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John J. Buchanan was one of the early converts and workers of the Gospel Workers in Grey County, Ontario. He attended the earliest conferences of the group, but in 1905 he stated his feeling that he had been mistaken in his call to preach, and his name was struck from the Gospel Workers conference record.

Frank Burgess (1883-1961) was a Methodist/United Chruch minister in Ontario. Born in Elgin County, he began a teaching career, but returned to school to train for the ministry and was ordained in 1921. All of his pastoral work was in Ontario and in 1951, he retired to the village of Union. In 1914, he married Olive May Size. Of their four children, two of their sons later became United Church ministers: Rev. Harold Neal Burgess and Rev. Gorden Burgess.

William Henry Burgess (1884-1958) was a Presbyterian/United Church minister in Ontario. He was born in Tillsbury East, Ontario, and was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in Canada in 1912. He married Laura Mabel Adams in 1912 and served in the Logger's Mission on the Pacific Coast from 1912-1914. He served at the St. Paul's Charge, Harwich, Ont., 1914-1918; Pastor Knox Church, Walkerton, 1918-1924; as United Church minister at Non-Anglo Saxon Church, Hamilton, 1925-1926; St. Christopher and All People's Church, Hamilton, 1926-1933; Queen Street Church, Toronto, 1934-1941; Mount Albert, 1942-1948; and Bracebridge, 1948 until he retired in 1952. His first wife, Laura, died in 1930 and in 1931 he married Vina Maude Mounce.

Albert Carman Burley (1882-1956), was a Methodist/United Church minister in Ontario and Saskatchewan. Born in Meaford, Ontario, in 1882, he was educated at Wesley and Victoria Colleges and ordained in 1912. He retired in 1956, and died in 1972.

Albert Burnside (1917-) was a Methodist/United Church minister in Britain and Canada. Born in England, he was ordained in 1946 as a minister of the Methodist Church of Great Britain. He was received into the ministry of The United Church of Canada by the London Conference of the United Church in 1955. He served at St. Enoch's in Toronto from 1956-1959, Victoria Village from 1960-1963, and Edith Rankin Memorial in Kingston from 1974-1980. In 1968 he obtained his Dr. Th.D. from the University of Victoria.

Robert Knox Burnside (1884-1958) was a Methodist/United Church minister in Ontario. He was born in Ireland and, although he attended Victoria College, he was ordained as a Methodist minister in England in 1918 after serving overseas with a tank battalion. He married Maude Mary Gray in 1918. He served at Webbwood, Ontario, 1919-1922; Mansfield, 1923-1926; Mono Mills, 1927-1931; Bruce Mines, 1931-1935; Sprucedale, 1935-1937; and Holland Centre, 1937-1941.

Edward Moore Jackson Burwash (1873-1951) was a geologist, educator and Methodist minister. The son of Nathanael Burwash, he was born in Cobourg, Ontario and received his B.A. from Victoria University, his M.A. (Geology) from the University of Toronto, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1915. He studied the sciences and law, worked as a field geologist for government and business, served as a Methodist minister in the late 1890s, taught at Columbian College (which became the University of British Columbia) from 1905 to 1910, served as chaplain overseas during World War I, and taught at the Universities of Manitoba and British Columbia during the 1920s. He worked for the Ontario Department of Mines in the 1930s, and retired in 1938. He died in 1951.

David Melville “Mel” John Buttars (1911-2000) was a United Church minister. He was born in Cobourg, Ontario in 1911 to Lillian Gray and David Buttars. He graduated from Queen’s University with a B.A. in 1936, a B.D. from Queen’s Theological College in 1939, Union Theological Seminary in 1941 and received a D.D. from Queen’s University in 1978. He was ordained in 1939 in Kingston and served for fifty-seven years at the following charges: Grananoque East, Bloomfield, Inglewood, Pickering, Albert St., Oshawa and Cobourg. He also held the following positions: Chairman of the Oshawa Presbytery, Secretary of the Dufferin and Peel Presbytery, President of the Bay of Quinte Conference, Member of the Home Mission Board, Evangelism and Social Service and other various committees including Amnesty International. He also worked a Chinese translator for the Government of Canada. He married Honor in 1939 and had three children John, Ian and Barbara.

John Duncan Byrnes (1869-1935) was a Presbyterian/United Church minister and administrator. He was born in Cumberland, Ontario, and educated at Queen's University (B.A. 1898, D.D. 1901). He was ordained in 1901 and served in Presbyterian churches in northern Ontario, including Gore Bay and Cobalt. He was Superintendent of Home Missions for Northern Ontario from 1910 until his retirement in 1929. In this capacity he was anxious to bring religious and social services to the new Canadians of 'New' Ontario, the Finns, Russians, Italians and other European immigrants who worked the mines and built the railways of the region.

Alexander Cameron (1845-1931) was a Presbyterian minister. He was born in Nova Scotia and educated at Dalhousie University and Queen's University, where he studied theology. He was ordained by Ottawa Presbytery in 1874 and served as missionary to CPR construction camps, first between Winnipeg and and Fort William (1878-1885), and then between Revelstoke and Calgary (1885-1902). He served other charges in B.C. until retiring in 1915.

Elizabeth B. Campbell (1869-1951) was a missionary. She was born in Duntroon, Ontario and trained as a teacher. She started serving in Angola in 1900 under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. After taking a leave of absence for a few years she returned in 1920 under the Canada Congregational Women’s Board of Missions. While under the American Board she worked at Elende and Chilesso and while under the Canadian Board worked at Chissamba (1920-1927) teaching Household Sciences courses; at Camundongo (1930-1933) she taught at the Vocational School for Girls.

She retired in Toronto in 1934 and died in 1951.

J. Fraser Campbell (1845-1942) was a Presbyterian/United Church missionary to India. He was born in Cape Breton and in 1876, Dr. Campbell was appointed a missionary to India by the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Madras was his first mission, followed by Mhow. In 1885, he opened the mission in Ratlam, serving there until his death in 1942. Dr. Campbell was married in 1879 to Mary Forrester, whom he met in India where she was sent by the Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church in Canada

Robert Campbell (1835-1921) was a Presbyterian minister. He was born in Drummond Township, Lanark County, Ontario and educated at Queen's University. He served as Headmaster of Queen's Preparatory School, and in 1860, was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Bathurst of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in connexion with the Church of Scotland. Rev. Campbell was ordained in 1862, and in 1866 moved to St. Gabriel St. Church in Montreal. He was actively involved in Presbyterian union. In 1892 he was appointed one of the Joint Clerks of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. He was long a trustee of Queen's University, which awarded him a D.D. in 1887. Robert Campbell was a consistent opponent of union of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregational Churches in Canada, basing his opposition on doctrinal positions. He wrote two books: History of St. Gabriel St. Church, Montreal (1887), and Relations of Christian Churches (1913). He retired from St. Gabriel in 1909, when it merged with Chalmers Church to form First Presbyterian Church, Montreal.

Jordan Cantwell was born in New York in 1967; as a child her parents moved to the Canadian Prairies. She was involved with social justice movements in the 1980s and the United Church of Canada sent her to South Africa in 1993 as an Observer through the World Council of Churches. She officially joined the United Church in the late 1990s, and prior to being ordained worked at The Centre for Christian Studies when it first moved to Winnipeg. She also worked as a staff associate at Augustine United where she served the Oak Table outreach ministry. She earned her Master of Divinity at St. Andrew’s College, and was ordained in 2010. She interned at Delisle-Vanscoy United Church, and served there for seven years before becoming elected as Moderator in 2015. Cantwell’s spouse, Laura Fouhse is a diaconal minister in the United Church. Cantwell served as Moderator from 2015-2018.

Edward Francis Carey served as an ordained United Church missionary and administrator. He was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1918. He received his B.A. from McGill University in 1941 and served in the armed forces during World War II. After returning to Canada in 1945 he entered United Theological College (Montreal) and was ordained and appointed to Japan in 1947. He obtained the Master of Divinity from Acadia College in 1960 and Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) from United Theological College in 1972. He was Associate Secretary of the Board of World Mission which later became the Division of World Outreach, 1964-1978, and Deputy Secretary, 1979-1984.

Albert Carman (1833-1917) was a Methodist minister and leader. He was born in Iroquois, Ontario, in 1833. He entered the Methodist Episcopal Church in Canada as a probationer in 1857; was ordained a Deacon in 1859; and became an Elder in 1863 and a Bishop in 1874. At the time of Methodist union he was elected one of the General Superintendents of the new Methodist Church (Canada). He retired in 1914 and was made General Superintendent Emeritus, and died in 1917.

John Carroll (1809-1884) was a Methodist minister and historian. Born in York, he converted in 1824, and entered the ministry in 1827. He served Ontario circuits, and is best known as a chronicler of the denomination. He wrote several important works, including Case and His Co-Temporaries. He died in 1884.