Welcome

Since its inception in 1921, Harcourt Lodge has stayed true to the core values of Masonry and the brethren who comprise our unique lodge. Masonry is the oldest fraternity in the world teaching the brotherhood of man under the guidance of a Supreme Being and founded on the principals of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth. 

Harcourt Lodge was based on the following six principles: make fellowship easily attainable, provide educational addresses, ritual work performed as perfectly as possible, limited membership, focused benevolence and compact meetings.

Who are the members of Harcourt

Although Harcourt is one of several Freemason Lodges in the Toronto Don Valley District, it has always had a unique membership focus. Harcourt originated as a businessman’s Lodge. Harcourt has a long history of attracting lawyers, bankers, and financial services professionals to its membership. This builds both a professional and social collegiality amongst members that brings together our common interests in improving ourselves as both men of integrity and as masons.


With all of this in mind and heart, Harcourt maintains a cap on overall membership; our preference is a smaller lodge in which members can more fully participate in our masonic work and social life. This more intimate collection of professional men builds stronger friendships in brotherhood and greater support in learning and performing our ritual work.


Founded on the principles of brotherly love, relief and truth, Freemasonry, and Harcourt in particular, welcomes all men who follow the same precepts.


We invite you to reach out to Harcourt lodge and consider embarking on the life long journey that is masonry.

What we do as Masons and Men

As masons we share a common belief that through self-improvement, we can better serve the world and our community around us. The members of Harcourt, as do all masons, strive to educate and support each other so that we can become better men.

Our lodge meetings are combination of ritual work and social fraternity.


Our evenings begin with dinner that includes fraternal conversation, toasts, speeches, song, and the welcoming of guests. After this refreshment we turn our attention to the labour of the evening. Our ritual masonic work is conducted behind the safe and secure door of our lodge. It is here that we practice and learn the principles of masonry which we can take away and put into practice in our daily lives.


The practice of charity being a core value of masonry and being also very dear to the hearts of Harcourt members, we support numerous charities through our District activities and as individuals.

Why we do this

There are generally two broad thoughts common to many Harcourt members as to why we choose this path: improving ourselves while deepening our social community and seeking excellence in our ritual work.


This ritual work, that comprises the three degrees of Craft Masonry, not only contains valuable life lessons to be contemplated and discerned but also includes layers of symbolic references that encourages us, as practitioners and participants, to become better men. 


Socially we form strong bonds through brotherhood that not only encourage us inside lodge but draw us to extend ourselves within our own membership and our communities.

Lifelong friendships are developed amongst members of Harcourt that extend well beyond our evenings at lodge.