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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Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada canonical 1

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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 ⓘ