Last update: 25 January 2000Thomas KIRCHNER
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Zen Centers in
Canada
Sorted by province, city and center name
ALBERTA
Avatamsaka Monastery
1152 10 St. SE
CALGARY, AB T2G 3E4
Canada
Contact: Kin Yu or DM Hang Tso
Tel: (+1-403) 265-5640
E-mail: tso[at]freenet.calgary.ab.ca
Internet site
Denomination: Chinese Ch'an and Pure Land
Lineage: Hsuan Hua
Affiliated to: Dharma Realm Buddhist Association
Calgary Soto Zen
c/o Chaplain's Center, Univ. of Calgary
2500 University Dr.
CALGARY, AB T2N 1N4
Canada
Contact: Murray McGillivray
Tel: (+1-403) 220-5451
E-mail: info@calgarysotozen.org
Internet site
Teacher: Tim Sampson
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Junyu Koroda
Calgary Soto Zen
602 15 St., NW
CALGARY, AB T2N 2A9
Canada
Contact: Tim Sampson
Tel: (+1-403) 220-46781
E-mail: info@calgarysotozen.org
Internet site
Teacher: Tim Sampson
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Junyu Koroda
Edmonton Buddhist Meditation Group
Suite #206 Spruce Manor
9926 88 Ave. NW
EDMONTON, AB T6E 2R5
Canada
Tel: (+1-780) 433-3088
E-mail: info[at]serenereflections.ca
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto School, Serene Reflection Meditation Tradition
Lineage: Jiyu Kennett
Affiliated to:Order of Buddhist Contemplatives; Shasta Abbey
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Amazen-ji
A Zen Training Temple for Women
Rte. 2, Site 11E
BURNS LAKE, BC V0J 1E0
Canada
Zen Fellowship
P.O. Box 273
POWELL RIVER, BC V8A 4Z6
Canada
Salt Spring Island Buddhist Meditation Group
P.O. Box 117
SALT SPRING ISLAND, BC
Canada
Tel: (+1-250) 537-2378
Fax: (+1-250) 537-2354
E-mail: mpcoleman[at]saltspring.com
Teacher: Matthew Coleman
No Mind Zen Center
P.O. Box 117
SLOCAN PARK, BC V0G 2E0
Canada
Contact: Will Dafoe
Denomination: Korean Chogye Order
Lineage: Seung Sahn
Teacher: Dae Kwang
Affiliated to: Kwan Um School of Zen
Gold Buddha Monastery
301 East Hastings Street
VANCOUVER, BC VGA 1P3
Canada
Tel. 1: (+1-604) 684-3754
Denomination: Chinese Ch'an and Pure Land
Teacher: Shuan Hwa
Affiliated to: Dharma Realm Buddhist Association; City of Ten
Thousand Buddhas
Karuna Meditation Society
PO Box 47012, City Square Postal Outlet
VANCOUVER, BC V6K 1L9
Canada
Contacts: Michael Newton, Martha Chesluk
Tel: (+1-604) 929-1804; (Martha Chesluk: (+1-604)
873-3008
E-mail: millsm[at]direct.ca
Internet site
Denomination: Soto Zen, Mahayana Vipassana
Lineage: Shunryu Suzuki
Teachers: Do On Michelle Mills and Kristin Penn
Lions Gate Buddhist Priory
4731 Patterson Ave.
BURNABY, BC V5G 3A5
Canada
Tel: (+1-604) 327-7742
Contact: Koten Benson
E-mail: mistyfeist[at]telus.net
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto School, Serene Reflection Meditation Tradition
Teacher: Koten Benson
Lineage: Jiyu Kennett
Affiliated to:Order of Buddhist Contemplatives; Shasta Abbey
Victoria Zen Centre
4970 Nagle Road RR#
SOOKE, BC V0S 1N0
Canada
Tel: (+1-250) 642-7936
E-mail: eshu[at]zenwest.ca
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Rinzai School
Lineage: Kyosan Joshu Sasaki
Teacher: Eshu Martin
Affiliation: Rinzai-ji (Los Angeles, CA)
Zen Buddhist Meditation
511 E. 52nd Ave.(2 blocks west of
Fraser)
Back entrance, 2nd floor
VANCOUVER, BC V5X 1G8
Tel: (+1-604) 874-4093
Contact: Michelle
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Zen Centre of Vancouver
4269 Brant Street
VANCOUVER BC V5N 5B5
Canada
Tel: (+1-604) 879-0229
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Rinzai School
Lineage: Joshu Sasaki
Teacher: Eshin John Godfrey
Affiliated to: Rinzai-ji (Los Angeles, CA)
Mill Hill Mindfulness Society
2550 Wentwich Road
VICTORIA, BC V9B 3N4
Contact: Phil N. Rossner
Tel. 1: (+1-250) 478-7098
E-mail: pnr[at]islandnet.com
Internet
site
Denomination: Vietnamese Zen
Lineage: Thich Nhat Hanh
Affiliated to: Community of Mindful Living, Berkeley
MANITOBA
Winnipeg Zazen Group
Dorchester Ave.
WINNIPEG, MA R3M 0R5
Canada
Contact: Janice Nelson
Tel: (+1-204) 284-4213
E-mail: jansnes[at]mts.net
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Rinzai School
Lineage: Joshu Sasaki
Affiliated to: Zen Centre of Vancouver
NOVA SCOTIA
Atlantic Chan Buddhist Association
2145 Windsor St.
HALIFAX, NS B3K 5B5
Canada
Tel 1: (+1-902) 422-0042
Atlantic Soto Zen Center
1649 Barrington St.
HALIFAX, NS B3T 1Z3
Canada
Contact: James Tesshin Smith
Tel: (+1-902) 852-4323
E-mail: revjamessmithj4[at]atlanticsotozencenter.com
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Michael Taiun Elliston
Teacher: James Tesshin Smith
Affiliated to: Atlantic Soto Zen Center
The Celtic Buddhist Church of the Crazy Heart Lineage
1200 Tower Rd., No. 703
HALIFAX, NS B3H 4K6
Canada
Atlantic Soto Zen Center
3584 Prospect Rd.
WHITE'S LAKE, NS B3T 1Z3
Canada
Contact: James Tesshin Smith
Tel: (+1-902) 852-4323
E-mail: tesshin@atlanticsotozencenter.com
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Zengaku Soyu Matsuoka
Teacher: Zenkai Taiun Elliston
Affiliated to: Atlantic Soto Zen Center
Wolfville Zazenkai
White Wind Zen Community
Box 486
WOLFVILLE, NS B0P 1XO
Canada
Contact: Zenki Hope-Simpson
Tel 1: (+1-902) 542-2217
E-mail: 706.70.1514[at]compuserve.com
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Hakukaze
NUNAVUT
Iqaluit Soto Zen Center / Groupe Zen Soto d'Iqaluit
Bldg / Edifice No. 2820 Niaqunngusiariaq Rd. (Road to Apex)
IQALUIT, Nunavut X0A 0H0
Canada
Contact: Shogon Francois Ouellette
Tel: (+1-867) 975-2320
E-mail: fraouel@gmail.com
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Zengaku Soyu Matsuoka
Teacher: Shogon Francois Ouellette (under guidance of Zenkai Taiun Elliston)
Affiliated to: Atlantic Soto Zen Center
ONTARIO
Nine Mountains Zen Gate Society
Dae Kak Sa
134 Sixth St (Islington & Lakeshore)
ETOBICOKE, ON M8V 3A5
Canada
Tel.: (+1-647) 342-3322 or call Greg at 416-838-4305
E-mail: yangilsunim[at]yahoo.com
Internet
site
Denomination: Korean Zen
Teacher: Hwasun Yangil Sunim
Han Ma Um Seon Won of Toronto
20 Mobile Dr.
EAST YORK, ON M4A 1H9
Canada
Tel: (+1-416) 750-7943
Fax: (+1-416) 750-7943
E-mail: hanmaum[at]idirect.com
Denomination: Korean Zen, Seon Tradition
Lineage: Dae Haeng Sunim
Teacher: Chong Gak Sunim
Affiliated to: Han Ma Um Seon Won, Anyang, Korea
Blue Heron Zen Buddhist Centre
74 Alpine Avenue
HAMILTON, ON L9A 1A6
Canada
Contact: Tinh Quang
Tel: (+1-905) 575-5976
E-mail: thichnutinhquang[at]hwcn.org
Internet site
Denomination: Zen and Theravadan
Lineage: Thich Nhat Lien
Teacher: Thich nu Tinh Quang
Affiliated to: Chua Huong Dam Temple
Fah Hoy Zen Temple
29 Linden St.
HAMILTON, ON L8L 8E1
Canada
Tel: (+1-905) 545-1890
Teachers: Sing Hong Fa Shi; Shing Chuang Fa Shi
Affiliated to: Cham Shan Temple
Kingston Zen Group
7632-88 Ave.
KINGSTON, ON
Canada
Contact: Malcolm
Tel 1: (+1-613) 542-4294
E-mail: griffin[at]post.queensu.ca
Affiliated to: Montreal Zen Center
London Zen Centre
575 Richmond Street - Upper Floor
LONDON, ON N6A 3G2
Canada
Tel: (+1-519) 858-4173
E-mail: : londonzencentre@gmail.com
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Dainin Katagiri
Teacher: Bev Forsman
Affiliated to: Dharma Field Zen Centre
Newmarket Zen Group
244 Main St. South
NEWMARKET, ON L3Y 3Z5
Canada
Tel: (+1-416) 838-4305
E-mail: newmarketzen@gmail.com
Internet site
Denomination: Korean Buddhist Chogye Order
Lineage: Hwasun Yangil Sunim
Teacher: Greg Samuelson
Affiliated to: Awakened Meditation Centre
International Buddhist Zen Temple
5686 Lewis Ave.
NIAGARA FALLS, ON L2G 3S1
Canada
Tel: (+1-905) 358-8044
Teachers: Sing Hong Fa Shi; Shing Chuang Fa Shi
Affiliated to: Cham Shan Temple
Ottawa Zen Group
75 Waverly Street
OTTAWA, ON K2P OV1
Canada
Ottawa Soto Zen - Soto Zazen
67 Merritt Ave.
OTTAWA, ON K1S 0J5
Canada
Contact: Don Lounder
Tel: (+1-613) 321 6079
E-mail: donlounder[at]rogers.com
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Silent Thunder Lineage (Rev. Matsuoka)
Teacher: Taiun Elliston
Affiliated to: Atlanta Zen Center
Zen Centre of Ottawa — White Wind Zen Community
P.O. Box 203, Stn. "A"
OTTAWA, ON K1N 8V2
Canada
Tel: (+1-613) 562-1568
Fax: (+1-613) 241-5731
E-mail: jinmyo[at]trytel.com
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Hakukaze
Teacher: Anzan Hoshin
Ananta Kuan-Yin Zen Buddhist Institute
#326-200 Silver Star Boulevard
SCARBOROUGH, ON M1V 5H4
Canada
Tel. 1: (+1-416) 443-1835
Fax: (+1-416) 250-5957
Denomination: Chinese Ch'an
Awakened Meditation Centre
134 Sixth Street
TORONTO, ON M8V 3A5
Canada
Tel: (+1-416) 588-3251
E-mail: see website
Internet site
Denomination: Korean Buddhist Chogye Order
Teacher: Hwasun Yangil Sunim
Bul Kwang Sa and Jong-Hae Zen Meditation Centre
2588 St. Clair Ave.
TORONTO (City of York), ON M5N 1L9
Canada
Tel. 1: (+1-416) 769-1874
Fax: (+1-416) 769-0504 (call first)
Denomination: Korean Zen
Teacher: Kwang Ok Sunim
Mindfulness Practice Communnity of Toronto (English speaking)
TORONTO, ON
Canada
Contact: Davidb Frank, Orlin Mantchev, Minh Nguyen
E-mail: davidghan[at]eol.ca; orlin[at]aei.ca; eocvn[at]yahoo.com
Internet site
Denomination: Vietnamese Zen
Lineage: Thich Nhat Hanh
Affiliated to: Plum Village, France; Toronto Zen Meditation Group
Mountain Moon Sangha
TORONTO, ON
Canada
Contact: Ben Abramov
E-mail: info[at]mountainmoon.org
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto/Rinzai
Lineage: Sanbo Kyodan
Teacher: Sei'un An Roselyn Stone
Ontario Zen Center
44 Burnhamthorpe Park Blvd., Etobicoke
TORONTO, ON M9A 1J1
Canada
Contact: Janusz Madej
Denomination: Kwan Um School of Zen
Lineage: Seung Sahn
http://www.ontariozen.com/
44 Burnhamthorpe Park Blvd., Etobicoke
TORONTO, ON M9A 1J1
Canada
Phone: (416) 239-6222
Denomination: Kwan Um School of Zen
Smiling Flower Sangha
37 Kingsgarden Road
TORONTO, ON M8X 1S7
Contact: Karen Harrison
Tel: (+1-416) 604-5785
E-mail: smi_ling[at]hotmail.com
Internet site
Toronto Zen Centre
33 High Park Gardens
TORONTO, ON M6R 1S8
Canada
Contact: Randy Baker
Tel. 1: (+1-416) 766-3400
Fax: (+1-416) 769-4880
E-mail: tzc[at]interlog.com
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto/Rinzai
Lineage: Philip Kapleau
Teacher: Sunyana Graef
Toronto Zen Circle Group
39 Pinehurst Cres..
TORONTO, ON M9A 3A4
Canada
Tel: (+1-416) 239-6222
E-mail: zencirclegroup@rogers.com
Internet site
Denomination: Korean Zen
Lineage: Seung Sahn
Affiliated to: Kwan Um School of Zen
Toronto Zen Meditation Group (Vietnamese speaking)
148 Elvaston Dr..
TORONTO, ON M4H 1N6
Canada
Contact: Phu Trong Nguyen
Tel: (+1-416) 752-6894
Denomination: Vietnamese Zen
Lineage: Thich Nhat Hanh
Affiliated to: Plum Village, France; Toronto Zen Meditation Group
Zen Buddhist Temple
Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom
279 College St.
TORONTO, ON M5T 1S2
Canada
Tel: (+1-416) 658-0137
E-mail: toronto[at]zenbuddhisttemple.org
Internet site
Denomination: Korean Zen, Chogye Order
Teacher: Samu Sunim
Tu-An Pagoda Meditation Group
Contact: Vinh D. Nguyen
12 Coupal
VANIER, ON K1L 6A1
Tel. 1: (+1-613) 747-9096
Denomination: Vietnamese Zen
Lineage: Thich Nhat Hanh
Affiliated to: Community of Mindful Living, Berkeley
Cham San Zen Temple
9145 Dagmar Road
WHITBY, ON M6C 2M1
Canada
Tel 1: (+1-905) 853-4971
Teachers: Sing Hong Fa Shi; Shing Chuang Fa Shi
Affiliated to: Cham Shan Temple
QUÉBEC
Maple Village
CML de Montréal
9089 Richmond
BROSSARD, Québec J4X 2S1
Canada
Contact: Chan Huy (evenings)
Tel: (+1-514) 591-8726
Fax: (+1-514) 684-5084
E-mail: cmlmontreal[at]villagedespruniers.org
Internet site
Denomination: Vietnamese Zen
Lineage: Thich Nhat Hanh
Teacher: Chan Huy
Affiliated to: Unifed Buddhist Church; Plum Village;
Community of Mindful Living
Soto Zen Center
1730 Crescent Suede
BROSSARD, Québec J4X 1N7
Canada
Contact: Michel Menard
Tel: (+1-514) 684-2572
Association Bouddhique Chan Hai Lei Zang
125 Rue Charlotte
MONTRÉAL, Québec H2X 1M2
Canada
Association Zen de Montréal
982, rue Gilford
MONTRÉAL, Québec H2J 1P4
Canada
Contact: Lise Lambert
Tel: (+1-514) 523-1534
E-mail: see website
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Taisen Deshimaru
Teacher: Heirin Lise Lambert
Associated to: A.Z.I
Centre Zen de la Main
30 Vallieres Sq.
MONTRÉAL, Québec H2W 1C2
Canada
Tel: (+1-514) 842-3648
E-mail: czenmain[at]dsuper.net
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Rinzai School
Lineage: Kyozan Joshu Sasaki
Teacher: Zengetsu Myokyo
Montreal Zen Center
824 Park Stanley
MONTRÉAL, Québec H2C 1A2
Canada
Tel: 1-514-334-1048
E-mail: info[at]zenmontreal.ca
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto/Rinzai
Lineage: Philip Kapleau
Teacher: Albert Low
Temple Mukiku Zen Ji
NEW GLASGOW, Québec H2J 1P4
Canada
Contact: Gilbert Luc-Tissinié
Tel: (+1-514) 438-0693
Fax: (+1-514) 438-0693
E-mail: mukikuji[at]login.net
Internet site
Denomination: Nonsectarian
Teacher: Gilbert Luc-Tissinié
Dojo Zen de Québec
288 Arago Est
QUÉBEC, Québec G1K 3V3
Canada
Contact: Mariee-France Legault
Tel: (+1-418) 529-6081
E-mail: pratiquezen[at]gosympatico.ca
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Taisen Deshimaru
Teacher: Kosen Thibaut
Quebec City Zen Center
191 Lavigueur
QUÉBEC, Québec G1R 1A9
Canada
Contact: Jean Belanger
Tel: (+1-418) 692-1555
E-mail: quebechaut[at]zen-deshimaru.com
Internet site
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Kodo Sawaki-Taisen Deshimaru-Kosen Thibaut
Zen Pratique Deshimaru
755, rue Marchand
QUÉBEC, Québec G1K 3V3
Canada
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Taisen Deshimaru
Centre Zen de Vaudreuil
88 boul. des Outaouais
RIGAUD, Québec J0P 1P0
Canada
Tel. 1: (+1-450) 451-5876
E-mail: gilles.rivest[at]videotron.ca
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Taisen Deshimaru
Teacher: Gilles Rivest
Centre Zen de Sutton
372 ch. French Horn
SUTTON, Québec J0E 12K
Canada
Tel. 1: (+1-514) 538-1790
E-mail: mburns[at]abacom.com
Denomination: Japanese Soto School
Lineage: Taisen Deshimaru
Zen Dojo
Centre Culturel de la Cité des Jeunes
Contact: M. Gilles Rivest
400, Boulevard Roche
VAUDREUIL, Québec
Canada
YUKON
Yukon Dharma Society
2 Redwood Ave.
WHITEHORSE, Yukon Territory Y1A 4B3
Canada
Tel: (+1-403) 668-7675
Fax: (+1-403) 633-6038
E-mail: tigger[at]polarcom.com
Last update: 6 November 2013
Thomas KIRCHNER
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