Orange Shirt Day is an Indigenous-led grassroots initiative that raises awareness of residential schools’ individual, family and community inter-generational impacts while promoting the truth that Every Child Matters. The first observance of a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was September 30, 2021, following the identification of unmarked burials at former Indian Residential School sites.

On September 30, 2025, the Town of Kingsville will welcome members of Caldwell First Nation to join council in leading the annual Orange Shirt Walk in observance of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Residents are encouraged to wear orange and join us at the front of the Kingsville Arena at 12:00 pm for a commemorative flag raising and walk afterwards.

The walk will begin at the front of the Kingsville Arena, proceed North down Jasperson Lane, West on Road 2, South on Jasperson Drive, and finish at Erie Migration District School.

Residents can get more information at kingsville.ca/NDTR.