4 neighbourhoods compared — 44 shuls, 4 kosher stores and restaurants, 4 day schools and 6 mikvaos on the map.
Greater Toronto has the largest Jewish community in Canada — commonly estimated at around 190,000 — strung along the Bathurst Street corridor, and ShulMap maps it as four neighbourhoods. Inside the city, Bathurst & Lawrence is the centre: more than twenty shuls and shtieblach on Bathurst between Glencairn and Wilson, from Shaarei Shomayim and the Agudah to chassidish and Sephardic minyanim, close to the subway. Just north of Wilson, Bathurst Manor and Clanton Park are North York's original Orthodox neighbourhood — walkable, central and less expensive than Thornhill.
Bathurst & Steeles, at the city's northern edge, is smaller, around B'nai Torah, Minyan Sepharad and the Moroccan congregation Bet Yoseph. Across Steeles, Thornhill has the highest concentration of Jewish residents in Canada, with shuls of every denomination, Canada's largest kosher supermarket and strong day schools, about 25 minutes from downtown.
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| Bathurst & Lawrence, Toronto | 21 | · | 1 | 2 | $$$ | Moving guide → | |
| Thornhill | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | $$$ | Moving guide → | |
| Bathurst Manor / Clanton Park, Toronto | 9 | · | 1 | 1 | $$–$$$ | Moving guide → | |
| Bathurst & Steeles, Toronto | 4 | · | · | 1 | $$–$$$ |
The centre of Orthodox life inside the City of Toronto — Bathurst Street between Glencairn and Wilson packs more than twenty shuls, from Shaarei Shomayim and the Agudah to chassidish shtieblach and Sephardic minyanim, with mikvaos and girls' schools a short walk from the street.
Canada's most Orthodox-dense community — Thornhill's Bathurst Street corridor packs world-class shuls across every denomination, Canada's largest kosher supermarket, multiple mikvaot, and strong Jewish day schools into a quieter suburban setting 25 minutes from downtown Toronto.
Toronto's original Orthodox neighbourhood — the established North York community around Clanton Park and Bathurst Manor, more walkable, more central and less expensive than Thornhill to its north.
The northern edge of the City of Toronto, between Bathurst Manor and Thornhill — B'nai Torah and its mikvah on Patricia Avenue, Minyan Sepharad, the Moroccan congregation Bet Yoseph and the JRCC, among condos and older houses a short walk from the Steeles city line.
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ShulMap maps 4 Orthodox neighbourhoods in Toronto: Bathurst & Lawrence, Thornhill, Bathurst Manor and Bathurst & Steeles. Together they have 44 shuls on the map, plus 4 kosher stores and restaurants, 4 day schools and 6 mikvaos. Each has its own page with a walkable shul map.
Bathurst & Lawrence has the most on ShulMap, with 21 mapped, followed by Thornhill (10) and Bathurst Manor (9). Shul count is a rough guide to community size, not to fit — a smaller community with a daily minyan near housing you can afford may suit a family better than a bigger one.
On ShulMap's housing bands — a relative guide within the area, not a dollar figure — Bathurst Manor ($$–$$$) and Bathurst & Steeles ($$–$$$) sit at the lower end, and Bathurst & Lawrence ($$$) and Thornhill ($$$) at the top. Each relocation guide gives approximate prices and which sections to look at.
ShulMap has mikvaos mapped in Bathurst & Lawrence, Thornhill, Bathurst Manor and Bathurst & Steeles. Day schools are mapped in Bathurst & Lawrence, Thornhill and Bathurst Manor. A community without one on the map may still have one we have not added yet, and families commonly use institutions in a neighboring community.
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