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Cultural genocide[edit]
In 2019, the final report, Reclaiming Power and Place, by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls stated "The violence the National Inquiry heard amounts to a race-based genocide of Indigenous Peoples, including First Nations, Inuit and Métis, which especially targets women and girls."

Indian Residential Schools
During the 19th and 20th centuries Métis, First Nations, and Inuit children were enrolled in Indian Residential Schools across Canada. The Indian Act of 1876 gave the Canadian government authority to remove indigenous children from their homes and required them to attend these schools. These children were often prohibited from speaking their native language, practicing their original religion, or engaging in any family or social customs back at home, and many of the children died of malnutrition or disease while attending the school. According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) research, "Over about 140 years of operation at over 150 Indian Residential School locations, ... at least 3,213 children are reported to have died."

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
In 2019, the final report, Reclaiming Power and Place, by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls stated "The violence the National Inquiry heard amounts to a race-based genocide of Indigenous Peoples, including First Nations, Inuit and Métis, which especially targets women and girls." Concerns of indigenous women and girls' safety continues as indigenous women make up 16% of homicide victims and 11% of missing women in Canada.

In recent years, Canada has demonstrated improvements in addressing the violence against indigenous women by adding specific departments in governmental bodies that focus on gender-based issues. According to the Annual Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, "In March 2021, the NWT Legislative Assembly approved the creation of a new Gender Equity Division. The new Division is intended to expand the work of the Women’s Advisory Office and coordinate cross-departmental action on gender issues, including: gender-based violence, advancing gender equality, and women’s economic empowerment."