# Westdale United Church

United Church in Hamilton, Ontario.

Source: https://hamiltons.church/churches/westdale-united/
Last verified: 2026-10-18

## Service times
- Sunday 10:30 a.m. (Sunday Worship)

The 10:30 service runs from September to June, on site and livestreamed. In July and August, and on the first Sunday after Christmas, Westdale shares its services with MacNeil Baptist Church and St. Cuthbert's Presbyterian Church; its contact page gives 10:00 a.m. for summer Sunday services, so check which church is hosting. On Sunday mornings most people enter through the main sanctuary doors off Sterling Street, at the corner of King Street West. Parking is limited, with street parking and paid parking on King Street; accessible spaces are in the lot off Sterling Street.

## Address
99 North Oval, Hamilton, ON L8S 3Z2

## Contact
- Phone: 905-528-4215
- Website: https://www.westdaleunited.ca
- Email: wuc.hamilton@gmail.com
- Affiliation: United Church of Canada (Horseshoe Falls Regional Council)

## Accessibility
- Lift from the parking lot nearest Paisley Avenue to the sanctuary and lower levels; ring the doorbell for help
- Accessible, all-gender washroom on each floor
- Hearing assist devices
- Quiet room downstairs with the service shown on a television

## What they believe
Westdale United Church is a United Church of Canada congregation that calls itself progressive and an affirming church for LGBTQIA2S+ people. It tries to follow Jesus in ways that are 'loving and compassionate', 'thoughtful and curious' and 'rooted in justice and care for the world'. It does not expect everyone to believe the same things, and its communion table is open to all.

## What to expect
Greeters with neon lanyards meet visitors and show them the welcome table at the back of the sanctuary, and coffee is served at the back from 10:00. Worship uses inclusive language for God and music from hymns to contemporary songs, and anyone may receive communion, with gluten-free options available. There is no dress code. Children may stay in worship, where a seating area at the back has couches, toys and colouring materials, or join children's programming after the 'conversation time'. Coffee and conversation follow the service, and church buddies can meet first-time visitors on their first morning.

## About this congregation
Westdale United Church occupies the block bounded by King Street West, Paisley Avenue, North Oval and Sterling Street in Westdale. The City's heritage inventory records that the newly formed congregation bought the site in March 1930, laid the cornerstone on 10 May 1930 and opened a first building, designed by Frederick Warren, that September. The Post Office let it choose any number up to 100 for its address, and it chose 99, for the lost sheep. Between 1946 and 1948 the church was doubled in length to a design by F. Bruce Brown of the Toronto firm Bruce Brown and Brisley, completing it in the Gothic Revival style. In the 1950s the congregation began filling its windows with stained glass by Robert McCausland Ltd., in a scheme that tells the story of the Bible from the Creation to the Resurrection.

The congregation describes itself as progressive and affirming, with a long record of advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights. Its minister, the Reverend Evan Smith, joined the staff in September 2022. Each month the church serves a soup lunch and gives grocery gift cards to more than 100 community members.

Sunday worship is at 10:30 a.m. from September to June, in person and livestreamed, with coffee at the back of the sanctuary from 10:00. In July and August the congregation shares its services with MacNeil Baptist Church and St. Cuthbert's Presbyterian Church.

## About this listing
Part of Hamiltons.church. These listings cover a growing selection of congregations in Hamilton; they are not yet exhaustive.
Checked against: westdaleunited.ca (retrieved 2026-10-18); united-church.ca (retrieved 2026-10-18); hamilton.ca (retrieved 2026-10-18).
What United churches believe: https://hamiltons.church/denominations/united/