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1 " The other major hurdle was that the two churches in the upper provinces had between them no less than four theological colleges, each with partisans who argued that in the interests of economy at least one of the others ought to be closed. This was passed, in a typically Canadian spirit of compromise, by allowing all four to remain open. "

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2 " The eventual religious affiliation of Indian tribes depended not only on the success of missionaries in making first contact but on the compatibility of their social patterns with the types of Christianity from which they were able to choose. The Oblates were delighted with the response of the tractable Déné of the far northwest. Anglicans had greater success with the Tudukh, whom they found 'more lively and affectionate' although 'more superstitious' than the Déné. In British Columbia the Roman Catholics were able to plant missions among the interior Salish, who liked their ceremonies and readily accepted their disciplined approach to community life. From the warlike Kwakiutls, Haidas and Tsimshians of the coast they met only rebuffs, but it was among these tribes that the more emotional Methodists were able to establish themselves. "

― , The Church in the Canadian Era