Doors Open for Churches is an annual tour of church buildings in Nova Scotia presented by Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia with the assistance of community members.
This year the tours will be a combination of in-person visits and virtual tours. It will be possible to visit all the churches virtually, as material about each church will be posted on our new Doors Open For Churches Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DoorsOpenForChurchesNS
We will be on tour from June to October 2024. Please join us in celebrating these markers of our communities' history and culture.
June 22
Halifax Regional Municipality (Part 1)
Visit in-person 10am to 4pm
The Little Dutch Church (2393 Brunswick St)
New Horizons Baptist Church—formerly Cornwallis Street Baptist Church (5457 Nora Bernard St)
St Patrick’s Catholic Church (2263 Brunswick St)
St George’s Round Church (2222 Brunswick St)
July 17
Cape Breton Regional Municipality (Part 1)
Visit in-person 11am-3pm
St. Mary’s Catholic Church (7215 East Bay Highway, Big Pond)
July 27
Halifax Regional Municipality (Part 2)
Visit in-person 10am to 4pm
St. Peter’s Anglican Church (10030 Peggy’s Cove Road)
St. John’s Anglican Church (8 Church Road, Peggy’s Cove)
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church (8575 Peggy’s Cove Road)
William Black Memorial United Church (10515 Peggy’s Cove Rd, Glen Margaret)
August 10
Colchester County (Part 1)
Virtual Tour found at https://www.facebook.com/DoorsOpenForChurchesNS
First United Church (711 Prince Street, Truro)
August 11
Colchester County (Part 2)
Virtual Tour found at https://www.facebook.com/DoorsOpenForChurchesNS
St. John’s Anglican (23 Church Street, Truro)
August 18
Digby County
Visit in-person 11am-3pm
Church of the Nativity, Anglican (321 Sandy Cove Road, Sandy Cove)
Visit in-person noon-3pm
Zion United Church (325 Sandy Cove Road, Sandy Cove)
Visit in-person 1pm-4pm
Grace United Church (11 Prince William Street, Digby)
August 24
Halifax Regional Municipality (Part 3)
Visit in-person 10am to 4pm
St. Peter’s Anglican Church (10030 Peggy’s Cove Road)
St. John’s Anglican Church (8 Church Road, Peggy’s Cove)
St. Andrew’s Anglican Church (8575 Peggy’s Cove Road)
William Black Memorial United Church (10515 Peggy’s Cove Rd, Glen Margaret)
September 28 & 29
Lunenburg County
Visit in-person Times TBA
St. James Anglican Church (65 Edgewater Street, Mahone Bay)
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (89 Edgewater Street, Mahone Bay)
Trinity United Church (101 Edgewater Street, Mahone Bay)
October 12
Cape Breton Regional Municipality (Part 2)
Visit in-person 3pm-5pm
St. Mary’s Catholic Church (3944 East Bay Highway, East Bay)
October 12 & 14
Richmond County
Saturday October 12: Visit in-person noon-3pm
Église Saint-Joseph (14 Boudreauville Road, Petit de Grat)
Monday October 14: Visit in-person noon-2pm
St. John’s Centre for the Arts (2513 Highway 206)
Monday October 14: Visit in-person 1pm-4pm
Notre Dame de l’Assomption (2292 Bay Lane, Arichat)
October 16
Victoria County
Visit in-person 2pm-4pm
North Highlands Community Museum (29243 Cabot Trail, Cape North)
October 17
Inverness County
Visit in-person 9:30am-4pm
St. Michael’s Catholic Church (1195 East Margaree Road, Margaree)
Visit in-person 1pm-3pm
Wilson United Church (1625 West Big Intervale Road, Margaree Centre)
Visit in-person 1pm-4pm
Calvin United Church (67 Margaree Harbour Village Road, Margaree Harbour)
October 18 & 19
Cape Breton Regional Municipality (Part 3)
Friday October 18: Visit in-person 2pm-4pm
Carman United Church (1 Clyde Avenue, Sydney Mines)
Saturday October 19: Visit in-person 1pm-4pm
Knox United Church (1588 Coxheath Road)