Toronto's Jewish community is the most populous and one of the oldest in the country, forming a significant part of the history of the Jews in Canada. It numbered about 240,000 in the 2001 census, hav
Population distribution of Jewish Canadians in Toronto by federal electoral district, 2021 census
Holy Blossom Temple on Bond Street, 1900
Horse-drawn wagon in front of Beth Hamidrash Hagadol–McCaul Street Synagogue, c. 1920
Jewish market, Kensington Avenue, 1924
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
History of the Jews in Toronto
…one of the oldest in the country, forming a significant part of the history of the Jews in Canada. It numbered about 240,000 in the 2001 census, having overtaken Montreal in the 1970s. As of 2011, the Greater Toronto Area is home to 188,710 Jews. The community in Toronto is composed of many different Jewish ethnic divisions, reflecting…
Congregation Shaar Hashomayim, earlier synagogue building built in 1866 c. 1910-11