St. James, Dundas, is a parish church of the Diocese of Niagara in the Anglican Church of Canada, itself an ecclesiastical province of the worldwide Anglican Communion. We are an active, diverse and creative spiritual community in the historic Valley Town of Dundas, Ontario near Hamilton (see Dundas’ Wikipedia entry).
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St. James, Dundas, dates from 1794 when people with Anglican affiliations gathered in the community of Cootes Paradise to meet for worship. In 1838 the Rev. William McMurray was appointed rector to both Dundas and Ancaster. Until 1843 the Dundas congregation worshipped in what was called “The Free Church”. The congregation decided to erect its own building which opened on Hatt Street for services in December 1843. Dundas became a separate charge from Ancaster in 1895.
This second church was destroyed by fire in January 1978. A third church, that which you see today, opened for services in April 1980.
For a more complete history see “Fountain Come Forth, The Anglican Church and the Valley Town of Dundas, 1784-1963” by Richard Bertram Gilman (1963).