Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto)
The Cathedral Church of St. James is an Anglican cathedral in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the location of the oldest congregation in the city, with the parish being established in 1797. The church, with construction beginning in 1850 and opening for services on June 19, 1853, was one of the largest buildings in the city at that time. It was designed by Frederick William Cumberland and is a prime example of Gothic Revival architecture.
Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto)
View of King Street, with the church in the background. The building was the second church to be built there.
The current church building, c. 1890s
The funeral for Ted Rogers was held at the church in 2008
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