# Finding a church when you are new to Canada > New to Canada and looking for a church? Each denomination’s official church finder, services in your language, and what to ask before your first visit. Canonical: https://canadianchurches.ca/best/newcomers-to-canada Last updated: 2026-10-29 By the Canadian Churches team. Checked 2026-10-29. If you have just moved to Canada, the quickest way to a church of your own tradition is usually that church’s own finder. Most Canadian denominations keep one. Below is each one we could find on the denomination’s own website, then how to look across all of them at once, including churches with services in your language. ## Official church finders, by tradition In the order of our denominations page, not ranked. Each link goes to the denomination’s own finder, checked October 29, 2026. - [Catholic: Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops](https://www.cccb.ca/the-catholic-church-in-canada/directory-of-dioceses-eparchies-ordinariates/): Every Latin diocese, Eastern Catholic eparchy and ordinariate in Canada, each with its own website listing its parishes and Mass times. - [Catholic Mass times: MassTimes](https://masstimes.org/about): A worldwide Catholic Mass and Confession times search with language and rite filters, run by the Mass Times Trust. See [how it compares](https://canadianchurches.ca/alternatives/masstimes). - [Orthodox Church in America: Archdiocese of Canada](https://www.archdiocese.ca/communities): A map of the archdiocese’s parishes and missions across Canada. It is one of several Orthodox churches in Canada; find the others on our [Orthodox churches](https://canadianchurches.ca/denominations/orthodox-churches) page. - [Anglican and ELCIC Lutheran: findachurch.ca](https://findachurch.ca/): The Anglican Church of Canada’s and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada’s own congregation finder, by location, name, diocese or synod. See [how it compares](https://canadianchurches.ca/alternatives/findachurch). - [United Church of Canada: Find a Location](https://united-church.ca/search/locator): Congregations by name or location, with filters for ethnocultural and language-specific, Affirming and Indigenous communities of faith. - [Lutheran Church–Canada: Find a Congregation](https://www.lutheranchurchcanada.ca/find/): Congregations of Lutheran Church–Canada, a separate church from the ELCIC. - [Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada: Church Locator](https://paoc.org/church-locator): PAOC congregations across Canada. - [Christian Reformed Church: Find a Church](https://www.crcna.org/churches): Christian Reformed congregations in Canada and the United States. - [Mennonite Church Canada: Find a Church](https://www.mennonitechurch.ca/congregations): Congregations of Mennonite Church Canada. - [Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada: Find a Church](https://www.adventist.ca/resources/find-a-church/): Adventist churches across Canada, from the church’s national office. - [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Meetinghouse Locator](https://maps.churchofjesuschrist.org/): Meetinghouses and their meeting times, worldwide. - [Jehovah’s Witnesses: meetings](https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/meetings/): Kingdom Hall locations and meeting times. The page says “Seats are free. No collections are ever taken.” ## Looking across every church at once A denomination’s finder shows only its own congregations. Canadian Churches lists churches of every Christian denomination in one place, by [province](https://canadianchurches.ca/ontario), city and [denomination](https://canadianchurches.ca/denominations), so you can see what is near your new home before you choose. ## Services in your language Canadian Churches has city pages for churches with services in Korean, Chinese, Filipino, Tamil, South Asian languages, Spanish, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Polish, Arabic, Amharic and Tigrinya, Farsi and other languages. A city gets a page for a language once at least two churches there hold services in it, across every denomination, and churches can add the languages they worship in themselves. ## Before your first visit - Check the service time on the church’s own website or by phone: times change in summer and at Christmas and Easter. - Ask which service is in your language, if the church has more than one. - Ask whether there is a newcomers’ welcome, children’s program or English class, if you need one. - If the church has a Christmas Eve or Easter service you want to attend, see our [Christmas services](https://canadianchurches.ca/christmas-services) by city. Run a church? List its Christmas services free: [Add your church’s Christmas services](https://canadianchurches.ca/christmas-services/add). ## Questions ### How do I find a church near me in Canada? Start with your own tradition’s official finder (listed above), or look at every church in your city on Canadian Churches by denomination. Then call or check the church’s website for this week’s service times. ### How do I find a church that worships in my language? Canadian Churches has a page for each language in a city once at least two churches there hold services in it. The United Church of Canada’s finder also filters for ethnocultural and language-specific congregations. ## Sources - [Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops: directory of dioceses, eparchies and ordinariates](https://www.cccb.ca/the-catholic-church-in-canada/directory-of-dioceses-eparchies-ordinariates/) - [MassTimes: About](https://masstimes.org/about) - [Orthodox Church in America, Archdiocese of Canada: communities](https://www.archdiocese.ca/communities) - [findachurch.ca](https://findachurch.ca/) - [The United Church of Canada: Find a Location](https://united-church.ca/search/locator) - [Lutheran Church–Canada: Find a Congregation](https://www.lutheranchurchcanada.ca/find/) - [Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada: Church Locator](https://paoc.org/church-locator) - [Christian Reformed Church: Find a Church](https://www.crcna.org/churches) - [Mennonite Church Canada: Find a Church](https://www.mennonitechurch.ca/congregations) - [Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada: Find a Church](https://www.adventist.ca/resources/find-a-church/) - [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Meetinghouse Locator](https://maps.churchofjesuschrist.org/) - [Jehovah’s Witnesses: Meetings](https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/meetings/) ## Related - [Canadian Churches: find a church near you](https://canadianchurches.ca) - [Churches in Canada by denomination](https://canadianchurches.ca/denominations) - [Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services near you](https://canadianchurches.ca/christmas-services) - [MassTimes vs Canadian Churches](https://canadianchurches.ca/alternatives/masstimes) - [findachurch.ca vs Canadian Churches](https://canadianchurches.ca/alternatives/findachurch) - [Apostles' Creed vs Nicene Creed: which churches say which](https://canadianchurches.ca/vs/apostles-creed-vs-nicene-creed) - [Church wedding and funeral fees in Canada](https://canadianchurches.ca/cost/church-wedding-fees) - [All church comparisons and guides](https://canadianchurches.ca/compare)