In 1872, another Presbyterian body, the Presbyterian Church of Canada, entered the Taiwan field. In that year, one of the great figures in missionary history arrived at Tamsui in northern Taiwan-Dr. George Leslie Mackay.
居住在台灣南部的傳教士們開始朝這兩個方向改進之時，一八七二年，加拿大籍的馬偕牧師，來到了台灣北部的淡水。