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The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada in the Province of Ontario is a masonic Grand Lodge with jurisdiction over 611 masonic lodges located in the province of Ontario. Its current Grand Master is M.W. Bro. Gary L. Atkinson. The Masonic Square and Compasses. ... A Grand Lodge is the usual governing body of Craft or, Blue Lodge, Freemasonry in a particular juristiction. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (French has some legal status) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ...

Provincial Grand Lodge

The Provincial Grand Lodge of Upper Canada was formed at the request of Alexander Wilson, by the Grand Lodge of England in 1792. Its first Provincial Grand Master was William Jarvis. However, unlike HRH Prince Edward, the P.G.M. for the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lower Canada, William Jarvis was not endowed by the G.L.E. with the power to grant warrants for new lodges. Map of Upper Canada (orange) Upper Canada was a British territory in the Canadian province of Ontario. ... The United Grand Lodge of Englands Coat of Arms Headquarters of The UGLE. The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is the main governing body of Freemasonry within England, and certain jurisdictions overseas (normally ex-British Empire and Commonwealth countries). ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... HRH is an abbreviation for the style His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness. ... The Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (2 November 1767 – 23 January 1820) was a member of the British Royal Family, the fourth son of King George III and the father of Queen Victoria. ... 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. ...

Formation of the Grand Lodge of Canada

Growing dissatisfaction within the members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Upper Canada with the slow responses of the Grand Lodge of England in forwarding warrants, certificates and the like led to the question of whether it was time to create an independent grand lodge in Canada. After a Provincial Grand Lodge meeting in which the idea was ruled out of order by the Deputy Grand Master, the officers met and formed the Grand Lodge of Canada on 10 November 1855. Its officers were elected the next day, with W. Bro. William Mercer Wilson being elected the first Grand Master of the newly created Grand Lodge, and installed on 2 December. November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Growth, Split and Name Change

Over the next few years the Grand Lodge went about petitioning the lodges of Canada West to come under the fold of their newly-created Grand Lodge. Within a few years, not only were almost all the masonic lodges of Canada West under the jurisdiction of the GLC, but, since 1859, so were most of the lodges of Canada East. However, in 1869, sixteen of the lodges in Québec (formerly Canada East) formed their own Grand Lodge, and in 1874 the Grand Lodge of Canada completely withdrew from the province of Québec, and twenty-four more lodges moved from the Grand Lodge of Canada to the Grand Lodge of Québec. In 1887 the name of the Grand Lodge was changed to the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario, a compromise name which reflects both the Ontario-only jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge as well as its history of being the first Grand Lodge in Canada. Canada West was the western portion of the Province of Canada. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Canada East (French: Canada-Est) was the eastern portion of the Province of Canada. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 1st 1,542,056 km² 1,183,128 km² 176,928... 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• Grand Lodge website
• The 150 year history of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario