Meeting Frequency (Triennial)
From 1893 until 1965 the General Synod normally met every three years (triennially) with only a few exceptions. There was a six year gap between the 2nd (1896) and 3rd (1902) General Synods and a four year gap between the 6th (1911) and 7th (1915) caused by the outbreak of World War I. There was a four year gap between the 11th (1927) and the 12th (1931) due to the financial pressures of the Depression and another 6 year gap between the 14th (1937) and 15th (1943) due to the outbreak of World War II. In 1955 the name of the Church was officially changed from “Church of England in Canada” to “Anglican Church of Canada”.
Meeting Frequency (Biennial)
There was a four year gap between the 19th General Synod in 1955 and the 20th in 1959. Between 1965 (22nd General Synod) and 1977 (28th) General Synod met every two years (biennially).
Meeting Frequency (Triennial)
In 1980 with its 22nd meeting, General Synod returned to a three year cycle.
Month of Meeting
Up until 1959 General Synod almost always met in the month of September or began to meet in August and concluded in September. The only exception was the 1921 Synod which met entirely in the month of October. The four Synods between 1962 and 1969 all met in August. In 1971 General Synod met for the first and only time in the winter (25 January to 2 February). Starting in 1973 General Synod began to meet regularly in May or June with only two exception — August in 1977 and July in 2001. The 2001 Synod was the only one ever held in July and this was because General Synod met at the same time as the National Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC). Anglicans picked the venue in 2001 (Waterloo, Ont.) and Lutherans picked the month (July).
| Meeting No. | Date | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Church of England in Canada | ||
| 1st | 1893 September 13-20 | Toronto, Ont. |
| 2nd | 1896 September 2-11 | Winnipeg, Man. |
| 3rd | 1902 September 3-12 | Montreal, Que. |
| 4th | 1905 September 6-15 | Quebec City, Que. |
| 5th | 1908 September 23- October 2 | Ottawa, Ont. |
| 6th | 1911 September 6-14 | London, Ont. |
| 7th | 1915 September 15-27 | Toronto, Ont. |
| 8th | 1918 September 15-21 | Toronto, Ont. |
| 9th | 1921 October 5-15 | Hamilton, Ont. |
| 10th | 1924 September 24 – October 2 | London, Ont. |
| 11th | 1927 September 14-22 | Kingston, Ont. |
| 12th | 1931 September 15-25 | Toronto, Ont. |
| 13th | 1934 September 12-21 | Montreal, Que. |
| 14th | 1937 August 30 – September 8 | Halifax, N.S. |
| 15th | 1943 September 9-17 | Toronto, Ont. |
| 16th | 1946 September 4-13 | Winnipeg, Man. |
| 17th | 1949 September 7-15 | Halifax, N.S. |
| 18th | 1952 September 4-12 | London, Ont. |
| 19th | 1955 August 30 – September 8 | Edmonton, Alb. |
| Anglican Church of Canada | ||
| 20th | 1959 September 1-8 | Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que. |
| 21st | 1962 August 22-30 | Kingston, Ont. |
| 22nd | 1965 August 25- September 2 | Vancouver, B.C. |
| 23rd | 1967 August 22-31 | Ottawa, Ont. |
| 24th | 1969 August 18-26 | Sudbury, Ont. |
| 25th | 1971 January 25- February 2 | Niagara Falls, Ont. |
| 26th | 1973 May 3-11 | Regina, Sask. |
| 27th | 1975 June 12-19 | Quebec City, Que. |
| 28th | 1977 August 11-18 | Calgary, Alb. |
| 29th | 1980 June 17-25 | Peterborough, Ont. |
| 30th | 1983 June 4-12 | Fredericton, N.B. |
| 31st | 1986 June 14-22 | Winnipeg, Man. |
| 32nd | 1989 June 15-23 | St. John’s, Nfld. |
| 33rd | 1992 June 18-26 | Toronto, Ont. |
| 34th | 1995 June 1-9 | Ottawa, Ont. |
| 35th | 1998 May 21-29 | Montreal, Que. |
| 36th | 2001 July 4-11 | Waterloo, Ont. |
| 37th | 2004 May 28- June 4 | St. Catharines, Ont. |
| 38th | 2007 June 19-25 | Winnipeg, Man. |
| 39th | 2010 June 3-11 | Halifax, N.S |
| 40th | 2013 July 3-7 | Ottawa, Ont. |
| 41st | 2016 July 7-12 | Richmond Hill, Ont. |
| 42nd | 2019 July 10-16 | Vancouver, B.C. |
Revised 8 November 2018