Acts and Constitution

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in the event of any discrepancy between this version and the official printed version, the latter shall prevail.
Canons

„Canon 1 Election, Appointment, Consecration and Resignation of Bishops – Amended Synod 2019
„Canon 3  Appointment of Administrator - Amended Synod 2017
„Canon 4  The Chancellor
„Canon 5 Archdeacons - Amended 2003
„Canon 6 The Registrar - Amended 2013
„Canon 7 The General Synod, 1996
„Canon 8 The Provincial Synod -  Amended 2013
„Canon 10 The Financial Management and Development VSST – Amended Synod 2013
„Canon 11 The Diocesan Executive Council -  Amended Synod 2025
„Canon 16 Budget - Amended Synod 2025
„Canon 17 Nominations and Elections -  Amended 2015
„Canon 18 The University of King’s College, 1999
„Canon 20 Regions and Regional Deans - Amended Synod 2025
„Canon 23 Archivist, 1991
„Canon 24 Archives - Amended 2013
„Canon 25 Appointment, Transfer and Resignation of Stipendiary Clergy - Amended Synod 2023
„Canon 26 Candidates for Holy Orders, 1996
„Canon 27 Licensed Lay Ministers (formerly Lay Readers), 2019
„Canon 28 Episcopal Jurisdiction Respecting the Clergy, 1984 - Amended 2009
„Canon 29 Relinquishment and Abandonment of the Ordained Ministry, 1984
„Canon 30 Discipline, 1996
„Canon 31 Trusteeship - Enacted 2009, Amended 2013
„Canon 35 Parish Government - Amended Synod 2025 

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Microsoft Word version (for proposing parish-specific amendments)

        Multi-Church Model By-laws Final Approved.docx

        Single-Church Model By-laws Final Approved.docx

„Canon 36 Parochial Endowment
„Canon 37 Parochial Finances – Amended Synod 2019
„Canon 38  Parochial Property – Amended Synod 2017
„Canon 39 Parish Cemeteries and Burial Grounds and Columbaria - Amended 2015
„Canon 40 Parish Records, 1987
„Canon 41 Parish Difficulties - Amended 2013
„Canon 42 Interpretation - Adopted 2009

 

REPEALED

Canon 2 -1999,  Canon 9 -1980, Canon 12 -1994, Canon 13- 1994, Canon 14 , 1994, Canon 15, 1994, Canon 19  - Synod 2017 (Diocesan Book Room) and Canon 21  - 1978 Canon Clergy Employment outside Regular Duties

UNALLOCATED

Canon 22, 32, 22 and 24 

Provincial & General Synod Canons

Provincial Canons

Canons on the Province of Canada website

1. The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada and its Dioceses
2. The Election, office and work of the Metropolitan Bishop
3. The Election, Appointment, Consecration and Resignation of Bishop
4. The Licensing of Clergy
5. Discipline and the Court of Appeal
6. The Canons of General Synod

General Synod Canons

Canons on the National Web Site

1. Name of the Church
2. Corporate Seal
3. The Primacy
4. Unallocated
5. Archives
6. Finance Management
7. Missionary Society
8. The General Synod Pension and Income Continuance Plans
9. Lay Retirement Plan
10. Unallocated
11. Anglican Book Centre
12. Continuing Education Plan
13. Deaconesses
14. The Book of Common Prayer
15. The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario
16. The Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia
17. The Licensing of Clergy
18. Discipline
19. Relinquishment and Abandonment of the Ministry
20. The Supreme Court of Appeal
21. On Marriage in the Church