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Number Name Location Established Ended Notes
5604Hope of CanadaToronto<1875 Apr 11935>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 2, file 156 and 252
5607PioneerOttawa<1898Jul111909>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 245
5607BrightonLondon<19221922> 
5640Pride of OntarioHamilton<18721922>Certificate 239
5660Pride of the DominionLondon<1898Apr41922>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 239
5682?Cosmpolitan <1875Apr26 Declaration file 160
5687CosmpolitanToronto<18721935>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 2, file 160 and 222
5690Maple LeafHamilton<18721922> 
5693Robin HoodToronto<18751935>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 206
5693Robin HoodTorontoNote same number and name in A O of Shepherds
5743ExcelsiorHamilton<18801922> 
5744Forest CityLondon<19091922> 
5772Hearts of OakOshawa<1885Jul121898Jan7>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 214
5775YorkvilleYorkville<18751935>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 208
5803Star of the EastToronto<18751875Mar26>Declaration file 157
5833Star of the EastToronto<18731935>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 2, file 157 and 253
5834Little JohnPort Perry<18731875>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 2, file 159
5835Pride of PerthStratford<1893Mar21905>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 201
5863ElginSt Thomas<18941922>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 257
5865Pride of the WestToronto<18751875Mar25>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 2, file 158
5866PerseveranceGuelph<18821917>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 244
5895ExcelsiorLondon<18901922>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 249
5962Grand RiverGalt<18741898Jan6>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 211
5963BeaverWindsor1874Jul61940>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 207
5963BeaverWindsor1874Jul61940>Listed as IOF from 1895 but AOF in 1914 on
5966Perseverance <1875Apr23 Declaration file 2
5987EndeavorBrantford<18831916>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 221
5988Good IntentStratford<18751905>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 234
6001Hope of Woodbridge <1878May12 Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 2, file 155
6065Sherwood ForestSeaforth<1898Mar121898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 233
6157Marquis of LorneIngersoll<1908>  
6244Hope of OntarioChatham1878 Jul 121925> 
6483DominionSt Marys<1897Dec291897>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 259
6490Marquis of LorneHamilton<18801922>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 243
6507BrightonSouth London1880Aug231916>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 209
6563Forest QueenLondon<19091922> 
6570MyrtleWoodstock<19181920> 
6571Pride of ErieBuckhorn1881 Apr 181886> 
6826North StarBarrie<1889Nov1898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 215
6827SuccessBrantford<18831916>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 248
6895UnityMount Forest<1898Apr41898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 241
6896Star of the WestToronto<18951935>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 212
6896Star JubileeToronto<19351935> 
6900UnityChatham1883 May 301910> 
7043BrunswickToronto<18951921>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 232
7044BenevolenceThamesville1883 Nov 121886> 
7045HarmonyToronto<18951935>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 256
7046RichmondRichmond Hill<1898Feb191898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 230
7047StellaLondon<19091922> 
7134WellingtonLondon<18981899>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 263
7135AbstinenceToronto<18951935>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 229
7136TorontoToronto<18951921>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 218
7136Toronto-ChesterToronto<19351935> 
7137RescueNewmarket<1897Dec291897>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 255
7139ConcordKent Bridge1884 Sep 221886> 
7145LansdowneMcKays Corner1885 Sep 211886> 
7327EnterpriseBrantford<1898Jan121916>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 220
7329Hyde ParkHyde Park1886 Mar 311898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 228
7334JubileeTiverton<1898Feb261898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 231
7335JubileeToronto<18951921>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 261
7336YorkToronto<19211935> 
7581 Dovercourt Toronto <1895 1935> Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 217
7582 Germania Hamilton <1890 1900>
7583 Pride of West St Thomas <1898Mar16 1898> Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 235
7584CedarAyr<18971897Aug25Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 205 (charter revoked)
7586QuinteBelleville<18941911>
7588LaurelKing<1898Apr41898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 240
7676ClintonToronto<18951895> 
7677Pride of GreyOwen Sound<18941898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 223
7679Queen of the WestToronto<1898Jan121935>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 219
7680StanleyPeterborough<18941940> 
7682Pride of DurhamPort Hope<1898Apr41898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 242
7769Pride of NorthumberlandCobourg<18901897>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 258
7772UnionThornhill<1898Jul151898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 247
7774MayflowerBerlin<1898Jul151918>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 246
7777Merriton <1898Feb31898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 224
7781Pride of WalkervilleWalkerville<18911914>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 262
7782 Victory Campbellford 1890 Jul 8 1898> Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 227
7817 Oriental Hamilton <1900 1922>  
7819 Chester Toronto <1921 1921>  
7820FidelityTilsonburg<1898Mar231898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 237
7821NorfolkSimcoe<1898 Jan 61898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 213
7823EriePort Colborne<1897Dec241897>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 254
7858FrontierBridgeburg<18951897>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 263 1/2
7860Rising SunBrockville<18941897>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 251
7863ProsperityClinton<1897Jul201897>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 204
7865Pride of HuronExeter<1898Feb31898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 226
7872Georgian BayCollingwood<18941897>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 260
7873Western PrideKomoka1892Dec281896Dec4>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 200
7877?Enterprise <1898Jan121898>Certificate 220
8089MagnoliaLondon18741922>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 202
8092ImperialPetrolia1894Jul31897May14>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 203
8093WoodfordWoodford<1898Jan61898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 210
8094KaminishquiaFort William<1898Jan21898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 216
8404ProgressiveOttawa<19011916> 
8410EclipseBrussels<18981898 Mar 17Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 236 (revocation)
8412SurpriseAylmer<1898Feb31898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 3, file 225
8570WelcomeGlen Orchard<1898Dec201898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 250
8573QueenGalt<1898Apr41898>Archives of Ontario, RG 55-8, box 4, file 238
8581LincolnSt Catharines<19161916> 
8848AlphaToronto<19211935> 
8944GarrisonOttawa<19091916> 
9215King GeorgeToronto<19211921> 
9217King of the NorthToronto<19211935> 
9220WellingtonLondon1916  
9224GlenwoodNorth Toronto<19211921> 
9322InvincibleWest Hamilton<1922>  
9342Mount HamiltonHamilton<1922>  
9653Allan-a-DaleOttawa<19161916> 
9657OakwoodToronto<19211935> 
  Oshawa<1875>  
  Whitby<1875>  
  Uxbridge<1875>  
  St Catharines<1875>  
  Windsor<1875>  
  Ridgetown<1875>  
  Guelph<1875>  
  Ottawa<1875>  
  Bowmanville<1875>  
  Walkerville<1894-1896>  
 AmbitiousBarton<1922>  
 InvincibleHamilton<1922>  
 HopeChatham<1918>  
 Rising SunBrockville<1911>  
 Perseverance (juvenile)Brantford<1916>  
 Garden CitySt Catharines<19161916> 
 King David <1919Oct291919>Certificate 989
 ConfidenceOttawa<19161916>

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