Learn a little of Toronto's history as told through its plaques.
The Loyalists In Upper Canada
Photos by Alan L Brown - April, 2009
On a wall on the second floor of the Ontario Legislature in Queen's Park is this Ontario Heritage Trust plaque. Here's what it says:
When United Empire Loyalists who had "adhered to the Crown" during the American Revolution and, in most cases, served in volunteer regiments, came to settle in this province in the 1780's, the region was largely uninhabited. These Loyalists, all of whom had suffered persecution and confiscation of property, were granted land in the vicinity of the Bay of Quinte and the Upper St. Lawrence, Niagara and Detroit Rivers. They laid the foundations of a new province. It was largely because of their presence that a form of self-government, based upon British law and institutions, was established in Upper Canada when the province was created in 1791. By then the Loyalists numbered about 10,000.
Related web pages
American Revolution
Upper Canada
Related Ontario plaque page
United Empire Loyalists
Plaque Location Co-ordinates: 43.661934 -79.391284
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Posted April 21, 2010
this did not answer my Q! I want to know what kind of problems the upper Canadian loyalists had when they left the thirteen colonies!
Posted March 6, 2010
Is there a record of a John MacGrady being a United Empire Loyalist ? If so, what year ands where would he have initially settled in Ontario?
Thanks and Best Regards, Phil S. Brunet, 149 Ave des Flandres, Candiac, Qc, J5R 0C9
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