First Nations in Ontario could receive billions in back-rent after court ruling

A treaty reimburses Indigenous communities for wealth extracted from their lands but payment has remained at C$4 a year since 1874

Canada could face compensation payments to Indigenous communities worth billions, after a court found it had willfully deprived First Nations of the immense wealth extracted from their lands.

The Crown has made payments to 23 First Nations of the Robinson-Huron Treaty territory since 1850, in exchange for a territory roughly the size of France.