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The parish of St. Peter, Vancouver was begun in 1907 as St. Peter's Mission, Mountain View in South Vancouver. Later it was located at 285 East 13th Ave. The 3rd church building was built in 1969 and dedicated in 1970. With the closing of the parish in 1989, the parishioners joined the parish of Holy Cross which parish also continued the use of St. Peter's Church as their own.

The history of Holy Cross Church dates back to 1903 when it started its mission to the Japanese community in Vancouver, B.C. In 1905, a mission called “Holy Cross” was established at 430 Cordova Street in Vancouver, B.C. In 1942 the Japanese communities of BC were forcibly relocated to internment camps in the interior of BC until 1946. During this time, the buildings of Holy Cross were sold by the Diocese of New Westminster. In 1955 another denomination gave a property located at 849 East 11th Avenue in Vancouver, B.C., to the Diocese of New Westminster, who in turn gave it to the Japanese community and is now Holy Cross Japanese-Canadian Anglican Church. In 1989 the Parish of St. Peter’s Anglican Church arranged with Holy Cross to transfer their property at 4580 Walden Street in Vancouver, B.C., along with their existing St. Peter’s Memorial Garden where it sits today. On 15 May 2010, at the 109th Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster, in the presence of 16 members of the Japanese Canadian Anglican Community, Bishop Michael Ingham offered a formal apology for the Diocesan sale of two Japanese Canadian churches during and after WWII.

St. Philip's Mission began as a small frame building on the site of Lord Kitchener School, with plans for the establishment of a parish in Vancouver's Dunbar neighbourhood in 1925. The first service was held in the same building in September of 1925, receiving the name of St. Philip's in October of 1926. A move was made to the old United Church premises on 21st Ave between Collingwood and Dunbar Street in November of 1926. The current Church hall was erected and dedicated in 1928-1929 and was later used as the church. The new church was built in 1941-1942 and dedicated in December of 1943. It was later consecrated in 1945. The parish grew substantially in the post-war years and under and enthusiastic superintendent, at one point they had what was believed to be one of the largest sunday schools in Canada.

The parish of St. thomas was established in 1912 as a mission of St. Michael's parish, Vancouver. It became independent in 1914. The hall was built in 1922 and the parish became fully self-supporting in 1927. The cornerstone form the renovated church and new hall was laid in 1955 and the dedication occurred later in the same year. It was then consecrated by Bishop Gower in 1967.

St. Timothy's Mission (also called St. Timothy's, Fraserview) was established in 1955 as a branch of St. Luke's Parish. The parish closed in 1971 with the parishioners joining St. Thomas' Parish.

St. Francis-in-the-Wood, Caulfeild was established in 1928 in connection with St. Stephen's, West Vancouver. From 1946 to 1953, St. Francis was paired with St. Christopher's, West Vancouver. The parishes of St. Francis and St. Christopher's were divided in 1953. St. Monica's, Horseshoe Bay which was included in the earlier parish, continued together with St. Francis until 1955.

Anglican services were being held in the West Vancouver area from early times, but it was not until 1945 under the guidance of Bishop Heathcote that a new parish was to be created and named St. Christopher's at the suggestion of the beloved pianist Mrs. Snelgrove. Plans for a new hall were immediately begun and campaign for funds was launched in 1946. The hall was build tin 1947 and was dedicated May 31, 1949. The parish was incorporated in 1955 and the cornerstone for the church was laid in January of 1956. The church was dedicated in May of the same year. By 1960, extensive alterations and improvements to the building had been carried out and the parish was dedicated October 17, 1965.

Formerly called the Anglican Young Peoples Association (A.Y.P.A.), a B.C. Provincial Council was formed in 1932. After national restructuring in 1967 the organization was renamed the British Columbia Anglican Youth Movement (BCAYM). The organization has seldom had a central office; rather, administrative activities and record keeping have been dispersed across the Ecclesiastical Province. Key activities which have brought Anglican youth together have been annual conferences, summer projects and the publication of newsletters. Since about 1974 the BCAYM has published the newsletter, "Logos".

Initial activity began in 1941 with the formation of the Whytecliff Anglican Women's Guild in affiliation with the parish of St. Stephen's with St. Francis-in-the-Woods, West Vancouver. St. Stephen's and St. Francis were divided in 1946 between two incumbents and the Whytecliff guild continued as part of the latter. The parish was formed in 1951 and in 1955 was detached from the ministry of St. Francis. In 1973 the parish united with St. Matthew's United Church, West Vancouver, retaining affiliations with both the larger Anglican and United Church bodies.

St. Stephen's was established in 1913 as the first Anglican parish in West Vancouver. New areas of ministry were established in Caulfeild, where St. Francis-in-the-Wood Church was opened in 1928, and in Whytecliff in 1941, which later developed into St. Monica's Parish. Both these areas were separated from the work of the incumbent of St. Stephen's in 1946.