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Trinity United Church, Hannon was established 1925 when Trinity Methodist Church joined the United Church of Canada

Trinity Methodist Church was established in 1874; in 1925 it joined the United Church of Canada

Elfrida United Church was established in 1925; in 1960 it joined with Trinity United Church, Hannon, to form Trinity-Elfrida Pastoral Charge; the Church closed in 1991

Sparta United Church was established in 1925; formerly Methodist. It formed part of a two-point charge with Union United Church until 2011 when Union closed. Sparta United Church held its final service on October 21, 2012.

Trinity United Church was established in 1925; formerly Methodist

Newmarket and Aurora Wesleyan Methodist Circuit was established circa 1855; it was discontinued in 1868 when Newmarket became an independent station

Newmarket Wesleyan Church was established circa 1855; it joined the Methodist Church Canada in 1884

Newmarket Methodist Church was established in 1884, formerly Wesleyan Methodist; it joined the United Church of Canada in 1925

Trinity-St.Paul's United Church was established in 1980 when St. Paul's-Avenue Road United Church and Trinity United Church joined together in the Trinity building, located at 427 Bloor Street West (corner of Bloor and Robert streets, just west of Spadina Avenue). It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Trinity United Church was established in 1925; formerly Methodist. Trinity Methodist Church was established in 1887; originally known as Western Methodist Church. The church joined the United Church of Canada in 1925. It joined with St. Paul's-Avenue Road United Church to form Trinity-St.Paul's United Church in 1980.

St. Paul's - Avenue United Church was located on Avenue Road at Webster Avenue, just south of Davenport Road in Toronto, and combined former Methodist and Presbyterian congregations when establihsed in 1930. It joined with Trinity United Church to form Trinity-St. Paul's United Church in 1980.

St. Paul's Methodist Church, located at 121 Avenue Road, began as a Primitive Methodist mission in Yorkville in 1844 on Cumberland Street. In 1867 a new church was built at Yonge and Davenport (St. Paul's Primitive Methodist), and about 1887 the new church was opened at 121 Avenue Road.

Avenue Road Presbyterian, began as a Sabbath School in 1868, locating the following year at Bedford and Davenport roads. In 1898 the Church of the Covenant (so-named in 1893) was built at Avenue Road and Roxborough Street, changing its name in 1906 to Avenue Road Presbyterian.

Both Avenue Road and St. Paul's joined the United Church in 1925, and in 1930 the two were combined as St. Paul's - Avenue Road, and made use of the St. Paul's building. The old Avenue Road church was first taken up by the Christian and Missionary Alliance, and later became the temple of the Hare Krishna movement. St. Paul's - Avenue Road joined with Trinity United to form Trinity - St. Paul's United in 1980.

St. Paul's Centre at Trinity was established in 1974 as St. Paul's Centre at Avenue Road United Church; in 1980 it became part of Trinity-St. Paul's United Church

Ballantrae - Lemonville Pastoral Charge was established in 1925, formerly Methodist

Lemonville Methodist Circuit included Ballantrae and Bethesda; it joined the United Church of Canada in 1925

Ballantrae United Church was established in 1925, formerly Methodist

Lemonville United Church was establisheded in 1925, formerly Methodist

Lemonville Methodist Church was established in the nineteenth century; it joined the United Church of Canada in 1925

St. James in the Valley United Church was established in 1959 as part of the Blezard Pastoral Charge with Larchwood Memorial, Dowling and Chelmsford. The congregation held its first service in Val Caron public school on November 22, 1959 and then held services at Hanmer Public Schools No. 1 &2. In 1960, the congregation purchased a building and a manse in the Val Therese community. It is located at 4510 Tate Boulevard. It became a single point charge in 1963.It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

The Milverton Pastoral Charge includes St. Paul's Church in Milverton and a preaching appointment at Carthage, Ontario. It is a United Church which has a Methodist Church of Canada heritage, and it welcomed members from Burns Presbyterian Church in Canada into its fold at the time of Union (1925).

St. Mark's Evangelical United Brethren Church, also of Milverton, was a successor to the original Evangelical Association in the area, which began a mission to the German-speakers of Milverton as early as 1858. It joined with the United Church in 1968.

Calvary United Church was created in 1968 through the union of Calvary Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church in Rodney and Rodney United Church. It formed part of a single-point pastoral charge from 1968 to ca. 1980 when it joined Knox Church in West Lorne to form West Elgin Pastoral Charge. West Elgin Pastoral Charge closed June 15, 2004 and the two churches formed separate single-point charges. Calvary United Church is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Calvary Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church was created in 1949 through the amalgamation of two Evangelical United Brethren congregations, Immanuel Church in Churchville [Aldborough], Ontario and Zion Church in Rodney.Rodney Evangelical United Brethren Circuit was named in 1923 as a successor to the Aldborough Evangelical Church Circuit. The Circuit took in preaching places in Aldborough Township, Ontario at Rodney and Middle Street, Aldborough [Churchville]. Initially a part of the Elgin Mission (1861), the Aldborough area was home to German-speaking farmers. A separate Aldborough Mission was established by the Evangelical Association in 1885, and it later was promoted to the status of a Circuit.The EUB Church in Rodney was built in 1898 to house a congregation of German-Canadians, which had been established in the village in 1890.

Rodney United Chuch was established in 1925 when a minority of the local Presbyterian Church in Canada congregation decided to join the new United Church. Their place of worship was opened in 1927.

New Glasgow, Ontario is located four miles from Rodney, where Presbyterians began ministering in 1875. The United Church there dates from the Union of 1925.

Sebringville Pastoral Charge was formed in 1968 when the Evangelical United Brethen Church joined the United Church of Canada in 1968; it includes Emmanuel United Church in Sebringville and Zion United Church in Rostock. It is still an active pastoral charge of the United Church of Canada.

Emmanuel United Church joined the United Church in 1968 when the Evangelical United Brethren and the United Church of Canada were united. The first Evangelical services in Sebringville to German immigrants took place in 1840. The church constructed there in the 1840s was part of the Evangelical Association Waterloo Mission and later the Huron Mission. By 1883 it was the Sebringville Circuit with preaching places at Sebringville, Fullarton and Stratford. A new church was constructed in the first decade of the twentieth century. In 1946, Emmanuel Evangelical Church became Emmanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church when the Evangelical Church and the Church of the United Brethren joined. Emmanuel United Church closed in 2018.

Zion United Church in Rostock was established in 1968 when the Evangelical United Brethren Church joined the United Church of Canada. Zion Evangelical United Brethren Church in Rostock was established as early as 1864 as part of the Evangelical Association. Rostock was home to German immigrants. The congregation was a preaching place on the Milverton Mission. Zion Evangelical Church was first constructed inand later rebuilt in 1902 and remained in the Milverton Charge until 1968.

Buckhorn Pastoral Charge was created in 1971 as a continuation of the Bridgenorth-Wesley Pastoral Charge, itself a continuation of the Wesley Pastoral Charge which was created at the commencement of the United Church in 1925. The Charge had preaching places at Bridgenorth, Lakehurst and the Curve Lake Indian Reserve. The Buckhorn Pastoral Charge is now a two point charge including Wesley, in Lakefield, and Curve Lake. It is a member of the Indigenous Church.

Wesley United Church, formerly methodist, joined the united church in 1925. The church is now part of the Indigenous Church.

Rama United Church was originally an Indian Mission of the Methodist Church of Canada, on the Rama (Ojibwa) Indian Reserve in Ontario. Its status was changed to a Methodist Church in 1920, and it remained a church in the new United Church in 1925.

St. John's United Church was established 1925, formerly Methodist. Tweed Methodist Church was established 1881; it joined the United Church of Canada in 1925

Sulphide United Church established 1906; it was united with Tweed Pastoral Charge in 1937. It closed in 1966.

Caistorville Methodist Circuit was formed in 1874, and subsequently joined the Methodist Church, Canada in 1884; it was discontinued in 1925 when the United Church was formed.

Fairbank United Church in North York was established in 1925; formerly Fairbank Methodist Church, which traces its origins to prayer meetings held at 'Needham's', the local name for the school house in Fairbank at that time. The church is located at 2746 Dufferin Street, between Eglinton Avenue West and Lawrence Avenue West. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Hope United Church in Toronto was established in 1925, formerly Hope Methodist Church. Founded in 1884 as Hope Methodist Tabernacle, it was located on the south side of Danforth Avenue near Main Street. In 1900, the congregation moved to a new building on the northwest corner of Danforth and Main. A replacement building on the same site was dedicated in 1930. The address of Hope United Church is 2550 Danforth Avenue. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Soon after its establishment in 1884, Hope Methodist became part of the Scarborough Circuit. By 1886, however, Hope constituted a separate circuit known as York Circuit. From 1890 to 1911, the circuit was known as East York Circuit and after that date, the name Hope was used consistently.

Metropolitan United Church in Toronto was established in 1925; formerly Methodist. It traces its origins to the first Methodist Church in the town of York (now Toronto); this church was erected in 1818 on King Street near present day Bay Street and was known both as York Methodist Episcopal Chapel and as King Street Methodist Episcopal Chapel. In 1832 the congregation moved to a new location on the southeast corner of Newgate Street (now Adelaide Street) and Toronto Street; this church was known as Newgate Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and later as Adelaide Street Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1868 the congregation acquired the property known as McGill Square on the north side of Queen Street, between Church Street and Bond Street. A temporary structure was immediately built there, and construction of a new building was also started on the same property. In 1872 the new building was dedicated as Metropolitan Wesleyan Methodist Church (the change from Methodist Episcopal to Wesleyan Methodist occurred in 1833). Three years after the union of 1925, Metropolitan United was badly damaged in a fire. It was immediately rebuilt, with some changes to the original 1872 design.It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Parkdale United Church in Toronto was established in 1925; formerly Methodist. It was founded in 1878 and was originally located on Queen Street West across from Close Avenue, just east of Lansdowne Avenue and Jameson Avenue. in 1886, a new building was opened on Cowan Avenue opposite Melbourne Avenue, southeast of Queen and Lansdowne. In 1890 the congregation moved again to a new building at the corner of King Street West and Dunn Avenue, just east of Lansdowne; this building was used until 1977 when it was demolished and replaced by a building at 177 Dunn Avenue that housed both the church and apartment units. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

North Riverdale United Church was established in 1925, formerly Presbyterian. It closed in 1929.

Burk's Falls Pastoral Charge was formed in 1925 as a single-point charge. Following the closure of Berriedale Pastoral Charge ca. 1954, it then included Katrine, Chetwynd, Ely and Berriedale, and then from 1968, following the dissolution of Magnetawan-Dunchurch Pastoral Charge, Magnetawan. In May 2013, the charge divided into two charges to form Trinity (Magnetawan) Pastoral Charge and Burk's Falls - Katrine Pastoral Charge.

Magnetawan - Dunchurch Pastoral Charge was formed in 1955 when Dunchurch and Magnetawan Pastoral Charges merged. It included Dunchurch, Magnetawan, Maple Island, Ahmic Harbour, Ardbeg, Sunny Slope, and Whitestone. The charge was discontinued ca. 1968 when McKellar - Dunchurch Pastoral Charge and Burk's Falls - Magnetawan Pastoral Charge were formed.
Burk's Falls United Church, located at 135 Yonge Street, was established in 1925, formerly Methodist and Presbyterian. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Trinity United Church, located at 141 Sparks Street in Magnetawan, was established in 1925, formerly a union church. The Methodist Church was established in the Magnetawan area in 1873 as part of the Rousseau circuit and then in 1874, it became its own circuit. A second church building was built in 1900. It joined the United Church of Canada in 1925. The church is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada.

Knox Union Church in Dunchurch was established in 1925, formerly a union church. It is still an active congregation of the United Church of Canada in Toronto Conference.
Katrine United Church, located at 52 Dog Lake Road in Katrine, was established in 1925, formerly Methodist and Presbyterian. Katrine Methodist Church was built in 1892 and united with the Presbyterian Church in 1925 to form Katrine United Church. Until 1950, the congregation did not have reqular services. In 1950, the church reopened as part of the Berriedale Pastoral Charge. Five years later it joined the Burk's Falls Pastoral Charge. It is still an active congregation of the United Church.