Canadian Unitarian Council

The Canadian Unitarian Council (French: Conseil unitarien du Canada) (CUC) is a liberal religious association of Unitarian Universalist congregations in Canada. The CUC was organized on May 14, 1961, one day before the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America, two denominations active in both the U.S. and Canada, consolidated to form the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA).

Initially the CUC was the suborganization for Canadians belonging to the UUA. However, in 2002, the CUC formally became an independent denomination from the UUA, although the UUA continues to provide ministerial settlement services and remains the primary source for education and theological resources.

Some Canadian congregations maintain dual-affiliation with the CUC and the UUA, while most congregations are only members of the CUC. The Canadian Unitarian Council is the only national body for Unitarian Universalist congregations in Canada and was one of the seventeen members of the now defunct International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (1995–2021).

Current Unitarian Universalism in the CUC has progressed beyond its historic roots in liberal Christianity, being defined as non-creedal, drawing syncretic wisdom from various religions and philosophies. Non-Christian influences include religious humanism, nontheism, pantheism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and Earth-centered spirituality. The CUC regards itself as an LGBTQ-affirming denomination.