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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, having overtaken Montreal in the 1970s. As of 2011, the Greater Toronto Area is home to 188,710 Jews. [2]
Little is known about the history of Fuvahmulah, owing to its relative seclusion, partially because the island was historically very difficult to get to due to its geographic peculiarities. Despite this, island still holds a few historical landmarks. These include a much-damaged Buddhist stupa known locally as Fua Mulaku Havitta. The original ...
Church and Wellesley: Old Toronto 18 John William Drummond Stores 1868 253 Yonge Street Garden District: Old Toronto 18 Euclid Hall (now Keg Mansion) 1868 Arthur McMaster 515 Jarvis Street Church and Wellesley: Old Toronto W 65 Front Street East 1869 65 Front Street East St. Lawrence: Old Toronto [40] 76 Church Street 1869 76 Church Street St ...
Adath Israel Congregation, Toronto Holy Blossom Temple Kiever Synagogue, Toronto. 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.
St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church Wexford, Toronto: 1981 Greek Community of Metropolitan Toronto; 1991 Church damaged by a $1.2-million fire on the eve of its 10th anniversary. [24] [25] [note 11] A group of ten Russian Orthodox icon painters were responsible for the art in the rebuilt church. [26] Metamorphosis Greek Orthodox Church ...
The Toronto Hebrew Congregation was formed in 1849 by members from Germany (including Bavaria and Alsace), Bohemia, Great Britain, the United States, Russia, Galicia, and Lithuania. The Congregation conducted services in members' homes and founded the Pape Avenue Cemetery, Toronto's first Jewish cemetery. The congregation was known as the ...
The First Russian Congregation of Rodfei Sholem Anshei Kiev, known as the Kiever Synagogue or Kiever Shul, is a Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by Jewish immigrants from Ukraine in 1912, and formally incorporated in 1914.
An outstanding example of picturesque design inspired by the 19th-century tradition of rural cemeteries in a naturalistic setting; many of the grave markers are representative of significant epochs in the history of Toronto and the rest of the country Old Toronto City Hall and York County Court House [50] [51] 1899 (completed) 1984 Toronto