Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada

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Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada were tracts of land set aside by the colonial government to support the Protestant clergy, which became a major source of political and religious controversy in early Canadian history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial land policy
land reserve system
abolishedBy Clergy Reserves Act 1854
Province of Canada legislature
appliesToJurisdiction Province of Upper Canada
linked to: Upper Canada
areaAllocated one-seventh of all surveyed Crown lands
associatedWith Family Compact
beneficiary Anglican clergy
Church of England in Upper Canada
controversialFor hindering settlement and economic development
political patronage
religious inequality
country Upper Canada
createdBy British Parliament
colonial government of Upper Canada
debatedBy Egerton Ryerson
John Strachan
Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine
Robert Baldwin
disputedBeneficiary Church of Scotland
effect fragmentation of land holdings
increased resentment toward Anglican establishment
slowed road building and infrastructure development
endTime 1854
fundingMechanism sale and lease of reserved lands
legacy contributed to separation of church and state in Canada
influenced later Canadian land and education endowment policies
shaped denominational relations in early Canadian history
legalBasis Constitutional Act 1791
locatedIn British North America
linked to: British America

present-day Ontario
opposedBy Baptists in Upper Canada
Clear Grits
Methodists in Upper Canada
Presbyterians not aligned with Church of Scotland
Reform movement in Upper Canada
politicalIssueFor Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
purpose financial support of the Church of England
support of Protestant clergy
reformedAs secularized public lands after 1854
relatedTo established church question in Canada
responsible government movement in British North America
secularization of Crown lands in Canada
revenueUsedFor construction of Anglican churches
stipends for Anglican clergy
startTime 1791

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Canada Company acquiredLandArea Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada