St. Paul's Church (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
St. Paul's Church is an evangelical Anglican church in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, within the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island of the Anglican Church of Canada. It is located at the south end of the Grand Parade, an open square in downtown Halifax with Halifax City Hall at the northern end.
St Paul's Church
Brigadier General Francis McLean – defended New Ireland (Maine) during American Revolution, died 1781 – oldest monument in church
(Loyalist) Governor of South Carolina Lord Charles Montagu
Lt.-Col. Peter Waterhouse by Lancelot Edward Wood (Chelsea, London), fought in the Battle of Corunna
Anglican Church of Canada
The Anglican Church of Canada is the province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French-language name is l'Église anglicane du Canada. In 2022, the Anglican Church counted 294,931 members on parish rolls in 1,978 congregations, organized into 1,498 parishes. The 2021 Canadian census counted 1,134,315 self-identified Anglicans, making the Anglican Church the third-largest Canadian church after the Catholic Church and the United Church of Canada.
A bilingual example of the classic welcome sign displayed outside Anglican churches throughout Canada, at Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal
The replica of John Cabot's ship Matthew. The first cleric of the English Church sailed on her to North America in 1497.
Oldest Anglican chalice in Canada (1663); Rev. Roger Aitken gave it to St. Peter's Anglican Church (West LaHave, Nova Scotia) (1818), University of King's College Archives
St. Paul's Church, Halifax. The oldest Anglican Church in Canada still standing, built in 1750
