John McGill (March 1752 – December 31, 1834) was a Scottish born military officer and public official in Upper Canada.
Born in Auckland, Scotland in 1752, McGill was deployed to Virginia in 1773 with the British Army as Lieutenant in the Queen’s Own Loyal Virginia Regiment (formed 1775 by Lord Dunmore in Norfolk, Virginia but disbanded in New York in 1776) and later merged into the Queen’s Ranger.
After the American Revolution Captain McGill settled with his wife Catherine in Parrytown, New Brunswick and finally York, Upper Canada in 1792.
[2] McGill became a member of the Executive Council of Upper Canada for York (1796–1818) and later served in the Legislative Council of Upper Canada (1797–1834).
The site of his home is now the Metropolitan United Church (originally as Metropolitan Wesleyan Methodist Church) since 1872 and the rest of the land is of mix use and includes a number of key buildings and institutions: A short east-west street on his former estate, McGill Street, along with McGill Parkette are named for him.