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 Canadian in ten having a Loyalist ancestor, many who live elsewhere – in the United States, in commonwealth countries such as Australia and New Zealand, or in nearly 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.

• Jan. 30: Issues 2012-#04 and 2012-#05 of Loyalist Trails are now available. Click here for the newsletter index.
• Jan. 29: Information about Loyalist John Welling has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Jan. 28: Information about Loyalists Joseph Goodwillie and Jacob Teague has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Jan. 22: Information about Loyalists William and Edward Mann has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Jan. 21: Information about Loyalists John and Thomas Mann has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Jan. 16: The online Loyalist Trails newsletter has been updated to the latest issue, 2012-03.
• Jan. 15: Information about Loyalists Henry and Jacob Anguish and Murdock MaKenzie has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Jan. 11: Information about Loyalist Abigail Sanford has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Jan. 1: Information about Loyalists Jacob Day, Peter Fetterly and Widow Mary Raymond has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Dec. 31: Information about Loyalists Benjamin Darby, Isaac Mann Sr. amd Isaac Mann Jr. has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Dec. 27: Information about Loyalist Christian Wehr has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Dec. 26: Information about Loyalists Peter Miller and Peter Weaver has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Dec. 19: The latest issue of Loyalist Trails, 2011-#50, is now available. Click here for the online newsletter index.
• Dec. 12: The latest issue of Loyalist Trails, 2011-#49, is now available. Click here for the online newsletter index.
• Dec. 7: The latest issue of Loyalist Trails, 2011-#48, is now available. Click here for the online newsletter index.
• Dec. 6: Peter Johnson's review of The Loyalist Tiles Of St. Alban’s, Encaustic Memorial Tiles of the 19th Century, by Diane Berlet (author) and Graem Coles (photographer), is now online in the Book Reviews section.
• Dec. 1: Issues 2011-#45, 2011-#46 and 2011-#47 of Loyalist Trails are now available. Click here for the newsletter index.
• Nov. 13: Information about Loyalists Jacob, Robert Sr and Robert Jr. Bessy, William Draper and Jacob Walradt has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Nov. 12: Information about Loyalist Jacob Tague has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Nov. 6: Information about Loyalists Augustus, Charles and Fredrerick Anger Jr. and Philip George Bender and Adam Rupert and Loyalist sons Francis, Peter (Pader), Peter amd John has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Nov. 5: Information about Loyalists Frederick Anger (Anker) and John House has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Nov. 3: The latest issue of Loyalist Trails, 2011-#43, is now available. Click here for the online newsletter index.
• Oct. 29: Information about Loyalists siblings John, Joseph and Philip House, and Daniel and George House has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Oct. 23: The latest issue of Loyalist Trails, 2011-#42, is now available. Click here for the online newsletter index.
• Oct. 23: Information about Loyalists James and Hermanus House, and George Lawrence has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Oct. 22: Information about Loyalist William Emery Sr and Richard Pierpoint has been added to the Loyalist Directory.
• Oct. 17: Issues 2011-#39, 2011-#40 and 2011-#41 of Loyalist Trails are now available. Click here for the newsletter index.
• Oct. 15: Information about Loyalists William Emery Sr., Benjamin Fairchild Sr and Andrew Whitesell has been added to the Loyalist Directory.