Montreal's Jewish community is one of the oldest and most populous in Canada, formerly first but now second to Toronto and numbering more than 90,000 in Greater Montreal according to the 2021 census u
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, earlier synagogue building built in 1866 c. 1910-11
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim is an Ashkenazi synagogue in Westmount, Quebec. Incorporated in 1846, it is the oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in Canada and the largest traditional synagogue in Canada.
History of the Jews in Montreal
…Hebrew Foundation School, an elementary school in Dollard-Des Ormeaux Akiva School, an elementary school housed within Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, in Westmount Adam Gopnik…
The synagogue in 2023
View of the synagogue from Sherbrooke Street
View of the synagogue from the top of the hill