Canada Company

The Canada Company

The Canada Company's arms
Company type	Chartered company
Industry	Land development
Founded	1826 (by royal charter)
Founder	John Galt
Defunct	1953
Fate	Dissolved
Headquarters	No. 13, St. Helen's Place, Bishopsgate Street, London, England
Number of locations	Huron Tract, Queen's Bush, Clergy Reserves
Area served	Upper Canada
Key people	John Galt, William Dunlop, Thomas Mercer Jones, William Allan, Daniel Lizars
Services	Land, roads, mills
Total equity	2,000,000 acres (8,100 km2) of land

The Canada Company was a private British land development company that was established to aid in the colonization of a large part of Upper Canada. It was incorporated by royal charter on August 19, 1826,^[1] under the Canada Company Act 1825 (6 Geo. 4. c. 75) of the British parliament,^[2] which was given royal assent on June 27, 1825.^[3] It was originally formed to acquire and develop Upper Canada's undeveloped clergy reserves and Crown reserves,^[2] which the company bought in 1827 for £341,000 ($693,000) from the Province of Upper Canada.^[4]

Founded by John Galt, who became its first Superintendent, the company was successful in populating an area called the Huron Tract – an achievement later called "the most important single attempt at settlement in Canadian history".^[5]

It is unrelated to the modern-day Canadian charity of the same name, founded in 2006, which assists former Canadian military members and their spouses regain civilian employment after service in the Canadian Armed Forces.^[6]