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Practicing your faith during your studies
This list of churches, synagogues, mosques, and other places of worship are on or near the Dalhousie campuses. In some cases, other places of worship are listed where they are the only place of worship in Halifax for a particular faith group. A portion of this listing is available in printed format through Multifaith Services. This list is for student information only and does not imply endorsement.
Religions
Bahá'í
Phone: 425.8188
Email: info@halifaxbahai.org
Website: www.halifaxbahai.org
Dalhousie Association of Bahá'í Studies
Email: bahai@dal.ca
Brahma Kumaris
Location: 1 Cedarbrae Lane
Phone: 422.3700
Email: halifax@ca.bkwsu.org
Website: www.bkwsu.com
Buddhism (Shambhala)
Location: 1084 Tower Road
Lineage: Tibetan Buddhism, Kagyu
Phone: 420.1118
Email: halifax@shambhala.org
Website: www.halifax.shambhala.org
Buddhism (Theravada)
Languages: English, Pali, and Sinhala
Location: 817 Herring Cove Road, Spryfield
Phone: 443.5493
Lineage: Theravada, Sri Lankan
Website: www.atlanticbuddhist.com
Email: psinghe@gmail.com
Buddhism (Zen)
Atlantic Soto Zen Community
Location: Dalhousie Multifaith Centre (1342 Edward St.)
Lineage: Soto Zen - Matsuoka Lineage
Email: Rev.James.Smith@dal.ca
Website: http://silentthunderorder.org/atlanticszc/atlantic-soto-zen-center
Ji Jing Chinese Buddhist Temple
Sunday at 9 a.m. and Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Language: Chinese
Location: 2145 Windsor Street
Lineage: Zen and Chan
Phone: 422.0042
Eastern Land Buddhist Association
Sunday at 11 a.m. (spring, summer, fall) with chanting, lunch, teaching, and meditation.
Language: English
Location: Eastern Sea Zen Temple (9703 Peggy's Cove Road)
Phone: 823.2307
*Phone the Master to confirm when the temple is open.
Christianity (Anglican)
All Saints Cathedral (Anglican)
Location: University Ave. at Tower Rd.
Phone: 423.6002
Email: cathedralchurch@eastlink.ca
Website: www.cathedralchurchofallsaints.com
King's College Chapel
Location: Inside Coburg Rd. gate
Phone: 422.1271
Email: gary.thorne@ukings.ns.ca
Website: www.kingschapel.ca
St. George's Round Church
Location: 2222 Bunswick Street
Phone: 423.1059
Email: office@roundchurch.ca
Website: www.roundchurch.ca
St. Paul's Anglican Church
Location: 1749 Argyle Street
Phone: 429.2240
Email: office@stpaulshalifax.org
Website: www.stpaulshalifax.org
Christianity (Baptist)
Bayers Road Baptist Church
Location: 7077 Bayers Road
Phone: 453.4504
Email: brbcoffice@eastlink.ca
Website: www.bayersroadbaptist.ca
Cornwallis Street United Baptist Church
Location: 5457 Cornwallis St.
Phone: 429.5573
Email: csbc@ns.aliantzinc.ca
Website: www.cornwallisstreetbaptist.ca
First Baptist Church
Location: 1300 Oxford Street (across from Shirreff Hall)
Phone: 422.5203
Email: office@fbchalifax.ca
Website: fbchalifax.ca
Koinonia Baptist Church
Location: Halifax Feast Dinner Theatre (1505 Barrington Street; in the Maritime Mall)
Phone: 876.8771
Email: RevElaineWalcott@bellalliant.net
Stoneridge Fellowship
Location: 85 Temple Terrace (Lower Sackville)
Phone: 865.3814
Email: info@stoneridgefellowship.com
Website: www.stoneridgefellowship.com
West End Baptist Church
Location: 1986 Preston Street
Phone: 422.6488
Email: office@westendbaptist.ca
Website: www.westendbaptist.ca
Christianity (Christian Science)
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Location: Corner of South Park and Inglish Street
Phone: 443.2463
Email: susan.clarke@dal.ca
Christianity (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Location: 205 Lacewood Drive
Phone: 902-443-4337
Email: levicatton@gmail.com
Halifax Young Single Adults Branch
President David Excell
Phone: 902.410.3262
Email: moquitch@gmail.com
LDS Student Association
Director: Richard Cartier
Email: cartierrs@ldschurch.org
Phone: 902.412.0272
Website: studentview.ldschurch.org/home.aspx/60359
Christianity (Congregational)
First Congregational Church of Halifax
Location: 1871 Seldon Street
Phone: 423.5068
Email: info@firstcong.ca
Website: www.firstcong.ca
Christianity (Full Gospel)
All Nations Full Gospel Church
Location: Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 2096 Windsor Street
Phone: 412.9399
Email: dgahunde@anfgc.org
Website: www.anfgc.org
Encouraging Lives Ministries
Location: KTS Lecture Hall, New Administrative Building, KTS L (2nd floor; King's College)
Phone: 479.1335
Email: anointedservant@live.ca
Christianity (Jehovah's Witnesses)
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Location: 6192 Charles Street
Phone: 422.9449
Christianity (Lutheran)
Lutheran Church of the Resurrection (ELCIC)
Location: 2096 Windsor Street
Phone: 422.9224
Email: lutheranchurch@eastlink.ca
Website: users.eastlink.ca/~lutheranchurch/Index.html
St. Andrew's Lutheran Church (LC-C)
Location: 2756 Swaine Street (Halifax)
Phone: 448.5662
Email: st.andrewsLutheran.NS@gmail.com
Website: www.st-andrews-lutheran.ca
Christianity (Mennonite)
Gateway Community Church
Location: 10 Beaverbank Road, Lower Sackville
Phone: 865.1731
Email: gateway.church@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: www.gatewayhalifax.com
Christianity (New Apostolic Church)
New Apostolic Church
Location: 151 Joffre Street, Dartmouth
Phone: 902.412.2414
Email: glen@mclearn.net
Website: http://www.naccanada.org/imis_prod/nac
Christianity (Orthodox)
St. Antonios Orthodox Church (Antiochian)
Location: 2480 Windsor Street
Phone: 422.5056
Email: info@saintantonios.ca
Website: www.saintantonios.ca
St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Location: 38 Purcell's Cove Road
Phone: 479.1271
Email: eem@cs.dal.ca
Website: www.halifaxgreeks.ca
St. Mena Coptic Orthodox Church
Location: 167 Willett Street
Phone: 830.6019
Email: frdaniel_rizg@hotmail.com
Website: www.stmena-halifax.org
St. Vladimir Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox)
Location: 629 Purcell's Cove Road
Phone: 982.3759
Email: contact@halifax orthodox.org
Website: http://www.halifaxorthodox.org/
Christianity (Other)
Christian Meditation Group
Location: St. James Anglican Church (enter by the office door on Joseph Howe Drive)
Phone: 477.8022
Location: Basement of Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica (1508 Barrington Street)
Phone: 477.8022
First Church of the Nazarene
Location: 3 Henry Street
Phone: 466.5822
Email: rgyarn@eastlink.ca
Website: www.dartmouthfirstchurch.ca
Grace Chapel (Christian Brethren)
Location: Location: 255 Ross Street, Halifax (Clayton Park)
Phone: 445.2711
Email: info@gracechapel.ca
Website: gracechapel.ca
Halifax Chinese Alliance Church
Location: 1986 Preston St.
Phone: 488.3838
Email: hcac9024883838@gmail.com
Halifax Chinese Christian Church
Location: 958 Barrington Street
Phone: 412.1682
Email: ms8765@gmail.com
Website: www.halifaxchinesechurch.org
Halifax Korean Church
Location: 2021 Oxford Street
Phone: 477.8365
Email: chkang@hotmail.com
Website: www.halifaxkoreanchurch.com
Halifax Metro Vineyard Christian Fellowship
Location: 1129 Sackville Drive, Middle Sackville.
Phone: 864.4652
Email: hfxvineyard@eastlink.ca
Website: www.halifaxvineyard.com
Real Life Community Church
Location: Dalhousie Arts Centre, Rebecca Cohn, Basement, Room 121
Phone: 902.229.5867
Email: info@reallifechurch.ca
Webste: www.reallifechurch.ca
Christianity (Pentecostal)
Faith Tabernacle (Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada)
Location: 6225 Summit Street
Phone: 455.1523
Email: pastorjohncheyne@faithhalifax.org
Website: www.faithhalifax.org
House of Intercessory Prayer Ministries (PAOC)
Location: 261 Bedford Highway, NS, Canada B3M 2K5
Phone: 902 484-7393
Email: balan@hipm.org
Website: hipm.org
Jesus House Halifax (The Redeemed Christian Church of God)
Location: 2760 Robie Street
Phone: 423.5629
Email: jesushousehalifax@yahoo.ca
Website: www.jesushousehalifax.org
One Church
Location: 1673 Barrington Street, Second Floor
Email: hello@onehalifax.com
Website: www.onehalifax.com
Christianity (Presbyterian)
St. David's Presbyterian Church
Location: 1544 Grafton Street
Phone: 423.1944
Email: stdavids@ns.sympatico.ca
Email: msukholee@hotmail.com
Website: www.saintdavids.ca
Christianity (Quakers)
Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
Location: 660 Francklyn Street (Atlantic School of Theology Library)
Phone: 429.2904
Website: www.quaker.ca/halifax
Christianity (Reformed)
All Nations Christian Reformed Church
Location: 2535 Robie Street
Phone: 429.7136
Email: info@allnationscrc.org
Website: www.allnationscrc.org
Christianity (Roman Catholic)
Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church (Roman Catholic)
Location: 5900 Inglis Street (next to Saint Mary's University)
Phone: 423.3057
Email: office@stacm.ca
Website: www.stacm.ca
Our Lady of Lebanon Church (Antiochian Maronite Catholic Church)
Location: 3844 Joseph Howe Drive
Phone: 443.6162
Email: Fr.Azzi@ourladyoflebanon.org
Website: www.ourladyoflebanon.org
Saint Andrew’s Ukrainian Catholic Mission (Ukrainian Catholic)
Location: 26 Courtney Road (Dartmouth)
Phone: 434.7367
St. Joseph's Newman Centre (Roman Catholic)
Location: 6345 Coburg Road (2nd floor)
Phone 422.8265
Email: frdbryk@gmail.com
Website: www.dal.ca/sjnc
St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica
Location: Spring Garden Road at Barrington Street
Phone: 423.4116
Email: rector@catholicchalifax.org
Website: www.catholichalifax.org
St. Thomas Aquinas Church (Roman Catholic)
Location: 1725 Oxford Street
Phone: 423.3057
Email: office@stacm.ca
Website: www.stacm.ca
Christianity (Salvation Army)
Salvation Army Halifax Citadel Community Church
Location: 1327 Barrington Street
Phone: 902-422-3621
Email: halifax.citadel@eastlink.ca
Website: www.salvationarmy.ca
Christianity (Seventh-Day Adventist Church)
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Location: 2063 Parker Street
Phone: 423.3021
Email: danwilsonpastor@gmail.com
Website: www.halifaxadventist.org
Christianity (United Church of Canada)
Brunswick Street United Church
Location: 2107 Brunswick Street
Phone: 481.2782
Email: bsuc@chebucto.ca
Website: bsuc.chebucto.org
Fort Massey United Church
Location: 5303 Tobin Street
Phone: 423.4294
Email: ftmassey@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: www.fortmasseychurch.ca
Hope United Church
Location: 3055 Connaught Avenue
Phone: 455.0261
Email: office@hopeunitedchurch.ca
Website: www.hopeunitedchurch.ca
St. Andrew's United Church
Location: 6036 Coburg Road
Phone: 422.3157
Email: saintandrews@eastlink.ca
Website: standrewshfx.ca
St. John's United Church
Location: 6199 Chebucto Road
Phone: 423.8498
Email: stjohnsunited@eastlink.ca
Website: www.stjohnsunited.com
St. Matthew's United Church
Location: 1479 Barrington Street
Phone: 423.9209
Email: stmatts@ns.sympatico.ca
Website: www.stmatts.ns.ca
Christianity (Wesleyan)
Deep Water Church (Wesleyan Church)
Location: Empire Theatres at Park Lane (corner of Spring Garden Road and Dresden Row)
Phone: 406.0990
Email: info@deepwaterchurch.com
Website: www.deepwaterchurch.com
Metro Wesleyan Church
Location: Halifax West High School (Lacewood Drive)
Phone: 443.2161
E-ail: pastorkevin@metrowesleyan.ca
Website: www.metrowesleyan.ca
Hinduism
Vedanta Ashram Society
Location: 6421 Cork Street
Phone: 431.6000
Website: www.hindutemple-halifax.org
Indigenous Spirituality
Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq
Website: www.cmmns.ca
Mi'kmaq Native Friendship Centre
Location: 2158 Gottingen Street
Website: www.mymnfc.com
Native Post-Secondary Education Counselling Unit
Location: 6286 South Street
Phone: 494.8863
Email: lsyllibo@dal.ca
Website: www.dal.ca/campus_life/student_services/native.html
Islam
Al Rasool Islamic Society (Shi’a)
Location: 2027 Bedford Highway
Phone: 443.6914
Email: syedaqeel@hotmail.com
Centre for Islamic Development
Location: 2728–2732 Robie Street
Phone: 455.1887
Email: contact@cidonline.org
Dalhousie Quiet Rooms
Location: 1321 Edward Street (Quiet Room; Dalhousie Multifaith Centre)
Phone: 494.2287
Email: multifaith@dal.ca
Dalhousie Maritime Muslim Student Association
Email: mmsa@dal.ca
Website: www.maritimemuslimstudentassociation.dsu.dal.ca
Dartmouth Mosque
Location: 42 Leaman Drive
Phone: 469.9490
Website: www.islamnovascotia.ca
Islamic Association of Nova Scotia
Location: 42 Leaman Drive (Dartmouth)
Phone: 469.9490
Email: info@islamnovascotia.ca
Website: www.islamnovascotia.ca
Maritime Muslim Academy
Location: 6225 Chebucto Road (Building C)
Phone: 429.9067
Email: admin@maritimemuslimacademy.ca
Website: www.maritimemuslimacademy.ca
Nova Scotia Islamic Community Centre
Location: 777 Kearney Lake Road
Phone: 832.6300
Email: ahmads@hfx.eastlink.ca
Shia Ismali Muslims
Phone: 902.429.6622
Email: naureenali@live.com
UMMAH Masjid and Community Centre
Location: 6225 Chebucto Road (Building B)
Phone: 999.6960
Website: www.ummahmasjid.ca
Judaism
Atlantic Jewish Council
Location: 5670 Spring Garden Road (Suite 508)
Phone: 422.7491 ext. 227
Email: atlanticjewishcouncill@theajc.ns.ca
Beth Israel Synagogue (Orthodox)
Location: 1480 Oxford Street
Phone: 422.1301
Email: rabbi@thebethisrael.com
Website: www.thebethisrael.com
Chabad - Lubavitch of the Maritimes
Location: 1171 Waterloo Street
Phone: 422.4222
Email: chabadofns@aol.com
Website: http://www.chabadmaritimes.com
Hillel Atlantic - The Dalhousie Jewish Student Association
Location 1881 Walnut Street (Temmy and Albert Latner Centre)
Phone: 420.9130
Email: hillelatlantic.ca/contact.php
Website: www.hillelatlantic.ca
Shaar Shalom Congregation (Conservative)
Location: 1981 Oxford Street
Phone: 423.5848
Email: halifaxrabbi@gmail.com
Website: www.theshaar.ca
Messianic Judaism
Congregation Ner Tamid (Messianic Jewish)
Location: 10 Kidston Road (Captain William Spry Community Centre, 2nd floor)
Phone: 444.0153
Email: nertamid@eastlink.ca
Website: www.nertamid.ca
Other Religious and Spiritual Bodies
Assembly of the Divine Human Spirit
Phone: 902.497.8586
Email: info@divineuniversalspirit.ca
Website: www.divineuniversalspirit.ca
Gurdjieff Society of Atlantic Canada
Email: dablythe@bellaliant.net
Website: www.gurdjieffmaritimes.ca
Spiritual Science Fellowship
Location: 5500 Inglis Street
Website: www.ssfns.org
Paganism
ESSNS The Earth-Spirit Society of Nova Scotia
Website: www.essns.org
Halifax Earth News
Website: groups.yahoo.com/group/HfxEarthNews
Little Mysteries
Website: www.littlemysteries.com
Maritime Heathen
Website: www.maritimeheathen.org
Sikhism
Sikh Gurudwara and Maritime Sikh Society
Location: 10 Park Hill Road (off of Purcell's Cove Road)
Phone: 462.4574
Email: tiwana@bellaliant.net
Website: www.maritimesikhsociety.com
Taoism
Fung Loy Kok Taoist High Shrine
Location: 2029 North Park Street
Phone: 422.8142
Email: atlantic.office@taoist.org
Website: www.taoist.org
Unitarian Universalism
Unitarian Universalist Church
Location: 5500 Inglis Street
Phone: 429.5500
Email: uuchurch@eastlink.ca
Website: www.uuch.ca
Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrian Community
Phone: 835.5221
Email: s_jagosh@hotmail.com