Date Published:
June 2005

L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia

Empire Club of Canada

Empire Club of Canada, a luncheon club formed in Toronto, Ontario, on November 18, 1903, as a protest against the nationalism of the Canadian Clubs after the Alaskan boundary award. Its motto was "The advancement of the interests of Canada and a United Empire". It holds luncheons at which prominent visitors and others speak; and it has published since 1904 an annual volume of Empire Club speeches. [For a fuller history of the Empire Club of Canada, consult this page.]

Source  : W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. II, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 411p., p. 293.