The Presbyterian Church in Canada is the name of a Protestant Christian church, of presbyterian and reformed theology and polity, serving in Canada under this name since 1875, although the United Church of Canada claimed the right to the name from 1925 to 1939. According to the Canada 2001 Census 409,830 Canadians identify themselves as Presbyterian, that is, 1.4% of the population.

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  • The Presbyterian Church in Canada is the name of a Protestant Christian church, of presbyterian and reformed theology and polity, serving in Canada under this name since 1875, although the United Church of Canada claimed the right to the name from 1925 to 1939. According to the Canada 2001 Census 409,830 Canadians identify themselves as Presbyterian, that is, 1.4% of the population. Its roots in Canada can be traced back both to Scottish settlers and French Huguenots, and the first Presbyterian churches formed in the late 1500s and early 1600s, following such European Protestant Reformation theologians such as John Calvin and John Knox. Once the largest Christian denomination in English-speaking Canada, in 1925 some 70% of its congregations joined with the Methodist Church of Canada and the Congregationalist Union to form the United Church of Canada. The terms Continuing Presbyterians and Non-Concurring Presbyterians were then used by those who did not participate in the merger, until the legal right to use the name "Presbyterian Church in Canada" was regained in 1939. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that although the institutional Presbyterian Church in Canada may legally have merged with the Methodist Church, the United Church had effectively vacated the name and it remained available to the non-concurring Presbyterians. It also was a benefit to have support from a Governor General of Canada, such as Lord Tweedsmuir, and Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King in their respective offices in 1939.
  • L'Église presbytérienne du Canada est une communauté chrétienne issue de la Réforme qui compte plus de 400 000 fidèles au Canada. Elle est affiliée à l'Alliance réformée mondiale. Elle tire ses origines du régiment du 78e Frasers Highlanders qui est venue au pays à la suite de la Conquête britannique de la Nouvelle-France. Elle s'est surtout implantée en Nouvelle-Écosse et a fondé un collège presbytérien à Montréal. En 1925, une partie de ses membres s'est jointe à l'Église unie du Canada. Elle entretient des relations œcuméniques par le biais du conseil œcuménique des Églises. Fondatrice de plusieurs missions en Afrique et en Asie, elle édite en outre le Presbyterian Record.
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  • source, Acts and Proceedings 2007 pp 713)
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  • 70% of the Presbyterian Church in Canada joined the United Church of Canada in 1925
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  • The Presbyterian Church in Canada is the name of a Protestant Christian church, of presbyterian and reformed theology and polity, serving in Canada under this name since 1875, although the United Church of Canada claimed the right to the name from 1925 to 1939. According to the Canada 2001 Census 409,830 Canadians identify themselves as Presbyterian, that is, 1.4% of the population.
  • L'Église presbytérienne du Canada est une communauté chrétienne issue de la Réforme qui compte plus de 400 000 fidèles au Canada. Elle est affiliée à l'Alliance réformée mondiale. Elle tire ses origines du régiment du 78e Frasers Highlanders qui est venue au pays à la suite de la Conquête britannique de la Nouvelle-France. Elle s'est surtout implantée en Nouvelle-Écosse et a fondé un collège presbytérien à Montréal.
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