The nation-wide Canada Post strike ended on December 17, 2024. It is expected to take time for Canada Post to process its backlog of mail.

A nation-wide strike by Canada Post is affecting delivery of Settlement mail, including eligibility letters, compensation cheques and missing information notices.

Additional First Nations communities included in the Settlement  July 19, 2024 Some First Nation Reserves have been added to the Settlement and eligible individuals from these communities have a limited extension to the deadline for submitting claims. While the deadline for regular claim submission has passed, these communities were recently added to the Settlement because they met the eligibility requirements and applied to be part of the Settlement before the Claims Period closed on March 7, 2024. Individuals who lived in the following Reserves during a long-term drinking water advisory between [...]

New First Nations communities included in the Settlement March 22, 2024 While the deadline for regular claims submissions has passed, some First Nations were recently included in the Settlement and individuals have been given a limited extension to the deadline for submitting claims. If you lived on one of the following First Nations during a long-term drinking water advisory between November 20, 1995 and June 20, 2021, there is still time apply for compensation. Individuals can apply for compensation by submitting a Claim Form to the Administrator by 11:59 PM [...]

Claims period closed The Claims period for the First Nations Drinking Water Settlement is now closed. The Administrator continues to process Individual Damages and Impacted First Nations claims and is making payments to those who are eligible. Payments for Specified Injuries claims will begin after all Specified Injuries claims have been processed (including any appeals). This is because the compensation amount for each eligible individual depends on the total number of eligible Specified Injury claims received. This can only be decided after all claims have been adjudicated and any  appeals resolved.

First Nations Drinking Water Settlement Claims Also available in Indigenous Languages: News release in Dene [PDF] News release in Plains Cree [PDF] News release in Oji Cree [PDF] News release in Ojibway [PDF] TORONTO, FEBRUARY 7, 2024 – Eligible First Nations communities and individuals have until March 7, 2024, to submit a claim under the First Nations Drinking Water Settlement. “There’s only one month left to submit a claim for compensation,” says Darian Baskatawang, Associate, Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP and Class Counsel for the First Nations Drinking Water Class Action Settlement. “We encourage [...]