Grace United Church is located in the old heritage district of downtown Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.  The church is on Victoria Street near the corner with Queen Street and just behind the Shaw Café, which is directly across Queen Street from the Royal George Theatre.

The church is part of the United Church of Canada which was formed in 1925 by the union of the Methodist, Congregationalist and some Presbyterian churches in Canada.  It was the first union of important protestant denominations in the world and was the pattern for several later church unions in other countries.  It is the largest protestant denomination in Canada, having been joined by a number of other, smaller denominations since it was founded.

Our church’s history goes back to the Methodist Niagara Circuit, formed in 1795. The first Methodist Meeting House in Newark, later Niagara-on-the-Lake, was erected in 1821. It still exists as a private home in Niagara-on-the-Lake, on the corner of Gate and Prideaux Streets. The present building was erected in 1852 as a Presbyterian church and it was sold to the Methodists in 1874 for $1500 plus $500 for repairs. The church hall was added in 1896 and the minister’s office and church office in 1980. The Methodist church in Niagara-on-the-Lake assumed the name Grace United Church in 1925, on the formation of the United Church of Canada. Grace United Church is proud of its long history and association with Methodism.

The church owns and maintains the old Methodist cemetery on Gate Street. The cemetery has been closed for many years now.