🇨🇦 Canada · 2026 · ⚖️ Lawsuits
Awards start around $3,000. The top cheque is six figures.
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
C$100,000 max per person
Manitoba denied liability. Then it wrote a $129-million cheque anyway.
What actually happened
A Manitoba judge approved the settlement in June 2026. Adults get from about $3,000 and youth from about $9,000, rising to a maximum of $100,000 for long segregation or proven harm. The province settled without admitting liability.
Source: CP24 / Canadian Press ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.