Indian Affairs Annual Reports, 1864 to 1990
This database includes annual reports from the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and its predecessors from 1864 to 1990.
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About the reports
This database contains over 40,700 digitized pages from 123 reports and includes:
- Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development annual reports from 1967 to 1990.
- Annual reports for the Indian Affairs portfolio from 1864 to 1966. Before 1966, different departments were responsible for the portfolios of Indian Affairs and Northern Affairs.
Their content includes:
- Names and activities of Indian agents in various areas of the country
- Extent of education and health of Indigenous populations
- Amount and nature of monies spent
- Some residential and day schools
- Various statistics
The Schedule of Indian Bands, Reserves and Settlements from 1982 to 1992 are also available in this database.
The departments responsible for Indian Affairs to 1990:
- Department of the Secretary of State of Canada (to 1869)
- Department of the Secretary of State for the Provinces (1869-1873)
- Department of the Interior (1873-1880)
- Department of Indian Affairs (1880-1936)
- Department of Mines and Resources (1936-1950)
- Department of Citizenship and Immigration (1950-1965)
- Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources (1966)
- Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (1966-2011)
Annual reports for the Northern Affairs portfolio before 1967 are not included in this database. To access a Northern Affairs annual report from before 1967, search for copies of the annual reports of the department responsible for Northern Affairs at that time in Aurora or at another library. Contact us if you need help finding out what department Northern Affairs was under for a specific period.
In 1991 the departmental annual report was integrated into the Estimates Part III which includes the Report on Plans and Priorities and the Performance Report and the Public Accounts, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada and Canadian Polar Commission (note that reports from 1991 to 1995 are available in print format only).
The content of the database entries reflects the original language used in the documents. This information was not translated.
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All of the reports in this database have been digitized, transcribed, and can be viewed online. The PDFs of the reports can be printed or downloaded to a computer.
To locate a specific keyword in a result use CTRL + F when viewing the PDF of a report.
If you need to see complete digitized copies of the originals, consult the following sources:
- 1867/68-1899: Canadiana, Sessional Papers
- 1900-1925: Internet Archive, Sessional Papers by Title, Indian Affairs
- 1925-1930: Internet Archive, Annual Departmental Reports