First Jewish Congregation in Canada West
Alan L Brown
Text from the plaque
In 1849 the Trustees of the Toronto Hebrew Congregation purchased a site in Toronto from the Hon. John Beverley Robinson for the first Jewish cemetery west of Montreal. Regular religious services were not held in Canada West until 1856 when seventeen Jewish families from England and Continental Europe formed a congregation in Toronto. This group, after acquiring the cemetery in 1858, became known as the "Toronto Hebrew Congregation-Holy Blossom". They held services in a building on the south-east coner of Yonge and Richmond Streets until the construction of their first synagogue in 1876 at 25 Richmond Street East. In 1897 they moved to 115 Bond Street and in 1938 to the present site.
Transcribed from the marker, not summarised.
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The City of Toronto On the north facing wall near the main entrance to the temple on the west side of Bathurst Street one block south of Eglinton Avenue
Also recorded for this place: The City of Toronto
Recorded April 8, 2004. Check current access before visiting.