The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada


The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Canada
The Cardston Alberta Temple is the oldest LDS temple outside the United States
AreaNA Central
NA Northeast
NA West
Members203,339 (2023)[1]
Stakes53
Districts4
Wards347
Branches142
Total Congregations[2]489
Missions6
Temples9 Operating
1 Announced
10 Total
Family History Centers154[3]

Since its organization in New York in 1830, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) has had a presence in Canada. The church's first missionaries to preach outside of the United States preached in Upper Canada; the first stake to be established outside of the U.S. was the Alberta Stake; and the Cardston Alberta Temple was the first church temple built outside of the boundaries of the United States.

With the church reporting more than 200,000 members at year-end 2022, Canada ranks as having the 4th largest body of members of the LDS Church in North America and the 12th worldwide.[4] The 2021 Canadian Census survey reported approximately 0.2% of the population (about 87,725 people) identified themselves as church members.[5]

  1. ^ "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by Country: Canada", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved 10 April 2024
  2. ^ Excludes groups meeting separate from wards and branches.
  3. ^ Category:Canada Family History Centers, familysearch.org, retrieved 29 May 2022
  4. ^ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics
  5. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (9 February 2022). "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

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