Archives

Records of United Church of Canada are held throughout the country in Regional Archives and the General Council Archives.

Regional Archives:

(Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Sackville, St. Johns)

• Regional Archives hold records of Regions, Communities of Faith, former Conferences and presbyteries.
• Regional archives hold various types of records: administrative records, congregational records, vital statistics records and registers, and local church history file collections.
• Regional Archives handle all certificate requests (baptismal, marriage)
• Visit the United Church of Canada Archives website for contact information for regional archivists, links to their websites, and information on sending records to regional archives.

General Council Archives

(Toronto)

• General Council Archives holds the records of the General Council of the United Church and it’s antecedent denominations (Methodist, some Presbyterian, Evangelical United Brethren and Congregational).
• General Council Archives also collects personal papers of Church leaders and prominent members of the church community, inter-church and ecumenical records, social justice and Canadian history records, missionary photographs and papers, and holds an extensive publication and ephemera collection.
• Visit the United Church of Canada Archives website to find out more.