Upper Canada
Common school lands
### Common school lands

In 1797, lands in twelve townships (six east of York, and six west, totalling about , were set aside, from which revenues arising from their sale or lease were dedicated to support the establishment of grammar schools and a university for the Province. They were distributed as follows:

| \+Townships reserved for Common School Lands in Upper Canada \- Lands disposable (in acres) |
| --- |
|District

Township

Original Royal grant (1797\)

Townships set aside as substituted landsIn place of lands in reserved townships that had been sold to individuals

Lands alienated

Reinvested in the CrownIn lieu of lands granted elsewhere

Lands disposable

| To individuals | Surveyor's % | To [Upper Canada College](/wiki/Upper_Canada_College "Upper Canada College") | UniversityKing's College University, later renamed as the [University of Toronto](/wiki/University_of_Toronto "University of Toronto") | UCC |
|[Ottawa](/wiki/Ottawa_District "Ottawa District")

Alfred

 25,140 |
 – |
 25,140 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 – |
|Plantagenet

 40,000 |
 – |
 40,000 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 – |
|[Midland](/wiki/Midland_District%2C_Upper_Canada "Midland District, Upper Canada")

Bedford

 61,220 |
 – |
 2,678 |
 2,858 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 55,684 |
|Hinchinbroke

 51,100 |
 – |
 – |
 2,437 |
 – |
 48,663 |
 – |
 – |
|Sheffield

 56,688 |
 – |
 – |
 3,158 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 53,530 |
|[Newcastle](/wiki/Newcastle_District "Newcastle District")

Seymour

 47,484 |
 – |
 – |
 3,515 |
 25,000 |
 – |
 18,969 |
 – |
|[London](/wiki/London_District%2C_Upper_Canada "London District, Upper Canada")

Blandford

 20,400 |
 – |
 – |
 1,179 |
 5,000 |
 – |
 – |
 14,221 |
|Houghton

 19,000 |
 – |
 1,592 |
 1,505 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 15,893 |
|Middleton

 35,000 |
 – |
 22,600 |
 1,667 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 10,733 |
|Southwold

 40,500 |
 – |
 30,900 |
 719 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 8,881 |
|Warwick

 – |
 600 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 600 |
|Westminster

 51,143 |
 – |
 40,725 |
 1,218 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 9,200 |
|Yarmouth

 20,000 |
 – |
 7,084 |
 1,026 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 11,900 |
|[Home](/wiki/Home_District "Home District")

JavaLater merged to form Nottawasaga Township

 – |
 12,000 |
 – |
 – |
 12,000 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
|Luther

 – |
 66,000 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 66,000 |
 – |
 – |
|Merlin

 – |
 40,000 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 23,281 |
 5,031 |
 11,688 |
|Osprey

 – |
 50,000 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 50,000 |
 – |
 – |
|Proton

 – |
 66,000 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 66,000 |
|Sunnidale

 – |
 38,000 |
 – |
 – |
 – |
 38,000 |
 – |
 – |
|**Totals**

 467,675 |
 272,600 |
 170,719 |
 19,282 |
 42,000 |
 225,944 |
 24,000 |
 258,330 |


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