Clergy reserves were tracts of land in Upper Canada and Lower Canada reserved for the support of Protestantclergy by the Constitutional Act of 1791 which established the two provinces. One-eighth of all crown lands were reserved, with Protestant clergy initially interpreted to mean the Church of England. In 1824 the Church of Scotland was granted a share of the revenues. Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg, Ontario Upper Canada is an early name for the land at the upstream end of the Saint Lawrence River in early North America – the territory south of Lake Nipissing and north of the St. ... Lower Canada was a British colony in North America, at the downstream end of the Saint Lawrence River in the southern portion of the modern-day province of Quebec. ... Protestantism is a movement within Christianity, representing a split from within the Roman Catholic Church during the mid-to-late Renaissance in Europe —a period known as the Protestant Reformation. ... Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given religion. ... The Constitutional Act of 1791 was a British law which changed the government of the province of Quebec to accommodate the many English-speaking settlers, known as the United Empire Loyalists, who had arrived from the United States following the American Revolution. ... This article is about political regions. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... The Church of Scotland (C of S, also known informally as The Kirk; until the 17th century officially the Kirk of Scotland) is the Christian national church of Scotland. ...
The reserves were allotted in two hundred acre (800,000 m²) lots. Except in the Talbot Settlement they were scattered haphazardly and were a serious obstacle to economic development. The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada passed a law to sell the reserves in 1840, but it was disallowed by the imperial (British) government. Colonel Thomas Talbot (July 19, 1771 — February 5, 1853) was born at Malahide Castle in Ireland. ... The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada was the legislature for the province of Upper Canada, which later became the province of Ontario. ...
The reserves created considerable dissatisfaction with the Anglican church and with the oligarchical rulers of Upper and Lower Canada, the Family Compact and the Château Clique. The Family Compact was the informal name for the wealthy, conservative elite of Upper Canada in the early 19th century. ... The Château Clique was a group of wealthy families in Lower Canada in the early 19th century. ...
In the 1840 a bill was passed distributing the profits of the clergy reserves amongst all leading Protestant groups (except for the Baptists, who refused to involve themselves in government funding). The lands were finally removed from church ownership and secularized in 1854 and the revenues from the reserves were transferred to the governments of Canada West and Canada East (previuosly Upper and Lower Canada.). 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A bill can be one of: in American English, paper documents used as currency (notes in British English): see Banknote. ... A Baptist is a member of a Baptist church. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Canada West was the western portion of the Province of Canada. ... Canada East (French: Canada-Est) was the eastern portion of the Province of Canada. ...
Clergyreserves were tracts of land in Upper Canada and Lower Canada reserved for the support of Protestantclergy by the Constitutional Act of 1791 which established the two provinces.
The reserves in Upper Canada were managed by the Clergy Corporation which was chaired by the Anglican Bishop of Quebec and run day-to-day by a Secretary Receiver.
In the 1840 a bill was passed distributing the profits of the clergyreserves amongst all leading Protestant groups (except for the Baptists, who refused to involve themselves in government funding).
ClergyReserves were tracts of land in Upper Canada reserved for the support of "Protestantclergy" by the Constitutional Act of 1791 which also established Upper and Lower Canada as distinct regions each with an elected assembly.
Although the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe interpreted Protestantclergy to mean mean the clergy of Church of England only, by 1824, the Church of Scotland was also granted a share of the projected revenues.
The Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada passed a law to sell the reserves in 1840, but it was disallowed by the imperial (British) government.
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