alleging the government-run 'Indian hospitals' were rife with abuse and unfair treatment in segregated facilities.
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