Mohawk orangemen

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The Loyal Orange Association has been active in Canada for over 200 years,
making it the oldest as well as the largest fraternal organization. The
first civilian Lodge was formed in Saint John, New Brunswick. Although many
of the early members were from Ireland, persons of English, Scottish and
other European backgrounds joined including even Poles. There were also
North American native Indians as members

	A Mohawk Orangemans Orange Headdress. Note the presence of an image of King William Prince of Orange

The Sentinel, the official publication of the Loyal Orange Association in
Canada, claimed in its November 14, 1922 issue that the Orange membership
numbered more than half a million. Orange parades in Toronto, called "the
Belfast of Canada" could last up to five hours on

The Glorious Twelfth

Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister in 1867 was an
Orangeman. He joined an Orange Lodge in Kingston, Ontario. Three other
Canadian Prime Ministers were also Orangemen including Sir Mackenzie Bowell
(1894-96), who also served as the Grand Master of the Grand Orange Lodge of
British America. To become an Orangemen all candidates recited the

Obligation of an Orangeman

Canada's former unofficial national anthem among English-speaking Canadians
was written by a devoted and active Orangeman who was a Past Master of Loyal
Orange Lodge # 142 in Toronto. A falling leaf is said to have inspired
Alexander Muir to write

The Maple Leaf Forever

Joseph R. Smallwood, Premier of Newfoundland, who led the province into
Canada as the 10th province in 1949, was also an Orangeman. On the occasion
of the 100th year of Orangeism in Newfoundland, at the annual sessions of
the Grand Lodges meeting in St. John's in June 1963, he gave the

Address of Welcome

The membership of the Orange Order in Canada has included men, women and
children. Men belong to Loyal Orange Lodges (L.O.L.) and sometimes Royal
Black Preceptories (R.B.P.).

Women could become members of the Ladies Orange Benevolent Association
(L.O.B.A.) and often the Grand Crystal Chapter. Children joined Junior
Lodges and the Loyal Orange Young Britons (L.O.Y.B). As well mixed Lodges
were formed by the Loyal True Blue Association.