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List of Masonic Grand Lodges Canada

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This is a list of all verifiable organizations that claim to be a Masonic Grand Lodge in Canada.

A Masonic "Grand Lodge" (or sometimes "Grand Orient") is the governing body that supervises the individual "Lodges of Freemasons" in a particular geographical area, known as its "jurisdiction" (usually corresponding to a sovereign state or other major geopolitical unit). Some are large, with thousands of members divided into hundreds of subordinate lodges, while others are tiny, with only a few members split between a handful of local lodges. Sometimes there will only be one Grand Lodge in a given area, but the majority of the time there will be at least two. More often, there will be several competing Grand Lodges claiming the same jurisdictional area, or claiming overlapping areas. This fact leads to debates over legitimacy: Not all Grand Lodges and Grand Orients recognize each other as being legitimate. However, such recognition is not relevant to this list, yet recognition is foundational within the fraternal order. Inclusion in this list only requires the establishment of a physical (as opposed to a virtual, or online) presence, and lodges (regular, unrecognized or clandestine) which acknowledge their governance.

Membership numbers are subject to change; for current figures, check the sources which are indicated in the reference section.

Canada

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Country or greater geographical area State, province, or other geographical area Name Founded Lodges Members Notes
Canada Quebec Grande Loge ANI du Canada (Grand Lodge ANI of Canada)[1][2][3] 2009[4] 5[5] 100 CLIPSAS, COMAM, SCIC; The name "ANI" is an homage to the medieval Armenian city of Ani.[4]
Canada Gran Logia De Lengua Española de Canadá (Hispanophone Grand Lodge of Canada)[6] 2005[7] 5[8]
Canada Quebec Grande Loge Nationale du Canada[1][9] 1985[10] 15[11] CLIPSAS, COMAM
Canada Le Droit Humain — Fédération canadienne[12][13] 1980[14] 7[15]
Canada Alberta Grand Lodge of Alberta[16][17] 1905[18] 127[17] 7,302[19][20] CGMNA
Canada British Columbia Grand Lodge of British Columbia & the Yukon[16][21] 1871[18] 147[22] 8,874[19][20] CGMNA
Canada Manitoba Grand Lodge of Manitoba[16][23] 1875[18] 72 2,507[19][20] CGMNA
Canada New Brunswick Grand Lodge of New Brunswick[16][24] 1867[18] 51 3,274[19][20] CGMNA
Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Grand Lodge of Newfoundland and Labrador[16][25] 1997 30 2,137[19][20] CGMNA
Canada Nova Scotia Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia[16][26] 1866[18] 95 4,853[19][20] CGMNA
Canada Ontario Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario[16][27] 1855[18] 559 48,332[19][20] CGMNA
Canada Ontario Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Ontario[16][28] 1852 11 PHCGM, PHA
Canada Prince Edward Island Grand Lodge of Prince Edward Island[16][29] 1875[18] 15 801[19][20] CGMNA
Canada Québec Grande Loge du Québec[16][30] 1869[18] 75 4,218[19][20] CGMNA
Canada Québec Grande Loge Mixte du Québec[31][32] 1979 3
Canada Saskatchewan Grand Lodge of Saskatchewan[16][33] 1906[18] 59 3,054[19][20] CGMNA

References

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  1. ^ a b "Membres" [Members]. CLIPSAS (in French). Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  2. ^ "Accueil". Suprême Conseil International du Canada – Rite Écossais Ancien et Accepté (in Canadian French). Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Accueil". Grande Loge ANI du Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Historique". Grande Loge ANI du Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "Nos loges". Grande Loge ANI du Canada (in Canadian French). March 29, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  6. ^ "Principal". Muy Respetable Gran Logia De Lengua Española de Canadá – Sitio Oficial (in Spanish). Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  7. ^ "Dignidades y Oficiales". Muy Respetable Gran Logia De Lengua Española de Canadá – Sitio Oficial (in Spanish). Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  8. ^ "Logias Jurisdiccionadas". Muy Respetable Gran Logia De Lengua Española de Canadá – Sitio Oficial (in Spanish). Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  9. ^ GLNC website, accessed 20 January 2014
  10. ^ GLNC Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Historique, Accessed 30 January 2014
  11. ^ GLNC Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Loges, Accessed 30 January 2014
  12. ^ Droit Humain Worldwide Archived 1 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 17 July 2014
  13. ^ DH Fédération canadienne website, accessed 20 January 2014
  14. ^ DH Canada Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Le Droit Humain au Canada Accessed 20 January 2014
  15. ^ DH Canada Archived 1 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Loges du Droit Humain au Canada Accessed 30 January 2014
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Foreign Grand Lodges". United Grand Lodge of England. Archived from the original on August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  17. ^ a b GL Alberta website Archived 16 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2 February 2014
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i Paul Bessel, Information about Grand Lodges throughout the World, Accessed 10 February 2014
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j LaBounty, Lars, ed. (2013). 2013 List of Lodges. Springfield, Illinois: Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 2005 statistics:Masonic Service Association of North America, accessed 28 November 2007
  21. ^ GL BC & Yukon website, accessed 2 February 2014
  22. ^ GL BC & Yukon List of Regular Lodges, accessed 2 February 2014
  23. ^ GL Manitoba website, accessed 7 February 2014
  24. ^ GL New Brunswick website, accessed 7 February 2014
  25. ^ GL Newfoundland & Labrador website Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 7 February 2014
  26. ^ Gl Nova Scotia website, accessed 8 February 2014
  27. ^ GL Canada in the Province of Ontario website, accessed 8 February 2014
  28. ^ PHGL Ontario website, accessed 8 February 2014
  29. ^ [GL Prince Edward Island website], accessed 8 February 2014
  30. ^ GL Quebec website, accessed 8 February 2014
  31. ^ Grande Loge Mixte du Québec et Prieuré de Nouvelle France website, accessed 20 January 2014
  32. ^ Hiram, Le weblog de la Franc-Maçonnerie, Grande Loge Mixte du Québec et Grand Prieuré de Nouvelle France Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine 24 February 2005, Accessed 8 February 2014
  33. ^ GL Saskatchewan website, accessed 8 February 2014

See also

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