Residential Schools National Monument to Be Built on Parliament Hill

Governor General Mary Simon speaks during the site selection ceremony of the Residential Schools National Monument on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 20, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

The Steering Committee for the Residential Schools National Monument has announced a prominent location on Parliament Hill where the future memorial site will be built.

The announcement follows calls from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRCC) for the federal government to “commission and install a publicly accessible, highly visible, Residential Schools National Monument in the City of Ottawa to honour Survivors and all the children who were lost to their families and communities.”