Canada Burned Churches Over “Indigenous Mass Graves”—3 Years And $200M Later, No Bodies Have Been Found
In 2021, Canada erupted in outrage over claims that unmarked graves had been found at a former Catholic school. The government flew flags at half-mast, the media declared it proof of genocide, and dozens of churches were vandalized or burned in retribution. Yet 3 years later, no graves have been uncovered and no one has apologized.
In the summer of 2021, news broke in Canada that approximately 200 unmarked graves had been discovered at the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, supposedly containing the remains of Indigenous children who had suffered unspeakable horrors at the hands of the Catholic Church. The country reacted as if a genocide had just been unearthed.
Disgraced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ordered the flag to be flown at half-mast for six months—an unprecedented national mourning period. Media outlets flooded the airwaves with breathless coverage, activists called for Canada Day to be canceled, and social media exploded with fury. The public mood was apocalyptic, with many claiming this was proof of the country’s "original sin," and the only appropriate response was outrage and punishment.
And punishment did follow. Over the next several months, at least 68 Christian churches—many of them serving indigenous congregations—were vandalized or burned to the ground. Journalists, politicians, and activists shrugged off the destruction, with some openly justifying it as an appropriate reaction to Canada’s "colonial past." Some suggested that more churches should burn.
The original claim, based entirely on ground-penetrating radar (GPR) scans, was treated as fact before a single shovel had broken the ground. The anomalies detected by the radar could have been anything—tree roots, old septic systems, even natural soil disturbances. Yet the government, media, and much of the public never stopped to ask for proof before embracing the most extreme conclusions. Three years later, no human remains have been exhumed in Kamloops or at any of the other sites where similar claims were made.
Despite this, no one has been held accountable for the hysteria that led to widespread church arson. No Canadian politician—least of all Trudeau—has admitted to rushing to judgment. The media outlets that framed the unverified claim as fact have not retracted their coverage. The activists who cheered the destruction of churches have not apologized.
In the end, what was presented as a "reckoning" of the nation's history turned out to be something else entirely: a reckless rush of violence toward Christians, fueled by lies and prejudice. The consequences were real—destroyed churches, unnecessary divisions, and a lingering silence about where "accountability" really should've been along.
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