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St. Paul's Presbyterian Church (Leaskdale)

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St. Paul's Presbyterian Church is a Presbyterian Church in Canada congregation located in the community of Leaskdale, part of Uxbridge Township, Ontario Canada. It was started in the 1860s as the Scott Township mission of the Canada Presbyterian Church, and originally linked to Chalmer's Presbyterian Church now St. Andrew's-Chalmers Presbyterian Church in Uxbridge.

After the Presbyterian Church in Canada was formed in 1875, it was then linked with a new congregation in Zephyr, Ontario, until it closed and joined with St. Paul's in 1968.

From 1911-1925, when both these congregations voted against joining with Methodists and congregationalists to form the United Church of Canada, the minister was Rev. Ewen Macdonald, the husband of Lucy Maude Montgomery. She wrote many of her books from the manse, that was sold by the congregation in the 1990s, and is now a local museum.

The congregation has seen growth in recent years, with its proximity to the Greater Toronto Area. Plans are now under way to construct a large new building, and has received the blessings of the Pickering Presbytery in June 2005.