The first staff member, Canon Rayson gave 7 lectures each week to the twenty-seven students enrolled in a Religious Knowledge course.
Canterbury College's focus shifted from teaching to maintaining and developing a viable Christian presence within the rapidly secularizing university setting.
On November 4, 1967, Canterbury College celebrated its tenth anniversary by opening the first on-campus residence for married students in Canada.
Allan Gotlieb, the Canadian ambassador to Washington, received an honorary degree at a special convocation ceremony at the University of Windsor.
In 2002, Canterbury College celebrated the 40th anniversary by expanding to occupy most of a city block, with thirteen houses, and Geoffrey Fisher Hall.
2500 University Avenue West, which includes college classrooms, offices and meeting rooms, replaced the former Ramsey and Davidson Houses.
St. Paul's at Canterbury, the new chapel can accommodate up to 100 people or be sectioned off to provide meeting rooms and a banquet hall.
The former Anglican parish of St. Paul's brought the pictorial glass windows, altar, pulpit, font, lights and many other items from their former building on Ouellette Avenue.
The scholarship program at Canterbury has grown to twenty-nine awards, and from the interest on endowments, there will be over $8,600.00 available to be distributed this year in prizes and bursaries.