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Ecclesiastical provinces of the Anglican Church of Canada


The Anglican Church of Canada is divided into four ecclesiastical provinces, each under the jurisdiction of a provincial synod and a metropolitan archbishop, who is elected from among the bishops of the province. The Primate of All Canada is elected from among all the bishops across the country. The first ecclesiastical province — Canada — was created in 1860, followed by Rupert's Land in 1875, Ontario in 1912 (carved from Canada) and British Columbia in 1914 (carved from Rupert's Land). The latter province became "British Columbia and the Yukon" in 1943, when the latter territory was joined to it from Rupert's Land.

The list of dioceses below indicates in parentheses the Canadian provinces and territories in which the dioceses are located.

The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada was founded of all nine Canadian dioceses in 1860, under the metropolitan authority of the Bishop of Montreal. It was within the Church of England until, in 1863, a decision of the imperial Privy Council granted independence from the English church to all (then-)colonial dioceses.

The province was split in 1875, to create the Rupert's Land province, and then both metropolitans granted the title archbishop in 1893; the province today consists of seven dioceses:

The metropolitan is Percy Coffin, Archbishop of Western Newfoundland

The Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land was formed in 1875 – initially under the metropolitan authority of the Bishop of Rupert's Land; both metropolitans granted the title archbishop in 1893 – and today consists of ten dioceses:

[Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamokoweesh]] Bishop Lydia Mamakwa

The metropolitan is Gregory Kerr-Wilson. Archbishop of Calgary

The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario was formed out of the province of Canada and the Diocese of Moosonee (which had been in Rupert's Land province) in 1912. Today, it consists of seven dioceses:


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