About the Anglican Church
These resources offer an introduction to the Anglican Church of Canada, including how it is organized, governed and some of its most widely used resources.
The Book of Alternative Services (BAS) is the Anglican Church of Canada’s primary contemporary prayer book, offering structured prayers, liturgies and guidance for worship in a Canadian Anglican context.
The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) is the Anglican Church of Canada’s traditional prayer book, a cornerstone of Anglican worship and spirituality.
The Waterloo Declaration (2001) formalized the full communion relationship between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, enabling shared ministry, worship and sacramental life while respecting each church’s distinctiveness.
A printable map offers a clear geographic view of the Anglican Church of Canada, showing each diocese within the four ecclesiastical provinces.
The Find a Church website is the official online directory jointly maintained by the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. It allows users across Canada to locate Anglican and Lutheran congregations by city, province or postal code.
For All the Saints is a trusted companion to the Calendar of the Church Year in the Book of Alternative Services. It provides prayers, readings and biographical notes for memorials, commemorations and saints’ days, supporting individuals and communities in marking the lives of those who have witnessed to the gospel across many times and places.
This guide outlines the typical forms of address for Anglican clergy in written and spoken communication. It provides clear examples for deacons, priests, canons, deans, archdeacons, bishops and archbishops, including both full and abbreviated honorifics and appropriate salutations.
The Gospel in the centre of the Indigenous Sacred Circle, supported by A Disciple’s Prayer Book, has become an important and dynamic part of the growing spiritual movement among Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island.
The Handbook of the General Synod is the official manual for how the Anglican Church of Canada governs itself nationally. It includes the Church’s Constitution, canons and procedures and outlines the roles of General Synod members, officers, executive council and committees.
A Covenant and our Journey of Spiritual Renewal was created by a group of Indigenous Anglican leaders in Winnipeg, April 1994, in response to the apology offered by then Primate Michael Peers at the 1993 Sacred Circle gathering in Minaki, Ontario, for the harms caused by residential schools.