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.

• August 3: Issues 2010-#29, 2010-#30 and 2010-#31 of Loyalist Trails are now available. Click here for the newsletter index.
• July 13: The online Loyalist Trails newsletter has been updated to the latest issue, 2010-28.
• June 13: Information about Loyalists Cornelius Thompson and Samuel Willson has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 30: Information about Loyalist Daniel Munro (Nova Scotia) has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 29: Information about Loyalist Martin Middaugh has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 27: Information about Loyalist Daniel Walker Sr. has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 25: Information about Loyalist Michael Carmen Sr. has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 23: Information about Loyalists Edward Jessup, Valentine Schram and Thomas Taylor Ross has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 22: Information about Loyalists Archibald and Josiah Heney, and Daniel Fike, has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 18: Information about Loyalist Andrew Lloyd has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 18: The latest issue of Loyalist Trails, 2010-#20, is now available. Click here for the online newsletter index.
• May 17: Information about Loyalist John Williams Sr. has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 16: Information about Loyalist Robert Campbell has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 15: Information about Loyalist Peter Van Camp has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 14: Information about Loyalist John Lawless has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 13: Information about Loyalists Daniel Scott and Roger Williams has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 12: Information about Loyalist Jonathan Stover has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 12: The online Loyalist Trails newsletter has been updated to the latest issue, 2010-19.
• May 11: Information about Loyalists Robert Perry and John Appleby has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 10: Information about Loyalist John Cook Sr. has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 9: Information about Loyalists Basnet and Henry Dell has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 8: Information about Loyalists Andrew Miller of Ernest Town, Stephen Pendleton, William and Charles Stuart (Stewart), and James Stinson has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 7: Information about Loyalists Jehiel Hawley, and James Lindsay has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 2: Information about Loyalists Samuel Fairlamb, Samuel Smith, Gideon Vernon and Arthur Youmans has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• May 1: Information about Loyalists Simeon VanKleek and Augustus Seeley has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• April 30: Information about Loyalist Thomas Taylor Ross has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• April 10: Information about Loyalist Johann Everhardt Wager has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• April 4: Information about Loyalists Isaac and Norris Brisco has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• April 2: Information about Loyalists Flewelling, Flewwelling, Flueling surnames: Abel, Enos, Francis, James, John, Joseph, Maurice and Thomas, and about Joel Pringle Jr. has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• April 1: Information about Loyalists Thomas Hooper and Archibald Campbell has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• March 30: Information about Loyalists Alexander Campbell, John Williams Sr. and Jr. of Ernestown ON, and Johann Adam Bengel has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• March 29: Information about Loyalist Alexander Campbell has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• March 28: Information about Loyalists Alexander and Samuel Bates, and about Frederick Starr, son of Stephen Jarvis, has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• March 27: Information about Loyalist Valentine Detlor and sons George, Jacob, John, and Samuel, and about Elias Dulmage, John Edward Embury and Daniel McMullen has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• March 26: Information about Loyalist George Cosby/Cosbey has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• March 20: Information about Loyalist Jonathan Williams has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• March 20: Information about Loyalists Weart Banta, David Ives and Cyrenius Parke has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• March 15: Issues 2010-#06, 2010-#07, 2010-#08, 2010-#09, 2010-#10, and 2010-#11 of Loyalist Trails are now available. Click here for the newsletter index.
• March 14: Information about Loyalist John Williams has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• March 13: Information about Loyalist Gregor McKinnon has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• March 7: Information about Loyalists David Wees and John Wees Sr. has been added to the Loyalist Directory.