Ottawa Valley Land Rovers - (OVLR)

Canada's oldest and largest Land Rover club

• Address: PO Box 478, Carp ON K0A 110 CANADA
• Email: David Pell, Club Secretary and Treasurer
• Web: http://www.ovlr.org/
• Fees:
  • $25/yr (Cdn residents)
  • US$25 (Outside Canada)
  • Note: On July 1st, 1999 fees will change to $30 for a Canadian member. US and overseas remains the same. With the introduction of a "family member", please add $5 per family member for insurance purposes.
• Newsletter:
  • Name: Ottawa Valley Land Rovers
  • Frequency: monthly
  • Avg size: 20 pages
  • Format: 11x17 folded
  • Other:OVLR has never missed an issue of its monthly newsletter
• Rallies: OVLR hosts the annual Birthday Party The Birthday Party is the largest Land Rover rally in Canada. The club has numerous other rallies throughout the year.
• Size: approx. 250
• Coverage: Canada, Northeastern United States, California, Texas, UK, Germany
• Profile: 98% Series Land Rovers
• Regular meetings:
  • Social meeting every third Monday of the month at the Prescott Hotel, Preston Street, Ottawa.
  • Executive meetings every first Monday of the month.
  • Annual General Meeting in January
• Incorporated: Yes (Federal)
• Established: 1982 (see ALROC in History page)
• Media coverage: Numerous mentions in Land Rover Owner and Land Rover World
• Last contact; February 1998 (webmaster is inattentive obviously!)
• Notes: Very active club.

Toronto Area Rover Club - (TARC)

 

 

• Address: c/o Treasurer, Westwinds House, 68 Marsh Harbour, Aurora, Ontario, L4G 5Y7 CANADA
• Email: gyp@inforamp.net - Secretary
• Web: http://www.roverclub.org - TARC Land Rover pages
• Fees: $25/yr (Cdn)
• Newsletter:
  • Name: Toronto Area Rover Club
  • Frequency: Bimonthly
  • Avg size: varies
  • Format: 8.5x11, stapled
• Regular meetings: Second Tuesday of every month.
• Incorporated: No
• Coverage: Toronto area
• Size: approx. 75
• Profile: A mixture pf Rover cars and Land Rovers
• Established: 1988
• Last Contact: March 1999
• Notes:

Rover-Landers of British Columbia -

Rover-Landers of British Columbia

• Address: PO Box 37102, North Vancouver, BC, V7N 4M0
• Email: don@roverlanders.bc.ca (Don MacDonald)
  
• Web:
  
• Fees:
  • $20(cdn) for Canadian Members
  • $20(US) for US Members
• Newsletter:
  • Name: The Rover-Lander
  • Frequency: Quarterly
  • Avg size: 16 pages
  • Format: 11x17 folded
• Regular meetings:
• Incorporated: Provincially on 15-12-98
• Size: 75+
• Coverage: Lower mainland of British Columbia, Vancouver
• Profile: 70% Series - 30% Discovery, Range Rover, Defender
• Established: 198?
• Last Contact: January 1998
• Note: The club is in the process of re-establishing itself after a period of inactivity

Club des Land Rovers de Quebec -

Club des Land Rovers de Quebec

• Address:Remi Guertin, 1085, Murray Quebec, G1S 3B7 Quebec
• Internet
• Web:
• Fees:
• Newsletter
  • Name:
  • Frequency:
  • Avg size:
  • Format:
• Regular meetings:
• Incorporated: No
• Coverage: Quebec City region
• Size: 10 (approx)
• Profile: Mixture of Land Rovers and other 4x4 vehicles. Francophone club.
• Established: Early 1995?
• Notes:
• Last Contact: June 1997

Maritime Organization of Rover Enthusiasts -

Maritime Organization of Rovers Enthusiasts (Nova Scotia, Canada)

• Address:
• Email more_club@hotmail.com or Herbert Eisengruber (design.fort@ns.sympatico.ca) or Niall Forbes (nforbes@is2.dal.ca)
• Web: http://www.maritimerovers.org
• Fees: C$20/year
• Newsletter: None Yet
• Regular meetings:
• Incorporated: No
• Coverage: Maritime Provinces and North East US
• Annual Events: Labor Day Rally and Moose Trophy
• Size: About 40
• Profile: Mostly Series
• Established: 1987
• Notes:
• Last Contact: July 2002

Other clubs related to Land Rovers -

British Saloon Car Club of Canada

c/o D & E Allen, RR #1, Mildmay, Ontario, Canada, N0G 2J0
Internet: elva@sos.on.ca
Web:
Fees: $20/yr (Cdn)
Newsletter: Oily Rag, bimonthly, 20pp
Size: 103
Profile: Some Rover Cars, some British Saloon Cars
Established: 1994
Last Contact: 1996

Rover Car Club of Canada

c/o Eric Russell
PO Box 51555, 911 Park Royal South, West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V7T 2X9
Tel/Fax: (604) 929-7598
Internet: erussell@cln.etc.bc.ca
Fees: $35yr (Cdn)
Newsletter: The Roverview, 6/year, 12 double sided pages
Size: 45+
Profile: Rover Cars (11 SD1, 12 P6, 8 P6b, 7 P5, 3 P4)
Established: March 1988
Last Contact: 1996

Inactive or Dead Canadian clubs -

Association of Land Rover Owners of Canada (ALROC)

• Status: Dead.
• Notes: See http://www.ovlr.org/history.alroc.html for a history of the beginnings of ALROC. ALROC produced a publication known as the "Transfer Box". ALROC ceased to exist after the demise of the Transfer Box in April, 1990. In 1994, Harold Huggins the founder of ALROC, transferred the greater part of the ALROC archives to OVLR with any rights etc for the name and organization.

Canadian Series I Club

 

 

• Contact:c/o Dave Davey, RR. 5, Bracebridge, Ontario, P1L 1X3 CANADA
• Newsletter The Full Tilt
• Status: Dead. Inactive for more than 7 years
• Profile:

Island Rovers (British Columbia, Canada)

Status: Inactive (No newsletter)

Land Rover Register of Canada

Status: Dead
The LR Register was established in 1991 to try and take over responsibility for producing a newsletter for the ALROC chapter clubs on a national basis. The newsletter, Oil leak, was produced for one year (Two issues). The Land Rover Register of Canada was folded in 1992

Newfoundland Register

Status: Inactive (No newsletter)

Prairie Rovers (Manitoba Canada)

Status: Dead (Editor sold his Land Rover, club in stasis)

• An Asterisk"*" Denotes membership in the Association of North American Rover Clubs (ANARC)
• Accuracy: Parts of this list is to be considered as accurate per the "Last Contact" note which indicates when information was last updated. The editors of this list make no guarantees to organizations listed to actually carry out events, produce a newsletter, etc. Where it is proven (For the purposes of this page, receipts of newsletter rs at the OVLR editors door or a similarly reliable source) that a club/organization has produced a newsletter, it is mentioned.