List of synagogues in the Greater Toronto Area
A list of synagogues in the Greater Toronto Area a region with a large Jewish population. Most are located along Bathurst Street in Toronto, North York and Thornhill, but some are located in areas of newer Jewish immigrants.
Where, prior to World War II there used to be over 30 synagogues in the area in and Kensington Market, Spadina Avenue and Bathurst Street south of Bloor, today only four remain as many of the older buildings were sold when congregations relocated north of St. Clair Avenue in the 1950s and 1960s following the migration of the Jewish population up Bathurst Street.
A
- Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto)
- Agudath Israel of Toronto Congregation – Toronto
- Aish HaTorah – Thornhill, Ontario
- Anshei Minsk – Toronto (Kensington Market) – pre-1940 synagogue
B
- Beach Hebrew Institute – Toronto – pre-1940 synagogue
- Beit Rayim Synagogue and School – Thornhill, Ontario
- Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto – Thornhill, Ontario
- Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am – North York – designed by Irving Grossman (1959)
- Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue – North York[1]
- Beth Jacob (Toronto) 1921–22 – Henry Street at Cecil Street, North York designed by Benjamin Brown [2]
- Beth Lida Forest Hill Synagogue – Toronto
- Beth Radom Congregation – North York
- Beth Sholom Synagogue (Toronto) – York, Ontario
- Beth Tikvah Synagogue – North York
- Beth Torah Congregation – North York
- Beth Tzedec Congregation – York, Ontario
- Beth Zion Congregation – Oshawa, Ontario
- B'nai Shalom V'Tikvah – Ajax, Ontario
- B'nai Torah – North York, Ontario
C
- City Shul – Toronto
- Chabad @ Flamingo – Thornhill, Ontario
- Chabad Lubavitch of Markham – Markham, Ontario
- Chabad Lubavitch of Thornhill – Thornhill, Ontario
- Clanton Park Synagogue – North York
- Congregation Habonim Toronto – Toronto – one of the first Holocaust refugee/survivor congregations to develop in Canada
- Congregation B'nah Torah – North York
- Congregation Chasidei Bobov – North York
- Congregation Tifereth Yaacov – North York
D
- Darchei Noam – North York – a Reconstructionist synagogue
F
- First Narayever Congregation – Toronto – downtown, traditional egalitarian synagogue - pre-1940 synagogue
- First Russian Congregation – Toronto (Kensington Market) – also known as "The Kiever" – pre-1940 synagogue
G
- Goel Tzedec synagogue (1906) Toronto, University Avenue near Agnes Street, designed by William Limberry Symons 1906; demol.[3]
H
- Har Tikvah Congregation – Brampton, Ontario
- Hebrew Institute of Toronto, Brunswick Avenue at College Street (1920), Toronto designed by Benjamin Brown 1920; built 1923–24[4]
- Holy Blossom Temple – Toronto
J
K
- Kehilat Or Hadash – Toronto
- Kehillat Shaarei Torah – North York
- Kehilat Melech Yisroel - North York
- Kiever Synagogue – Toronto (Kensington Market) – also known as the First Russian Congregation, pre-1940 synagogue
- Knesseth Israel – Toronto – pre-1940 synagogue, the city's oldest functioning synagogue
- Kol Torah – Thornhill, Ontario
- Kollel Ravid – North York
- Kollel Yismach Moshe – North York
L
M
- Congregation Machziki Hadath, 1906 Terauley Street, Toronto designed by William Craven Vaux Chadwick, demolished[5]
- Magen David Sephardic Congregation – North York
- Maon Noam Synagogue – North York
N
O
P
R
- Adath Israel Congregation (Toronto)
- Romano Centre – Richmond Hill, Ontario
- The Richmond Hill Country Shul – Richmond Hill, Ontario[6]
- Roumanian Hebrew Synagogue (1907), Centre Avenue, Toronto, Ontario designed by Percy H. Finney [7]
S
- Sephardic Rabbinate of Ontario – Thornhill, Ontario
- Shaar Shalom Synagogue – Thornhill, Ontario
- Shaarei Beth-El Synagogue – Oakville, Ontario
- Shaarei Shomayim Congregation – Toronto
- Shaarei Tefillah Congregation – North York
- Shaarei Tzedek Synagogue (The Markham Shul) – Toronto pre-1940 synagogue
- Shomrai Shabos Synagogue – North York
- Solel Congregation Synagogues – Mississauga, Ontario
- Stashover-Slipia Congregation
T
- Temmy Latner Forest Hill Jewish Centre – Toronto
- Temple Emanu-El Toronto
- Temple Har Zion Thornhill, Ontario
- Temple Kol Ami – Thornhill, Ontario
- Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
- The Richmond Hill Country Shul – Richmond Hill, Ontario
- Thornhill Woods Shul – Thornhill, Ontario[8]
- Tiferet Israel Congregation - Toronto
- Torah Emeth Jewish Centre – Toronto
V
- The Village Shul – Toronto
W
Z
See also
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