This is a guide to the terms and abbreviations we have used in describing places-of-worship.
For Place of Worship names
abbreviations used in Place of Worship Names
- former = closed, this is no longer holding services
- site of = the building no longer exists
For faith/denominations
list of faith codes and descriptions
| faith/denominations sorted by code | faith/denominations sorted by name | |||
| code | faith name | faith name | code | |
| 7DAY | Seventh day Adventist Church in Canada | African Orthodox | ORTA | |
| ANG | Anglican Church of Canada | Anglican Church of Canada | ANG | |
| APOC | Apostolic Church of Canada | Apostolic Church of Canada | APOC | |
| BAP | Baptist Church | Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Canada | PENA | |
| BAPF | Baptist Fellowship | Baptist Church | BAP | |
| BAPI | Independent Baptist Church | Baptist Fellowship | BAPF | |
| BAPR | Reformed Baptist | Bhuddist | BHU | |
| BAPU | United Baptist Church | Bible Chapel | BIBC | |
| BFW | Free Will Baptist | Canadian Church of Christ | COC | |
| BHU | Bhuddist | Canadian United Pentecostal Church | PENU | |
| BIBC | Bible Chapel | Catholic Church In Canada | RC | |
| COC | Canadian Church of Christ | Christian Reformed Church in North America | CREF | |
| COG | Church of God in Canada | Christian Scientist | CS | |
| COM | Community Church | Church of God in Canada | COG | |
| CON | Congregational Christian Churches in Canada | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints | LDS | |
| COPO | Coptic Orthodox | Church of the Nazarine Canada | NAZ | |
| CREF | Christian Reformed Church in North America | Community Church | COM | |
| CS | Christian Scientist | Congregational Christian Churches in Canada | CON | |
| DOC | Disciples of Christ | Coptic Orthodox | COPO | |
| FCS | Free Church of Scotland | Coptic Orthodox Church | ORTC | |
| GOS | Gospel Hall | Disciples of Christ | DOC | |
| HIN | Hindu | Eastern Orthodox Church | ORTE | |
| ISL | Islam | Free Church of Scotland | FCS | |
| JEW | Jewish | Free Will Baptist | BFW | |
| JW | Jehovah’s Witnesses | Gospel Hall | GOS | |
| LDS | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints | Greek Orthodox | ORTG | |
| LUT | Lutheran Church Canada | Hindu | HIN | |
| MEN | Menonite Church Canada | Independent Baptist Church | BAPI | |
| METH | Methodist Church in Canada | Islam | ISL | |
| MRV | Moravian Church in Canada | Jehovah’s Witnesses | JW | |
| NAZ | Church of the Nazarine Canada | Jewish | JEW | |
| ORT | Orthodox | Lutheran Church Canada | LUT | |
| ORTA | African Orthodox | Menonite Church Canada | MEN | |
| ORTC | Coptic Orthodox Church | Methodist Church in Canada | METH | |
| ORTE | Eastern Orthodox Church | Moravian Church in Canada | MRV | |
| ORTG | Greek Orthodox | Orthodox | ORT | |
| PEN | Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada | Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada | PEN | |
| PENA | Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Canada | Presbyterian Church in Canada | PRS | |
| PENU | Canadian United Pentecostal Church | Presbyterian Church of America | PRSA | |
| PRS | Presbyterian Church in Canada | Reformed Baptist | BAPR | |
| PRSA | Presbyterian Church of America | Roman Catholic Maronite | RCM | |
| RC | Catholic Church In Canada | Salvation Army | SA | |
| RCM | Roman Catholic Maronite | Seventh day Adventist Church in Canada | 7DAY | |
| SA | Salvation Army | Union Church | UNN | |
| UCC | United Church of Canada | Unitarian | UNI | |
| UNI | Unitarian | United Baptist Church | BAPU | |
| UNN | Union Church | United Church of Canada | UCC | |
| VIC | Victory | Victory | VIC | |
| VIN | Vineyard | Vineyard | VIN | |
| WES | Wesleyan Church of Canada | Wesleyan Church of Canada | WES | |
| xOTH | Other Church | X Other Church | xOTH | |
| xUID | Unidentified Church | X Unidentified Church | xUID | |
These abbreviations used for faiths (and denominations of the Christian faith) can be found in tags labelled faith-xxxx, and are used in the Province menu selections