 Important Dates

 

 

August 26, 2022

Claims Deadline

 

October 14, 2021

Settlement Approved

 

October 14, 2021

Settlement Approval Hearing

 

October 7, 2021

Deadline for Submitting an

Objection or Statement of Support

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The Ontario Youth Segregation Class Action includes all persons who, while under the age of 18, were placed in segregation for more than 6 hours between April 1, 2004 and December 17, 2018 at the following Ontario Youth detention facilities:

 

• Bluewater Youth Centre,
• Brookside Youth Centre;
• Cecil Facer Youth Centre;
• Donald Doucet Youth Centre;
• Invictus Youth Centre;
• Justice Ronald Lester Youth Centre;
• Roy McMurtry Youth Centre;
• Sprucedale Youth Centre;
• Toronto Youth Assessment Centre.

 

The class action does not include (i) individuals who were segregated by reason of lock-down at a youth detention facility; or (ii) the routine locking of youth in their rooms as authorized by statute.

Excluded from the class action are persons who (i) previously and validly opted out of this Action in writing or (ii) previously settled a claim against the Province of Ontario or executed a release in favour of the Province of Ontario in relation to any matters that are the subject of this class action.

 

The lawsuit alleged that between April 1, 2004 and December 17, 2018, the Province of Ontario owed a duty to supervise, among other things, and failed to adequately ensure the safety, well-being, and protection of Class Members at the Youth Justice Facilities. The Province denies these claims and a Court has not decided whether the Class or the Province is right. Instead, both sides agreed to settle.

 

A Settlement Agreement was approved by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on October 14, 2021.

 

A copy of the Settlement Agreement and other related documentation is available by clicking here.

 

Submitting a Claim

 

The period to make a claim for compensation under the Settlement ended on August 26, 2022.

 

The only way to receive money from the Settlement was to submit a completed Claim Form and all supporting documentation to the Claims Administrator no later than August 26, 2022.

 

If you did not submit a Claim, you will not receive any money from the Settlement Agreement. If you qualify as a Class Member, you are bound by the Settlement Agreement. This means you will no longer have the right to sue the Province of Ontario or any party released by the approved settlement for the kinds of things alleged in the class action.