Community — Landmark — Sanctuary

Please join us for a service

Sundays: 10 am Eucharist (alternate BCP/BAS) with Children’s Programme
Wednesdays: 11 am Eucharist (BCP)
9 am Morning Prayer (Matins) Mondays through Fridays on-site (Hybrid Matins Wed. & Fri.)

What you'll find at St. Paul's

Our doors are wide open to people from all backgrounds who wish to join us on our faith journey, as we follow Jesus Christ. Week by week for almost 275 years, people from all walks of life have gathered in our building, in joyful celebration of the love of God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Please contact us for COVID-adjusted hours.

Worship With Us

For more than 14,000 Sundays worshippers have gathered here to celebrate Christ’s death and resurrection, to read God’s word and to hear it preached from the pulpit, to bring before Him the needs of the world and to offer Him humble thanks for his goodness.

Explore History

St. Paul’s is the oldest building in Halifax and the oldest existing Anglican place of worship in Canada. Founded by proclamation of King George II in 1749, the building was erected in the summer of 1750.

Find Sanctuary

A sanctuary is a place of refuge from danger, and many have entered St. Paul’s Church with that in mind since the mid-eighteenth century. In its early days the most obviously vulnerable have sought refuge, or been carried to it, during catastrophes—the injured, the dying, the dead.

Parish Life & Parish Missions

Who We Are & What We Do

St. Paul’s has a rich and busy community life anchored in shared worship (liturgy). Our parish life includes community luncheons, Christian education, and other programmes, such as:

St. Paul’s Church Music

Programmes for children & youth

Important community events

St. Paul’s also has a number of outreach programmes and missions in which we serve our community:

Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre

St. Mark’s Food Bank

The Holly House