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Statistics 1959-2017

The following are statistical reports on parishes and dioceses in the Anglican Church of Canada. The reports generally cover the year of publication and two years previous. Exceptions in this format (between 1959 and 1967) are noted below.

Over the years a number of committees and departments of General Synod produced these reports.

  • National Statistics 2017
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  • National Statistics 1970
  • National Statistics 1969
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  • National Statistics 1966-1967
  • National Statistics 1964-1966 (Journal of Proceedings, 23rd General Synod)
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