[1] While in Hamilton, he worked on renovations to the cathedral, built a mortuary chapel at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, and coordinated the establishment of two new parishes in the city.

[6] In 1900, the first full year of McEvay's tenure, the Diocese of London contained 78 churches and 53 parochial schools to serve 60,000 Catholics.

[8] Among the parishes he founded were churches for the growing communities of Italian, Polish, and Ukrainian immigrants, also working to recruit priests who spoke their languages.

[1] Even as he strived to accommodate immigrant communities, McEvay established himself as a leader of English-speaking Catholics in Canada, and laid the cornerstone for St. Augustine's Seminary in 1910 as an alternative to American institutions and the Grand Séminaire de Montréal.

[4] McEvay suffered from pernicious anemia and sought treatment at Mount Clemens, Michigan, and Atlantic City, New Jersey.