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Spanish Indian Residential Schools

Spanish, Canada

The Spanish Indian Residential Schools was a set of single-sex Canadian Indian residential schools for First Nations, Métis, and Anishinaabe children that operated in Spanish, Ontario from 1913 to 1965 by the Jesuit Fathers, the Daughters of the Heart of Mary, and the Government of Canada. The boys' school was the only residential school in Canada to be operated by the Jesuit order; likewise, the girls' was the only residential school operated by the Daughters order. Collectively, the Spanish schools formed the largest residential school in Ontario.

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