The United Empire Loyalists

In the main, the United Empire Loyalists were those who had been settled in the thirteen colonies at the outbreak of the American Revolution, who remained loyal to and took up the Royal Standard, and who settled in what is now Canada at the end of the war.

For more about the Loyalists, read "History of the Loyalists".

The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada is an organization dedicated to enriching the lives of Canadians through knowledge of the past, in particular the history of the United Empire Loyalists and their contribution to the development of Canada.

In addition to perhaps one person in ten in Canada who has a Loyalist ancestor, many who live elsewhere in the USA, in commonwealth countries like Australia and New Zealand and in any other country round the world are also of Loyalist descent. The subjects to the left reflect the activities of many members of the Association, and the branches of and the Association itself.

• September 20: New information about Loyalists John Comfort and Roswell Everts Sr. in the Loyalist Directory.
• September 14: Issues 2008-#32 and 2008-#33 of Loyalist Trails are now available. Click here for the newsletter index.
• September 5: The online Loyalist Trails newsletter has been updated to the latest issue, 2008-31.
• July 4: Issues 2008-#25 and 2008-#26 of Loyalist Trails are now available. Click here for the newsletter index.
• July 3: New information about Loyalists Henry Buchner, David Dulmage, Caspar Hover, Henry Hover, Dr. Robert Kerr, and Dr James Macnab in the Loyalist Directory.
• June 18: New information about Loyalists George Buck, of Elizabethtown, and George Buck Sr., of Kingston, in the Loyalist Directory.
• June 18: New information about Loyalists Samuel Adams, Philip Cook Jr., Abraham Lampman, Daniel Scott, as well as the Hilliker and Hogle families, in the Loyalist Directory.
• June 16: New information about Loyalist Henry Cronkhite, as well as Edmund, Elijah, John Roger, Joseph, Obadiah, and Roger Tompkin in the Loyalist Directory.
• June 17: A new book review has been added, of Stephen Kimber's Loyalists and Layabouts: The Rapid Rise and Faster Fall of Shelburne, NS, 1783-1792, to the Book Reviews section.
• June 16: New information about Loyalists Rev. John Beardsley and Martin Kelly in the Loyalist Directory.
• June 13: New information about Loyalists John Clark, Joseph Haines, Benjamin Kilbourn, Joseph White Sr., Asahel Wright, and Ebenezer Wright in the Loyalist Directory.
• June 13: The latest issue of Loyalist Trails, 2008-#23, is now available. Click here for the online newsletter.
• June 12: New information about Loyalists Gerardus Dingman, Francis Hogle (Sr. & Jr.), Abraham Pastorius, Robert Tripp, and John Wendel Wigle in the Loyalist Directory.
• June 3: New information about Loyalists Ludovicus (Lewis) Clement, Ephraim Eyres, Matthew Hawley, and Cpt. John Savage (and his associates) in the Loyalist Directory.
• June 2: The latest issue of Loyalist Trails, 2008-#22, is now available. Click here for the online newsletter.