Class Actions (Legal Information for Indigenous People: National Edition)

Class Actions: Lawsuits Filed by an Individual Acting on Behalf of a Group

The "Millennium Scoop" and "Child Welfare" Class Actions

Millennium Scoop class actions are referring to a time period covering January 1, 1992 to December 31, 2019, when Indigenous children were taken from their families and placed in non-Indigenous care. The Millennium Scoop is not a single class action. There are several class actions concerning this time period. Any of those cases might be called a Millennium Scoop case.

The largest of these related actions is the First Nations Child and Family Services and Jordan’s Principle and Trout Class Settlement (aka Moushoom v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 FC 1225).

This is a child welfare class action. It is also a millennium scoop class action. This action represents several cases that have been combined into a single action. As of writing this, it not yet open for claimants. It is for:

• children who were removed from their homes under the First Nations Child and Family Services Program between April 1, 1991 and March 31, 2022
• First Nations children who did not receive or were delayed in receiving an essential public service, product or support between April 1, 1991 and December 11, 2007
• First Nations individuals living on-reserve or in the Yukon, while under the age of majority, who were, based on the involvement of a child welfare agency, sent off-reserve by a caregiving parent or caregiving grandparent to stay with a non-family member in a placement not funded by ISC, between April 1, 1991, and March 31, 2022

The Agreement-in-Principle on compensation included $20 billion. The Agreementin- Principle on long-term reform included in addition approximately $20 billion, over five years, for the long-term reform of the First Nations Child and Family Services Program, totaling about $40 billion.

Deloitte is the third-party administrator responsible for implementing the final settlement. Deloitte is also responsible for addressing questions related to the settlement, and are maintaining a website with additional information. Information on the class action and claims process is available on https://www.fnchildclaims.ca to read more and sign up for updates. You can also contact the Class Action Administrator, Deloitte, by telephone at 1-833-852-0755 or email fnchildclaims@deloitte.ca.

"Indian Boarding Homes" Class Action

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