Canadian Yearly Meeting is a body of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), with approximately 1200 members in Canada and border areas of the United States. Its offices are located in Ottawa. It was formed in 1955 by the amalgamation of three groups from different branches of Quakerism: Genesee Yearly Meeting (Friends General Conference), Canada Yearly Meeting (Five Years Meeting) and Canada Yearly Meeting (Conservative). The Religious Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers or Friends) is a loose knit religious or spiritual movement founded in England in the 17th century by people who were dissatisfied with the existing denominations and sects of Christianity. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ville dOttawa, Ontario, Canadas Location. ... The Friends General Conference (FGC) is a Quaker organization in the unprogrammed tradition of the Religious Society of Friends which primarily serves affiliated yearly and monthly meetings in the United States. ... Friends United Meeting is an association of yearly meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) encompasing twenty-six yearly meetings in North America, Africa, and the Caribbean. ... Conservative Friends are certain members of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States of America who belong to three Yearly Meetings--the Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative), the North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative), and the Ohio Yearly Meeting. ...

Canadian Yearly Meeting (CYM) consists of 23 Monthly Meetings (MMs), in 5 regional groupings: Yearly Meetings are gatherings of members and attenders of the Religious Society of Friends—also known as Quakers or Friends—from across a geographical area such as a country, state, or an area surrounding a city. ... Monthly meetings are the basic unit of Quaker worship, usually equivalent organizationally to a single church in Protestant denominations. ...

- Western Half Yearly Meeting: Prairie MM, Calgary MM, Edmonton MM, Argenta MM, Vernon MM, Vancouver MM, Victoria MM, Saanich Peninsula MM.

- Pelham Half Yearly Meeting: Kitchener Area MM, Coldstream MM, Yarmouth MM, Pelham Executive Meeting.

- Yonge St. Half Yearly Meting: Toronto MM, Hamilton MM, Yonge St. MM, Simcoe-Muskoka MM.

- St. Lawrence Regional Gathering: Ottawa MM, Wooler MM, Thousand Islands MM, Montreal MM.

- Atlantic Friends Gathering: New Brunswick MM, Annapolis Valley MM, Halifax MM.

The annual Yearly Meeting Sessions are held in the summer, rotating between sites in western, central and eastern Canada. CYM carries out its work through committees, including the Canadian Friends Service Committee.

External links

• Canadian Yearly Meeting