Église Sainte-Marie, Church Point, Nova Scotia, Catholic church in Church Point, Nova Scotia.

Église Sainte-Marie is a former Catholic church in Church Point, Nova Scotia, built in the form of a cross: its nave is 58 metres long and its transepts span 41 metres. The steeple rises 56 metres from floor to tip, with a cross adding 1.67 metres. The central steeple is flanked by two turrets, with four more turrets around the spire. The white-walled interior has a vaulted ceiling, clerestory windows, a band of Romanesque arches, nine flower-edged tableaux on the ceiling vaults, and white oak pews installed in the 1960s.

The present church was built between 1903 and 1905 by master carpenter Léo Melanson with about 1,500 parishioners, under Father Pierre-Marie Dagnaud, who hired Arthur Regnault of Rennes as architect. It replaced a classical Georgian church that served from 1829 to 1905. A steeple struck by lightning in 1914 was rebuilt shorter, and the church was deconsecrated on November 24, 2023.

The name Church Point comes from the 1786 chapel built on a point of land jutting into St. Mary's Bay. The third church, built after the arrival of resident priest Jean-Mandé Sigogne, drew many Mi'kmaq to his services; a bilingual Mi'kmaq-French catechism he used survives in the National Archives in Ottawa. A museum room opened inside the church in 1970, now closed, and held a reliquary handcrafted by a regional Acadian artist.

The church stands on the French Shore at Church Point, facing St. Mary's Bay, and is exposed to strong coastal winds. It held its last service on Christmas Eve 2019 and was deconsecrated on November 24, 2023, so it is no longer an active parish church. The Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth put the building up for sale in January 2024 and later sought demolition proposals, so access is uncertain; check with the Association Sainte-Marie Héritage et Développement before planning a visit.

The steeple holds 40 tonnes of stone ballast to resist the strong winds off St. Mary's Bay, and the walls were covered in canvas rather than plaster. The steeple also contains three bronze bells imported from France, the largest weighing almost 800 kilograms.