1800s

Early 1800S

Humane Societies responded to the exploitation of children and animals; the vulnerable and the defenceless.

1830s and 1840s

The RSPCA Act was introduced and carried out. This would change the general consensus that animals are things, tools, property.

1873

The Ontario Humane Society was incorporated as the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA).