The Church in Canada

The Church in Its Canadian Setting

Historical Sites

1. Mt. Pleasant—Joseph Smith preached to Freeman Nickerson’s family here. Canada was the only place outside the United States where the Prophet served as a missionary.

2. Kingston, Sydenham (and Loughborough township), Ernesttown (near present-day Bath)—Areas where the Young brothers taught friends and acquaintances after Brigham and Phineas had traveled to Canada to help convert their brother Joseph.

3. Elgin, Crosby, Westport, Portland—Areas where John E. Page met with missionary success on his Canadian missions. Elgin was referred to by some Saints as “Little Nauvoo” because some members gathered here before emigrating to the U.S. to join the main body of the Church in Nauvoo, Illinois.

4. Toronto—Home area for early converts John Taylor, Joseph Fielding, and others who would be instrumental in opening missionary work in the British Isles. Site of first Canadian stake outside Alberta, organized in 1960 while President Thomas S. Monson, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, was serving as mission president here.

5. Cardston—First LDS settlement in Alberta, and site of first LDS temple outside U.S. or its possessions. It was followed within the next twenty-five years by a number of other small LDS communities in surrounding areas, towns like Aetna, Mountain View, Beazer, Leavitt, Kimball, Magrath, Stirling, Raymond, Taber, Glenwood, and Hill Spring.

Stakes

1. Brampton Ontario	12. Edmonton Alberta Riverbend	23. Ottawa Ontario
2. Calgary Alberta	13. Ft. Macleod Alberta	24. Raymond Alberta
3. Calgary Alberta North	14. Hamilton Ontario	25. Red Deer Alberta
4. Calgary Alberta South	15. Kitchener Ontario	26. Saskatoon Saskatchewan
5. Calgary Alberta West	16. Lethbridge Alberta	27. Taber Alberta
6. Cardston Alberta	17. Lethbridge Alberta East	28. Toronto Ontario
7. Cardston Alberta West	18. London Ontario	29. Vancouver British Columbia
8. Cranbrook British Columbia	19. Magrath Alberta	30. Vancouver British Columbia South
9. Dartmouth Nova Scotia	20. Montreal Quebec	31. Vernon British Columbia
10. Edmonton Alberta Bonnie Doon	21. Montreal Quebec Mt. Royale	32. Victoria British Columbia
11. Edmonton Alberta Millwoods	22. Oshawa Ontario	33. Winnipeg Manitoba

Missions

A. Canada Calgary	C. Canada Montreal	E. Canada Vancouver
B. Canada Halifax	D. Canada Toronto	F. Canada Winnipeg