First Female Elders
Joan McInnes of St. Andrew’s Church, Arthur, Ont. and Wynn Thomas of Fallingbrook Church, Scarborough, Ont. were both ordained as elders on July 3, 1966.
First Female Moderators
There have been four female Moderators at General Assembly:
1992 -Linda Bell
1996 -Tamiko Corbett
2005 -Jean Morris
2006 -Wilma Welsh
First Female Commissioners
The Church Today
As of 2014, there are approximately 362 female ministers in The Presbyterian Church in Canada.
There were approximately 3563 female elders in 2014, making up 49.9% of the total elders in the Church.
*2014 Statistics are from Acts and Proceedings and the 2014 Congregational Statistical Reports