Establishment of Queen's College

Date: October 16, 1841 • Location: City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

The Church of Scotland established Queen's College in Kingston, Ontario, in Canada.

The Church of Scotland is a Reformed denomination of Christianity that holds the status of the national and established church of Scotland. It is one of the country's larger denominations, having 229,000 members in 2025, or 4% of the Scottish population. In the 2022 census, 1,108,796 people, or 20% of the Scottish population, claimed affiliation with the church.