Common short forms: CM, Meth

In 1874, a number of Canadian Wesleyan Methodist and Methodist New Connexion churches united to form The Methodist Church of Canada. It existed until 1884 when it united with others to form The Methodist Church.

See Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, Peterborough Co 1825-1896 - OGS(Kawartha) (2001) ISBN 0-7779-2052-2 for a listing of baptisms performed Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada up to 1874, the Methodist Church of Canada 1874-1884, and the Methodist Church (Canada) after 1884. Read the Introduction and Users’ Guide carefully!

The information below is from Cornish, George H - Cyclopaedia of Methodism in Canada - Methodist Book and Publishing House (Vol 1 to 1880 published in 1881, and Vol 2 1881 to 1884 published in 1903), the Minutes of the Annual Conferences of the Methodist Church of Canada, and the reports of the Methodist Missionar4y Society (MMS). See the introduction to the Wesleyan Methodists for comments on Missionary Society reports.

The congregations below were mostly in Peterborough District (the UCA has a full set of District Minutes) but some were in Lindsay District (UCA has Minutes from 1876) and in Cobourg District (UCA has Minutes for 1874-81, 1883). None of these minutes have been checked for this work.