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Under Rev. John Stuart, father of the Anglican Church in Upper Canada, a small wooden edifice was constructed in 1791. In the beginning, seven families made up the congregation of St. George's Church. In 1825 construction was begun on a stone building that, consecrated three years later, replaced the first St. George's Church. The original building served for some time as a school house. In 1900 it was torn down. When the Diocese of Ontario was formed in 1862, St. George's Church became the Cathedral. In 1870 St. George's Hall was added and a dome erected in 1891. On New Year's day, 1899 the interior of the Cathedral was destroyed by fire. The Cathedral was re-constructed in eighteen months.

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The Treaty of Paris in 1783 established the St. Croix River as the boundary between New Brunswick and the United States, and by the fifth article in Jay's Treaty of 1794, a commission was established to clarify which of two rivers emptying into Passamaquoddy Bay was the St. Croix. Governor Wentworth of Nova Scotia recommended Thomas Barclay as the British Commissioner, and the negotiations ended successfully for the British in 1798 with the most western river, the St. Croix, being established as the boundary. At the end of the War of 1812, the issue of the international boundary between New Brunswick and the United States surfaced again, and it was Thomas Barclay who was appointed once more as the British Commissioner under the terms of the Treaty of Ghent. Ward Chipman served again as the British agent. The Commission dealt with two issues: the ownership of the islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, which they agreed upon in 1817, and the extension of the border from the source of the St. Croix River to the St. Lawrence River. When agreement could not be reached, the latter issue was submitted to the King of the Netherlands for arbitration. In 1831, he issued his decision, which was not accepted by either parties, and the final settlement did not come until 1842 with the Webster-Asburton Treaty. Thomas Barclay's participation in the second boundary commission was his last act of public service. Anthony Barclay (1792-1877), son of Thomas Barclay, also participated in the second boundary commission.

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The St. Andrew's Society of Kingston was founded in 1840, as an essentially Scottish charitable organization. It was formed at a time in Kingston when other such benevolent societies as the English St. George's Society and the Irish St. Patrick's Society were being formed. Membership, as prescribed by their 1896 constitution, was open to all Scotsmen and their descendants. The Society retained the name and symbol of St. Andrew, patron saint of Scotland. The prime intent of the Society was to afford assistance to fellow Scots, who were quite often part of the large flow of Scottish lowlanders who left Scotland after 1815 as the industrial revolutioin took its toll. The St. Andrew's Society also served to help retain Scottish customs, institutions and heritage. The Society's greatest event was its annual St. Andrew's Day celebration held on November 30. Members of the Society were a prominent part of the Kingston community. For the most part members were employed as professionals or businessmen and were generally Presbyterian. In the post 1945 era, the St. Andrew's Society has continued to thrive, largely to maintain Scottish heritage in the community.

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