Canons of the Diocese

Index of Canons

The following PDF files are revised and new canons approved at Synod 2010

• Section A of the Canons includes:
  
  • CANON A1: On the Composition of the Synod
  • CANON A2: On the Organization of the Synod
  • CANON A3: On the Proceedings of the Synod
  • CANON A4: On the Seal of the Synod and the Execution of Documents
  • CANON A5: On the Committees of the Synod
  • CANON A6: On the Synod Council
  • CANON A7: On the Keeping of the Synod Accounts
  • CANON A8: On Election of Members to the Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario
  • CANON A9: On the Election of Members to the General Synod of The Anglican Church of Canada
  • CANON A10: On Elections to Trinity College Council and Corporation
• Section B of the Canons includes:
  
  • Canon B1: Election and Stipend of a Bishop
  • Canon B2: Election and Stipend of a Coadjutor or Suffragan Bishop
  • Canon B3: The Bishop?s Commissary
  • Canon B4: Appointment and Responsibilities of Archdeacons
  • Canon B5: Office of a Regional Dean
  • Canon B6: Officers of the Synod
  • Canon B7: Stipends of Clergy Holding the Bishop?s Regular Licence
  • Canon B8: The Diaconate
  • Canon B9: Layreaders
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon B9: Layreaders
  • Canon B10: The Diocesan Cathedral
  • Canon B11: The Diocesan Budget: Common Ministry and Mission
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon B11: The Diocesan Budget
  • Canon B12: Insurance
  • Canon B13: The General Synod Pension Plan
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon B13: The General Synod Pension Plan
  • Canon B14: The Clergy Trust Fund
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon B14: The Clergy Trust Fund
  • Canon B15: The Clergy Superannuation Fund
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon B15: Clergy Superannuation Fund
  • Canon B16: The Widows?, Widowers? and Orphans? Fund
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon B16
  • Canon B17: Funding for Divinity Students
  • Canon B18: The Kingston Rectory Fund
  • Canon B19: The Belleville Rectory Fund
• Section C of the Canons includes:
  
  • Canon C1: Vestries and Churchwardens
  • Canon C2: Lay Representatives to Synod
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon C2: Lay Representatives
  • Canon C3: Parish and Congregational Councils
  • Canon C4: Appointments to Parishes
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon C4: Appointments to Parishes
  • Canon C5: Clergy Housing and Rectories
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon C5: Clergy Housing
  • Canon C6: Land and Buildings
  • Canon C7: Annual Statistical and Other Reports
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon C7: Annual Reports
  • Canon C8: Gifts and Bequests to Parishes
  • Canon C9: Collection of Extra Diocesan and/or Parhochial Funds
  • Canon C10: Parish Records and Their Custody
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon C10
  • Canon C11: Parish or Congregational Alignment and/or Disestablishment
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon C11
  • Canon C12: Settlement of a Difference Between an Incumbent and a Parish
  • Regulations pursuant to Canon C12
• Section D of the Canons includes:
  
  • Canon D1: Discipline
  • Canon D2: Proceedings of a Disciplinary Nature Before the Bishop
  • Canon D3: Sexual Misconduct

for more information about the Canons of the Diocese, please contact the Diocesan Registrar, Mrs. Anne Patterson