Christ Church Deer Park is a parish of the
Anglican Church of Canada
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in the
Diocese of Toronto. The parish church is located at 1570
Yonge Street, in the
Deer Park area of
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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. Christ Church Deer Park is part of the
Churches on the Hill
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Religion
* Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship
* Chris ...
, an
ecumenical
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grouping of local congregations.
History
Originally a mission of the parish of St. John's,
York Mills
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, it was one of the earliest Anglican churches in
North Toronto
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. While the mission congregation began meeting in
Leaside
Leaside (/'liːˌsaɪd/) is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located northeast of Downtown Toronto, in the vicinity of Eglinton Avenue East and Bayview Avenue. The area takes its name from William Lea and the Lea family, who se ...
in the 1860s, it later moved to the area of Deer Park. Today, the parish is known largely for its tradition of choral music.
In 1911, the parish of
Grace Church on-the-Hill
Grace Church on-the-Hill is a parish of the Anglican Church of Canada in the Diocese of Toronto. The parish church is located at 300 Lonsdale Road, in the Forest Hill area of Toronto, Ontario.
Grace Church is featured in the novel ''A Prayer ...
was carved out of the Christ Church parish boundaries. In 1970, the church was the site of the ordination to the priesthood of
Andrew Hutchison, who would later serve as
Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.
On January 1, 2018, the Rev. Canon Cheryl Palmer became the
Rector
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*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of Christ Church Deer Park. The previous Rector was the Rev. Canon
Kevin Robertson
Kevin George Robertson (born February 8, 1959) is an American former water polo player, who won two Olympic silver medals during his career: in 1984 and 1988. He was affiliated with the University of California. In 1994, he was inducted into th ...
, who was consecrated Area Bishop of York-Scarborough in January 2017.
Gallery
File:TorontoDeerParkView.jpg, View of Deer Park (Lawton Park & Christ Church) looking north, from 1878 Atlas.
File:TorontoDeerParkChristChurch.jpg, Deer Park's old Christ Church (Anglican) in Yonge St. Gore at Lawton Blvd, Toronto.
See also
*
*
List of Anglican churches in Toronto
References
External links
Official websiteChrist Church Deer Park– Architectural Conservancy of Ontario
Anglican church buildings in Toronto
20th-century Anglican church buildings in Canada
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