Welcome to Orange Archives

Welcome to Orange Archives, an online research and archival project independently established to research and document the history, culture and traditions of the Loyal Orange Association and its constituent organizations that form the greater Orange Family specifically within Canada and the United States of America.

Loyal Orange Association

A Protestant fraternal society formed in County Armagh, Ireland in 1795. 

Ladies Orange Benevolent Association

Instituted in Hamilton, Ontario in 1894.

Royal Black Institution

A Protestant fraternal society formed in County Armagh, Ireland in 1797.

Royal Scarlet Chapter

The uniquely Canadian fourth degree in the Loyal Orange Association.

Crystal Chapter

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Junior Orange Association

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Orange Young Britons

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Loyal True Blues Association

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Apprentice Boys of Derry

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