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Upper Canada Chapter - Toronto,
Ontario
A Proud Member of the Units Overseas
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Canada has five DAR chapters based in Vancouver,
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A Bit of History
America’s best friend and neighbour to the north, Canada, is
also the second largest country in the world. We like to
proudly boast that our undefended border with the United
States is the world’s longest. Our chapter was founded in
Toronto in February 1989, and joined those other Canadian
Chapters already established in Ottawa, Ontario; Calgary,
Alberta, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
We
Toronto Daughters chose the chapter name, Upper Canada, for
two reasons; the first so that everyone would at least know
where we are, and the second to honour the early history and
beginnings of English Canada.
In
1791 British Parliament enacted the Constitutional Act
splitting Quebec into the two provinces of English Upper
Canada and French Lower Canada. Seventy-six years later,
in 1867, the country officially came into being when the
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Immigrants poured into the new country. Loyalists from
the United States as well as Americans who were looking for better
opportunities were among the first to arrive. They were soon
followed by the British, then the Irish escaping from the dreadful
famines, Germans, Dutch, and Scandinavians, Eastern Europeans and a
sprinkling of people from the rest of the world all of whom came to
settle in this vast land.
Extensive immigration
continues today! It is said that Toronto is the most multi-cultural
city in the world, and no one who lives here or visits would
question that statement! Many Daughters in Canada are
immigrants themselves, and we cherish being able to live in this
huge, remarkable country.
We hope you have a chance to
visit us one day soon!
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Regent's
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 And Now
Today...
Greetings from Upper Canada!
We are delighted that you are
interested in the DAR, especially the Upper Canada Chapter.
The DAR is truly a special and
remarkable group.
It was incorporated by an Act of Congress in 1896 and
currently has over 170,000 members in almost 3,000 chapters
worldwide. It is the largest patriotic society in the
world.
Our national headquarters in
Washington, D.C. is the largest group of buildings in the world
owned and operated exclusively by women. The DAR has hundreds of
women in leadership positions in their chapters, their states
and provinces, and on the national and international level. It is an
organization in which the abilities and talents of women are
unquestioned.
There’s more! The DAR has the second
largest genealogy library in the US after the Mormons, and we have
the largest museum in the world related to Revolutionary War
memorabilia.
The Upper Canada Chapter has members
across Ontario. We are a small but wonderfully interesting and
diverse group of women of all ages, professions and
talents.
Upper Canada Daughters are both
American and Canadian citizens who share the common heritage of an
ancestor who helped the cause of George Washington and the American
Revolution.
Our situation here in Canada is unique
in the DAR. As an
American patriotic organization in a country once considered the
enemy, and indeed peopled by many who supported the King and not
Washington and the Revolution, we have positioned ourselves here as
one more segment of the rich cultural fabric of North American
history rather than the “other” side.
We invite the United Empire Loyalists
and other historical groups to attend our larger meetings, and are
actively recruiting members from their ranks! They return in kind;
the DAR and the Sons of the American Revolution are always invited
to attend the United Empire Loyalist annual meetings each
year.
The conflicts of
the past are over. Today, we all recognize and understand the need
to preserve and pass on our history. The DAR and Upper Canada
Chapter are working hard to do just that, and we’re enjoying it
thoroughly along the way.
We
hope to meet you one day soon.
Sincerely,
Regent, Upper Canada
Chapter
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Related Links
National
Society DAR
Michigan State DAR
New York State DAR
Ontario Historical Society
Ontario Genealogical Society
United Empire Loyalists
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DAR Chapters in Canada:
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Bytown Chapter DAR, Ottawa, Ontario |
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Francis Duclos, Montréal, Quebec |
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New Caledonia DAR Chapter, Vancouver, BC |
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Heritage Chapter DAR, Calgary, Alberta
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Canadian Prairies Chapter, Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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Upper Canada, Toronto, Ontario |
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