From the 1992 Charlottetown Accord to 2022

he latest period in the development of Aboriginal rights consists mainly of court decisions and negotiated agreements. In addition, important and influential reports have been issued by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (1996), the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015), and the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (Reclaiming Power and Place, 2019). There has also been development internationally and domestically with the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

In order to provide overviews of the most important developments in the past 20 years, this Part of the Timeline is explained by brief descriptions, in chronological order, of the most important Aboriginal and treaty rights cases since 1992. Use the dropdown menu on the left to access these cases. Most are Supreme Court of Canada decisions, with a few exceptions, such as the important decisions on the inherent right of self-government in Campbell v. British Columbia (2000) and by the Quebec Court of Appeal in Reference to the Court of Appeal of Quebec in relation with the Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (2022).