Canons of the Diocese

Index of Canons

The following PDF files are revised and new canons approved at Synod 2006 and 2008.

Canons


  • 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

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