Anglican Church of Canada facts for kids
The Anglican Church of Canada is the member church of the Anglican Communion in Canada. In 2007, it had over 545,000 members in 1,676 parishes. It is the third largest church in Canada, after the Roman Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada.
English settlers brought the Church of England with them when they settled Canada in the 1500s. Until the 1830s, the Canadian church was completely under the control of the Church of England: the Church of England appointed all Canadian bishops and all funding for the Canadian church came from the British parliament.
Images for kids
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A bilingual example of the classic welcome sign displayed outside Anglican churches throughout Canada, at Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal
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The replica of John Cabot's ship Matthew. The first cleric of the English Church sailed on her to North America in 1497.
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Oldest Anglican chalice in Canada (1663); Rev. Roger Aitken gave it to St. Peter's Anglican Church (West LaHave, Nova Scotia) (1818), King's University Archives
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St. Paul's Church, Halifax. The oldest Anglican Church in Canada still standing, built in 1750
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Reconstruction of Port Royal by Parks Canada
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Charles Inglis. Became first bishop of Nova Scotia in 1787 and first bishop of the Church of England outside the British Isles in the British Empire
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John Strachan
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Anglican archbishops and bishops of Canada, c. 1924
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The church in Hay River, Northwest Territories
