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Institutional and thematic histories of the Loyal Orange Association of British America in Canada — provincial jurisdictions, ancillary bodies, and the major controversies of the Canadian Order's political life.
The Loyal Orange Association arrived on Prince Edward Island in 1849 with the chartering of Boyne Lodge at Charlottetown under an artilleryman of the British garrison. The provincial grand lodge was instituted in 1862, and Boyne Lodge received provincial incorporation in 1892. This page traces the early institutional history.
The Jesuit Estates Act of Quebec (1888) compensated the Roman Catholic Church for estates confiscated after the 1773 suppression of the Society of Jesus. Orange anger at the federal Conservatives' refusal to disallow it produced the 'Noble Thirteen' vote in March 1889 and — a year later — the long-sought Loyal Orange Association of British America Incorporation Act.
A combined children's home opened on Dominion Day, 1923 at Richmond Hill, Ontario, jointly run by the Loyal True Blue Association and the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada. Grew out of a Picton, Ontario orphanage begun in 1899. The Richmond Hill building operated as a Protestant children's home into the mid-20th century and remains a heritage landmark of the town.
A historical overview of the Loyal Orange Association of British America — its 1830 founding at Brockville, its century-long role in Canadian politics and civic life, its institutional structure, and its decline after the mid-20th century. Drawn from Houston & Smyth, Hereward Senior, Donald Akenson, Scott See, and David A. Wilson.