BRANCHES OF THE UELAC

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When I made the decision to join the United Empire Loyalists' Association, I became a member of a local branch. I did that, as at the time, in April 2014, branch meetings were all held in person, and I wished to attend and participate. However, the branch I joined, Nova Scotia, was not in the area settled by my United Empire Loyalist ancestor. Some members join the branch where their ancestor(s) settled.  It may be easier to work with a branch genealogist who is knowledgeable about local Loyalists in order to obtain a Certificate of Loyalist Descent.  Members can also join one branch as their main branch and others for a reduced fee as additional ones. 

Nova Scotia Branch of UELAC


At this time there are active branches of the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada in ten provinces.  The branches with the largest number of members are in Ontario.   These are Bay of Quinte Branch  and Colonel John Butler, both of which have for several years had well over 100 members. Other branches in Ontario with over 100 members include Toronto, St. Lawrence, and  Grand River.  The province of Ontario also has the largest number of branches with a total of 13.

Current Branches in Ontario are: Bay of Quinte, Bicentennial (in Windsor),  Colonel Edward Jessup   (Prescott), Colonel John Butler (Niagara), Governor Simcoe (Toronto), Grand River, Hamilton, Kawartha (Peterborough), Kingston & District,  London & Western Ontario,  Sir Guy Carleton (Ottawa), St. Lawrence (Cornwall), and Toronto.  Former branches were: Cornelius Thompson (Penetanguishene), Costume (Toronto), Governor Thomas Carleton (Toronto) and Upper Canada branch.

In Western Canada there are the following active branches:  Assiniboine (Brandon, Manitoba), Calgary, Chilliwack (British Columbia),Edmonton , Manitoba (Winnipeg), Saskatchewan , Thompson - Okanagan, Vancouver, and Victoria .

The branches in the Maritimes are: Abeguit (Prince Edward Island), New Brunswick   (Saint John), and Nova Scotia (which previously held in person meetings around the province).  In past years branches also operated at Shelburne and Halifax / Dartmouth in Nova Scotia and at Fredericton and Samuel Holland in Saint John, New Brunswick.

Heritage branch is active in Quebec at Montreal. In former years,  Little Forks (Lennoxville) and Sir John Johnson (Cowansville) were also busy branches. 

One former branch, Bridge Annex, held all its meetings via Zoom.

Since Covid in Canada, most branches now hold all their meetings using Zoom.  Some have hybrid meetings with both in person and Zoom.  Prior to Covid, when all meetings of the Nova Scotia branch were held in person often at heritage sites, celebrations also took place like the 5th anniversary, remembered in the video below:






Further Reference:

Branches of the UELAC, by the United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada

Loyally Yours - 100 Years of the UELAC, compiled by Frederick H. Hayword,UE, published by Global Genealogy in 2014.
 


Historian; Genealogist; Author; Member of United Empire Loyalists ' Association of Canada, Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia, Ontario Genealogical Society, Ulster Historical & Genealogical Guild (Life)

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