Salvationists gathered at Toronto’s historic Massey Hall for a welcome celebration at the start of the congress portion of INSPIRE events. 

(Above) Ontario Premier Doug Ford with General Brian and Commissioner Rosalie Peddle, and Commissioners Floyd and Tracey Tidd For more photos, see our photo album on Facebook. Attendees began the fourth and final day of the conference portion of INSPIRE events with a time of worship led by Laura Rowsell, worship ministries director at

A tragic accident has claimed the lives of 13 Salvationists from the Nigeria Territory. 

A commemorative coin is given to participants of the INSPIRE Conference and Congress.

Highlights of the third day of INSPIRE.

The excitement of INSPIRE continued on Tuesday as nearly 1,000 delegates converged on the Rogers Centre for Salvation Army Night at the Toronto Blue Jays. 

The mood was festive on Monday as more than 1,400 Salvation Army officers, their families, employees and friends gathered together at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto to celebrate the first day of the INSPIRE Conference and Congress.

The Quebec, Maritime, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Bermuda divisions will merge and be called the Atlantic Division. The Prairie and Alberta and Northern Territories divisions will merge and be called the Great Plains and Northern Division

Commissioners Lee and Debbie Graves have been appointed as territorial commander and territorial president of women’s ministries for the Canada and Bermuda Territory.

Commissioner Floyd Tidd will take a medical leave of absence from September 1, 2023, to January 1, 2024.