Appendix 5
School fires that were suspected or proven to be deliberately set: 1867 to 1997
Religious affiliation of the school is identified when there are two schools in a single location.
1)Shingwauk Home, Garden River, Ontario (1873)1
2)Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, girls’ school (1888)2
3)Shingwauk Home, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (1889)3
4)Kuper Island, British Columbia (1895)4
5)Anglican school on the Blood Reserve, North-West Territories (now Alberta) (staff member suspected of starting fire) (1895)5
6)Birtle, Manitoba, barn destroyed (1903)6
7)Mohawk Institute, Brantford, Ontario, school destroyed (1903)7
8)Mohawk Institute, Brantford, Ontario, barn destroyed (1903)8
9)Mohawk Institute, Brantford, Ontario, boys’ temporary housing destroyed (1903)9
10)Saint-Paul-des-Métis, Alberta (1905)10
11)Mount Elgin, Muncey, Ontario, barn (1908)11
12)Presbyterian school at Kamsack, Saskatchewan (1913)12
13)Duck Lake, Saskatchewan (several attempts in one year) (1917)13
14)Ahousat, British Columbia (1917)14
15)St. Albert, Alberta (1917)15
16)Alert Bay, British Columbia (1918)16
17)Alert Bay, British Columbia (1924)17
18)Grayson, Saskatchewan (1926)18
19)Morley, Alberta (1927)19
20)Anglican school at Onion Lake, Saskatchewan (1928)20
21)Mission, British Columbia (1928)21
22)Blue Quills, Alberta (1929)22
23)Pine Creek, Manitoba (1930)23
24)Cross Lake, Manitoba, school destroyed (1930)24
25)Cluny, Alberta (1933)25
26)Morley, Alberta (1935)26
27)File Hills, Saskatchewan (1942)27
28)Lac La Ronge, Saskatchewan (1947)28
29)Delmas, Saskatchewan (1948)29
30)Round Lake, Saskatchewan (1949)30
31)Pine Creek, Manitoba (1951)31
32)Beauval, Saskatchewan (1956)32
33)Beauval, Saskatchewan (1966)33
34)Catholic school at Kamsack, Saskatchewan (1968)34
35)Roman Catholic school and residence, Cardston, Alberta (St. Mary’s) (1976)35
36)Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan (a series of attempted arsons) (spring 1977 to spring 1978)36
37)Lestock, Saskatchewan (1993)37