Clergy reserves

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colonial land policy land tenure system

Clergy reserves were tracts of land in colonial Canada set aside to provide income for the support of Protestant churches, particularly the Anglican Church.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Church of England clergy reserves	1
Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial land policy ⓘ land tenure system ⓘ
abolishedBy	Province of Canada ⓘ surface form: Province of Canada government
administeredBy	Lower Canada ⓘ surface form: colonial government of Lower Canada colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
allocationShare	1/7 of surveyed lands ⓘ one-seventh of public lands in each township ⓘ
appliesTo	Crown lands in colonial Canada ⓘ
appliesToReligion	Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestantism
appliesToTerritory	Lower Canada ⓘ Upper Canada ⓘ
associatedWith	Family Compact ⓘ
controversyTopic	control of public lands ⓘ establishment of a state church in Canada ⓘ religious equality among Christian denominations ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
dateOfAbolition	1854 ⓘ
dateOfCreation	1791 ⓘ
endTime	1850s ⓘ
fundedBy	rents from reserved lands ⓘ sale of reserved lands ⓘ
hasBeneficiary	Church of England ⓘ Protestant clergy ⓘ
hasEffect	became an issue in colonial reform politics ⓘ contributed to tensions between Anglicans and other denominations ⓘ created political controversy in Upper Canada ⓘ provided income for Anglican clergy ⓘ provided income for Protestant churches ⓘ restricted settlement patterns in some townships ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	influenced church–state relations in early Canada ⓘ shaped patterns of land settlement in Upper Canada ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
hasPrimaryBeneficiary	Anglican Communion ⓘ surface form: Anglican Church
hasPurpose	support of Protestant churches ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America Province of Canada ⓘ Lower Canada ⓘ surface form: Province of Lower Canada Upper Canada ⓘ surface form: Province of Upper Canada
opposedBy	Methodist churches ⓘ surface form: Methodist Church in Canada Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterian denominations in Canada Reform politicians in Upper Canada ⓘ
partOf	colonial religious policy of the British Empire ⓘ
primaryReligionSupported	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
reformedBy	Clergy Reserves Act 1840 ⓘ legislation of the Province of Canada in the 1850s ⓘ
revenueUseAfterAbolition	general public purposes ⓘ
startTime	1790s ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitutional Act 1791 → created → Clergy reserves ⓘ

this entity surface form: Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada

Upper Canada → hadInstitution → Clergy reserves ⓘ

Family Compact → hadStrongTiesTo → Clergy reserves ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church of England clergy reserves