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Montreal, Quebec
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Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Presbyterian Church (La Prairie, Québec)
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Description area
Dates of existence
1837-1843
History
The first Presbyterian congregation in the Canadas was organized at Québec about 1765, and the second at Montréal in 1786. Later the first permanent organization in Upper and Lower Canada was the Presbytery of the Canadas, constituted at Montréal in 1818. A congregation was established in Laprairie about 1833.