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This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in Canada. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).
The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada in the Province of Ontario is a Grand Lodge with jurisdiction over 571 [1] masonic lodges located in the province of Ontario in Canada with around 46,000 members. [2] The Grand Lodge is in full amity and recognition with the United Grand Lodge of England. [3]
Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario (GLCPOO) Ontario: 1855 Hamilton 560 36,733 [21] UGLE: Prince Hall Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons Province of Ontario and Jurisdiction Ontario Quebec [22] 1856 [22] 10 [23] UGLE: Grand Lodge of Manitoba Manitoba: 1875 [24] Winnipeg 54 1,971 [21] UGLE: Grand Lodge of Newfoundland and Labrador
As the first Masonic lodge in the region, Zion Lodge No. 1 drew its membership from across the region at a time when “many of the members of Zion Lodge prior to 1796 had resided in what is now the Canadian side of the [Detroit] River,” including WM James Donaldson [14] and Bro. Joseph Rowe residing in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. [15]
This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in North America. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).
This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge. A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit).
Grand Lodge governance may have shifted or reorganized, resulting in further loss of records on the member or the name, number, location or even existence of the lodge in question. In areas of the world where Masonry has been suppressed by governments, records of entire grand lodges have been destroyed.
History of Masonic Grand Lodges in North America; List of Masonic Grand Lodges; List of Masonic Grand Lodges Africa; List of Masonic Grand Lodges Asia; List of Masonic Grand Lodges Australia and Oceania; List of Masonic Grand Lodges Canada; List of Masonic Grand Lodges Caribbean; List of Masonic Grand Lodges Central and South America