Metropolitan United Church

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Accepting, affirming and welcoming to everyone, Metropolitan United Church at Queen and Church Streets has a 200-year history of presenting great sacred music in the heart of Toronto. Under the leadership of Minister of Music Jonathan Oldengarm, our ensembles include the Adult Choir; Metropolitan Choristers (dir. Camille Labonté; and Handbell Choirs, the Metropolitan Silver Band (est. 1934, and dir. by Fran Harvey), and the Great Heart youth ensemble (dir. Ben Stein). Highlights from our instrument collection include Canada's largest pipe organ (1930 by Casavant Frères of Quebec) and the 54-bell Massey-Drury Carillon (Elisa Tersigni, Carillonnist).

In addition to great music every Sunday morning and frequent outdoor carillon concerts, our beautiful Gothic Revival sanctuary hosts two concert series, including Music at Met and Noon at Met (Thursdays at 12pm, October to November, and February to June). Our Christmas Lessons and Carols service and Good Friday evening Choral Concert are particular annual highlights for many Torontonians. We are also a sought-after, fully accessible rental venue with a state-of-art audio, video, lighting and live-streaming systems