The Anglican Diocese of Rupert’s Land administers the parishes under its jurisdiction. The Diocese has its roots in the first Anglican missionaries arriving the Red River Settlement in 1820. In 1849, Anglicans founded the Diocese of Rupert’s Land, whose territory stretched across what is today western Canada. As a result, the Diocese had an influential role in the spread of Anglican missionaries in the west. Starting in 1874, the Diocese began to subdivide its territory to form other diocese.
While the Diocese never had Anglican residential schools operating within its boundaries, and thus not mentioned in the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement (IRSSA), parishioners would sometimes support Indigenous students to attend residential school in other parts of Canada. Anglican women’s auxiliary groups also sent care packages to residential school.
1881-2013