Upper Canada (Ontario) Land Petitions

Upper Canada Land Petition Indexes

The following database has been constructed from the Upper Canada (Ontario) land petitions. Each record in my index consists of the name of the petitioner (maiden names or additional petitioners may be in brackets), the location of the petitioner, and year of the petition.

The COMPLETE land petition record contains in most cases the land petition and supporting documents that may include valuable information about the petitioner and his or her family. Loyalists and discharged soldiers often mentioned the regiment in which they served. Sons and daughters of Loyalists gave their father's name. Civilian petitioners sometimes indicated their country or place of origin. Further information that can be found in some of the petitions includes arrival date in Canada, previous residence, date and place of birth, age, marital status and names of other family members, oaths of allegiance, and character references. I have also seen the odd will included in these records.

Click here to view a document from a typical land petition record

Most of the records are in fairly good condition considering their age, although there are some documents that are virtually illegible. Some documents are extremely lengthy, but most petitions are less than 5 pages.

I do have specific locations (ie. township) within the general County or District locations recorded in the following index. For more information on sources for obtaining land petitions e-mail database enquiries to:

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NAME ... LOCATION ... YEAR

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IBBOTSON HENRY .. CARLETON .. 1832
IBBOTSON HENRY (LIEUT) .. CARLETON .. 1825
IBBOTSON L. .. GREY .. 1845
ILER JACOB JR. .. ESSEX .. 1840
IMESON DAVID .. ESSEX .. 1848
IMESON JONATHON .. ESSEX .. 1848
IMESON JOSEPH .. ESSEX .. 1848
IMESON THOMAS .. ESSEX .. 1848
INCE MARIA .. TORONTO .. 1835
INCHES CHARLES .. KENT .. 1844
INCHES JAMES JR. .. MIDDLESEX .. 1848
INGALL F.L. .. QUEBEC .. 1845
INGERSOLL ANN MARIA .. OXFORD .. 1822
INGERSOLL CHARLES .. OXFORD .. 1832
INGERSOLL ISAAC .. ADDINGTON .. 1840
INGERSOLL JAMES .. LAMBTON .. 1849
INGERSOLL JAMES .. LAMBTON .. 1851
INGERSOLL THOMAS .. LINCOLN .. 1797
INGERSOLL THOMAS .. NEWARK .. 1793
INGERSOLL THOMAS .. OXFORD .. 1797
INGERSOLL THOMAS .. OXFORD .. 1797
INGERSOLL THOMAS .. OXFORD .. 1798
INGERSOLL THOMAS .. OXFORD .. 1800
INGERSOLL THOMAS .. TORONTO .. 1806
INGERSOLL THOMAS .. YORK .. 1806
INGERTON MARGARET .. SMYTHTOWN .. 1836
INGERTON WILLIAM .. YORK .. 1831
INGHAM ROWLAND .. MIDDLESEX .. 1823
INGLEDEW WILLIAM .. LAMBTON .. 1838
INGLEDEW WILLIAM .. YORK .. 1832
INGLEHART JOHN .. HALTON .. 1824
INGLEHART PETER .. WENTWORTH .. 1819
INGLES JANE .. BRANT .. 1840
INGLES LAMAN .. MIDDLESEX .. 1838
INGLES WELLINGTON .. MIDDLESEX .. 1848
INGLESHART BARNHART .. PRINCE EDWARD .. 1797
INGLESS MOSES .. YORK .. 1823
INGLIS ABRAHAM .. YORK .. 1833
INGLIS JAMES .. ONTARIO .. 1819
INGRAHAM ELIZAR .. LINCOLN .. 1804
INGRAM ASA .. LINCOLN .. 1819
INGRAM MATTHEW .. VICTORIA .. 1853
INGRAM MATTHEW .. VICTORIA .. 1858
INGRAM TIMOTHY .. YORK .. 1819
INKSTER WILLIAM .. HASTINGS .. 1831
INMEN JOHN .. YORK .. 1801
INNES CHARLES .. ONTARIO .. 1797
INNES JOHN .. LINCOLN .. 1796
INNES ROBERT .. EXETER .. 1794
INNES ROBERT .. FRONTENAC .. 1823
INNIS HUGH .. YORK .. 1816
INNIS ROBERT .. ESSEX .. 1798
INNIS ROBERT .. L'ASSOMPTION .. 1798
INNIS ROBERT .. WENTWORTH .. 1848
INNIS ROBERT (ROBERT GRANT) .. ESSEX .. 1805
INSON JAMES .. YORK .. 1819
IRELAND GEORGE T. .. ESSEX .. 1819
IRELAND GEORGE T. .. YORK .. 1818
IRELAND HENRY .. DURHAM .. 1819
IRELAND JAMES .. HALTON .. 1843
IRELAND JOHN .. HALTON .. 1822
IRELAND JOHN .. THAMES RIVER .. 1797
IRELAND JOSEPH .. HALTON .. 1819
IRELAND THOMAS F .. ESSEX .. 1850
IRISH CATHERINE .. ADDINGTON .. 1833
IRISH DANIEL .. YORK .. 1819
IRISH JEDIAH .. GREY .. 1837
IRISH JEDIAH .. YORK .. 1819
IRISH MAHLON .. FRONTENAC .. 1834
IRISH PETER .. ADDINGTON .. 1798
IRISH PETER .. NORTHUMBERLAND .. 1807
IRISH PETER .. NORTHUMBERLAND .. 1809
IRISH RANSELLER .. FRONTENAC .. 1834
IRISH ROBINSON .. NORTHUMBERLAND .. 1799
IRKENKIESER PETER .. YORK .. 1817
IRLENKIESER PETER .. YORK .. 1819
IRONS JOHN .. VICTORIA .. 1850
IRONSIDE ALEXANDER .. ESSEX .. 1822
IRONSIDE ALEXANDER .. KENT .. 1833
IRONSIDE GEORGE .. ESSEX .. 1819
IRONSIDE GEORGE .. LINCOLN .. 1796
IRVIN GEORGE .. ESSEX .. 1848
IRVIN THOMAS .. ESSEX .. 1848
IRVINE ALEXANDER .. HASTINGS .. 1819
IRVINE DAVID .. FRONTENAC .. 1846
IRVINE JOHN .. CARLETON .. 1835
IRVINE ROBERT .. YORK .. 1817
IRVINE THOMAS .. HALTON .. 1824
IRVINE THOMAS .. PRINCE EDWARD .. 1826
IRVINE THOMAS .. YORK .. 1819
IRVINE THOMAS .. YORK .. 1824
IRVINE WILLIAM .. HASTINGS .. 1825
IRVINE WILLIAM .. TORONTO .. 1823
IRVINE WILLIAM .. YORK .. 1835
IRVINE WILLIAM J .. MIDDLESEX .. 1836
IRVING GEORGE,THOMAS, JAMES .. LAMBTON .. 1853
IRVING I.E. .. MIDDLESEX .. 1838
IRVING JACOB E. .. WELLAND .. 1834
IRVING MATTHEW .. GREY .. 1853
IRVING MATTHEW .. GREY .. 1853
IRWIN ARCHIBALD .. YORK .. 1825
IRWIN ELIZABETH .. PEEL .. 1837
IRWIN HENRY .. YORK .. 1819
IRWIN JAMES .. WENTWORTH .. 1841
IRWIN JOHN .. HALTON .. 1831
IRWIN JOHN .. YORK .. 1825
IRWIN JOSEPH .. ESSEX .. 1848
IRWIN LITLE .. SIMCOE .. 1852
IRWIN MARY .. TORONTO .. 1838
IRWIN ROBERT .. KENT .. 1847
IRWIN ROBERT .. SIMCOE .. 1844
IRWIN ROBERT .. VICTORIA .. 1856
IRWIN ROBERT .. YORK .. 1825
IRWIN SAMUEL .. YORK .. 1824
IRWIN WILLIAM .. BRANT .. 1840
IRWIN WILLIAM .. ESSEX .. 1848
IRWINE JOSEPH .. CARLETON .. 1845
ISABELL LOUIS A .. LEEDS .. 1849
IVER GEORGE B .. MIDDLESEX .. 1844
IVERS GEORGE .. MONTREAL .. 1848
IVES ABNER .. FRONTENAC .. 1833
IVES ARNON .. NORTHUMBERLAND .. 1807
IVES JOHN, GEORGE .. FRONTENAC .. 1840
IVES JOHN, GEORGE .. GARDEN ISLAND .. 1846
IVEY JOHN .. TORONTO .. 1839
IVIR GEORGE .. MIDDLESEX .. 1836
IVIR GEORGE B .. MIDDLESEX .. 1840
IVIR JOHN .. MIDDLESEX .. 1836

IVY JOHN .. FRONTENAC .. 1844

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