OTTAWA
DIOCESE
A true highlight this year was the presentation of a cheque of $20,000.00 from Grand Knight Allan Kelly of the Knights of Columbus Council # 485 to Vice-Chair Peter O'Leary Saint Patrick Home and Residence
Riverside Drive Ottawa Ontario
HISTORY OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS IN ONTARIO
The Knights of Columbus in Ontario can trace their roots back to January 28, 1900, when a class of fifty nine candidates were initiated in Ottawa Ontario, and formed Council 485. While at that time a United States based organization, the growth in Ontario over the next ten years occurred primarily in towns where the railway passed through, with commercial salesmen or transient printers bringing the news of the Order to these towns. In 1903, Kingston, Cornwall and Peterborough added Councils, and in 1904 a State Council was formed in Ontario with M. J. Gorman of Ottawa being elected as the first State Deputy of our Province. By 1910, there were twenty-four Councils and over 3,500 members of the Order in Ontario .