Edward James Wood was a prominent local leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Alberta, Canada. He was the founder of Glenwood and Hill Spring, Alberta.

Wood was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory to Mormon parents. At age 21, he was sent to Samoa as a missionary for the LDS Church, serving from 1888 to 1892. In 1891, he reportedly raised his missionary companion Brigham Smoot from the dead after Smoot had drowned in the ocean. Upon returning to Utah in 1892, Wood married Mary Ann Solomon.

In 1896, he returned to Samoa to be the president of the Samoan Mission of the church. After returning to Utah in 1898, Wood was invited by Charles O. Card to move to Canada to manage Card's mercantile store in the Latter-day Saint settlement of Cardston.

In 1903, Wood became the president of the Alberta Stake of the LDS Church, headquartered in Cardston. He organized the church's purchase of the 66,500-acre Cochran Ranch and founded the Latter-day Saint settlements of Glenwood in 1908 and Hill Spring in 1910.

In 1923, Wood became the first president of the LDS Church's Cardston Alberta Temple, serving until 1942. He was ordained as the patriarch of the Alberta Stake until his death in 1956.

Wood was the father of eight children. In 1958, a school named in his honor was built in Cardston, which was later demolished in 2004.