Monastic Map

The directory

Canada

9 living communities, 5 closed or moved since 2020.

British Columbia

HouseOrderTownStatus
House of Bread MonasteryBenedictine, sistersNanaimoNo appeal found
Westminster AbbeyBenedictine, monksMissionNo appeal found

Manitoba

HouseOrderTownStatus
Our Lady of the Prairies AbbeyTrappist, monksHollandThe community voted for its own suppression in September 2019; suppressed 23 September 2020, closure effective 9 October 2020. The two remaining brothers had moved to Notre Dame de Lourdes, Manitoba.

New Brunswick

HouseOrderTownStatus
Calvaire AbbeyTrappist, monksRogersvilleThe Abbot General and his Council voted to suppress the community on 26 April 2024. Last count in the order's statistics: 6 members on 31 December 2023.
Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Abbey, RogersvilleTrappist, nunsRogersvilleIn the order's statistics until 31 December 2023; absent from those of 31 December 2024 and from the order's current list of monasteries. Last count in the order's statistics: 7 members on 31 December 2023.

Quebec

HouseOrderTownStatus
Abbaye Sainte-Marie des Deux-MontagnesBenedictine, nunsSainte-Marthe-sur-le-LacNo appeal found
Mistassini MonasteryTrappist, monksDolbeau-MistassiniThe Abbot General and his Council voted to suppress the community on 5 July 2023 and named a closure commission. Last count in the order's statistics: 8 members on 31 December 2022.
Monastery of Sainte Marie Reine des CœursMonastic Family of Bethlehem (nuns), nunsChertseyLives on gifts
Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil AbbeyTrappist, nunsSaint-Benoît-LabreSuppressed by decree of the Holy See of 20 January 2022; the nuns' stability passed to the founding house, Bonneval (France). Last count in the order's statistics: 10 members on 31 December 2021.
Rougemont AbbeyCistercian, monksRougemont

Region not recorded

HouseOrderTownStatus
Abbaye Saint-BenoîtBenedictine, monksSaint-Benoît-du-Lac
Saint Peter's AbbeyBenedictine, monksMuenster
St. Benedict’S MonasteryBenedictine, nunsWinnipeg, Manitoba
Val Notre Dame AbbeyTrappist, monksSaint-Jean-de-Matha