<Tr> <Td> (RC) </Td> <Td> Roman Catholic Church </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> (UC) </Td> <Td> United Church of Canada </Td> </Tr> <P> The following is a list of Canadian Indian residential schools The first residential schools were set up in the 1840s with the last residential school closing in 1997 . </P> <P> "*" Schools in Newfoundland and Labrador were not included in the original settlement by the Harper government and instead reached a compensation deal with the federal government after a lawsuit in 2016 . </P>

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