One of four Ecclesiastical Provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada, the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada consists of seven dioceses: Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, Central Newfoundland, Western Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Montreal.

The Anglican Church of Canada is an autonomous national church within the Anglican Communion consisting of over 800,000 members on parish rolls (although many more identify themselves as Anglican in the census). The first Anglicans in Canada were 16th century English explorers led by Martin Frobisher and his chaplain, The Reverend Robert Wolfall. The church did not become established here, however, until the consecration of Charles Inglis as bishop of Nova Scotia in 1787. He had responsibility for colonists and missionary work as far west as Niagara. The Canadian church developed and grew with the country, becoming administratively independent of the Church of England even as Canada became a self governing dominion within the Commonwealth. The head of the Anglican Church of Canada is the Primate – the presiding bishop of the national church. The current acting Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada is Archbishop Anne Germond. We will elect a new Primate at our General Synod in June.