Churches in Canyon County
Canyon County, Idaho has 167 churches in the Churches List directory, 222 of them verified and 195 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 242 congregations and 99,546 adherents across 43 religious bodies in the county. That is 431 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 231,102 people. It is one of the counties we index across Idaho, within the Boise City, ID metro area. Its largest listing centre is Nampa.
Religious bodies in Canyon County (2020 US Religion Census)
| Religious body | Congregations | Adherents | Per 1,000 pop. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 85 | 36,975 | 160.0 |
| Catholic Church | 3 | 27,372 | 118.4 |
| Church of the Nazarene | 14 | 9,354 | 40.5 |
| Non-denominational Christian Churches | 15 | 6,460 | 28.0 |
| Assemblies of God | 14 | 5,549 | 24.0 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | 13 | 3,312 | 14.3 |
| Seventh-day Adventist Church | 8 | 2,417 | 10.5 |
| United Methodist Church | 5 | 946 | 4.1 |
| Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | 3 | 901 | 3.9 |
| Evangelical Friends Church International | 4 | 793 | 3.4 |
| Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod | 2 | 590 | 2.6 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 10 | 586 | 2.5 |
Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (231,102). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.
Historic-register churches in the county
Notable churches in Canyon County
St. Paul's Catholic Church & School
Nampa First Church of the Nazarene
№ 03
Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church
Grace Bible Church - Nampa Campus
Christian Faith Center Nampa, Central Offices, & Español
Harvest Life Church
Calvary Chapel Caldwell
Crossroads Idaho
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Jesus House
The Salvation Army Nampa Corps
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Cities and towns in Canyon County
Directory traditions here: Unknown Denomination (49) Non-Denominational (31) Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints (27) Baptist Churches (26) Church of the Nazarene (16) Christian (14) Pentecostal (12) Assemblies of God (10) Seventh Day Adventist (10) Church of God (8)
Researching ancestors from Canyon County?
Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Idaho counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Canyon County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.
Disaster history of Canyon County
FEMA has issued 4 disaster declarations covering Canyon County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2020. The most frequent cause: biological (2 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
How this county page is assembled
Directory listings are mapped to Canyon County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.