Canadian Institute
Founded at Toronto, June 20, 1849, by Sandford
Fleming, and Kivas Tully, with several other surveyors, civil
engineers, and architects practising in and about Toronto. A royal
charter was granted Nov. 4, 1851, in which the objects of the society
are declared to be "the encouragement and general advancement of the
physical sciences, the arts and the manufactures," etc. Among the early
presidents were Sir W. E. Logan, Sir Henry Lefroy, Sir John Beverley
Robinson, George W. Allan, W. H. Draper, Sir Daniel Wilson, and Sir
Oliver Mowat. The publications of the Institute began with the Canadian
Journal, 1852, and have been continued, as Proceedings, Transactions,
etc., to the present time. =Bib.=: The Canadian Journal, 1852-1878;
Proceedings, 1879-1890; Transactions, 1890- . A semi-centennial
memorial volume, published 1899, contains Early Days of the Canadian
Institute by Sir Sandford Fleming.