Kind of. We don’t see the same type of extremism from American Tories as we do from Nazis, but there was a sizable population of latter day Loyalists in North America. Most ended up in Canada. The British offered land, stipends, and supplies to thousands of Loyalist refugees who were forced out of their homes due to Patriot violence. Many had lost their homes when the Patriot government took it for their “disloyalty.” Many felt their lives were in danger.

This first wave of Loyalists went north in the 1780s. The “late Loyalists” as Alan Taylor calls them, began filtering into Nova Scotia, Ontario, and New Brunswick in the 1790s and 1800s. This group had been either Patriots or neutral during the Revolution. Circumstances changed after the war when economic inequality becomes more pronounced and it became clear that independence had not solved all their problems. Some of these “late Loyalists” were drawn north by offers of free land offered by the British, but many eagerly and earnestly professed their allegiance to King George. They fought with Britain during the War of 1812 and became the founding Anglo-speaking population of Canada. The Loyalist founding myth is an important one in Canada, but it often neglects to mention that there were thousands more “late Loyalists” than those who fled north immediately after the war.

Alan Taylor, Civil War Of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, and Indian Allies