The Baha'i community in Burlington Ontario.

The Bahá’í Community of Canada is made up of some 30,000 Canadians from backgrounds that are truly representative of Canada’s rich cultural diversity. Bahá’ís feel at home in Canada in large part because so many of their central Bahá’í values are shared by their fellow Canadian citizens.

Bahá’ís strive to eliminate injustice, suffering, and human deprivation. The equality of women and men, education for all, the training of the mind, cultivation of the arts, and the creation of a moral culture in which everyone has the opportunity to give expression to the gifts of their particular spirit, these are the hallmarks of the Bahá’í ethos.

Bahá’ís have contributed enormously to the growth and development of the worldwide Bahá’í community. Mary Maxwell (1910-2000), who was from Montreal, married to the Head of the Bahá’í Faith, Shoghi Effendi. After his death, Mary Maxwell travelled the world where she wrote letters, books and two major film documentaries which she directed herself. Mary Maxwell’s father and prominent architect, William Sutherland Maxwell, designed the Bahá’í Shrine that graces Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel.

Louis Bourgeois, a French-Canadian architect, designed the protected American historical site: the Bahá’í House of Worship, which rests on the shores of Lake Michigan.
Fariborz Sahba, designed the famous "Lotus Temple" in New Delhi, India, now the most visited building on the planet as well as the Bahá’í Terraces that cascade down Mount Carmel. 
Hossein Amanat, a Vancouver architect, designed the administrative seat of the Universal House of Justice as well as several other edifices at the Bahá’í World Centre, in addition to the South-Pacific Bahá’í House of Worship in Samoa.
Siamak Hariri, an architect from Toronto, designed the "Mother Temple" in Chile.