Masonic Tidbits Masonic Education, Fraternal Papers & Historical Reflections

The Beehive is a symbol of industry and co-operation. The bee is traditionally the symbol of hard work by many to a common end, and perhaps was so chosen because...

The Masonic Foundation of Ontario, the registered charitable arm of our Grand Lodge, supports bursaries to university and college students. It supports research into the causes and cures of deafness,...

The oldest Lodge in Canada is St. Andrew’s Lodge # 1, Halifax in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia. It was also recognised as being the oldest...

The Lodge with the oldest records is believed to  be Lodge of Edinburgh #1, sometimes known as “Mary’s Chapel”. Tradition says this Lodge was formed by skilled craftsmen brought over...

The “FREE” in Freemasonry refers to the days when attempts were made in 1712 to regulate building wages. “Freemasons” were distinguished from “Masons” as a separate class of workmen, notably...

Bro. Rt. Hon. John George Diefenbaker (1895 – 1979) was the sixth Prime Minister of Canada who was a Mason. He was Initiated in Wakaw Lodge #166, Saskatchewan, on September 11...

King George VI was initiated into Navy Lodge #2612 in 1919, when he was Duke of York; in 1922 he was appointed Senior Grand Warden; two years later he was...

The Statue of Liberty was a gift of goodwill to the United States of America by France, shortly after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, when France itself, became a republic....

The Regius Manuscript, believed written in the year 1390 in Middle English, probably by a priest in the west of England, is the most ancient Masonic manuscript known to be...

Lodge St. George #200, Bermuda is the oldest Scottish Lodge outside Scotland.  It has the distinction of being housed in the oldest building in Bermuda, which was originally owned by...