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From 1961 to 1968, the first mosque in Toronto was a little building on Dundas Street W. The Dundas Street mosque was a prayer hall and community centre in which social activities, major religious celebrations, and schooling took place.  Today its existence is largely unknown.  Mosque One:  Oral Histories of Toronto’s First Mosque is a TTI oral history project that allows those connected to the mosque to tell their stories.

The importance of the project is that it helps anchor Muslim civic engagement in the history of Canada’s social fabric, demonstrating that Muslims are not newcomers to Canada unfamiliar to Canadian values of civic engagement.

The project was made possible with a grant from The Olive Tree Foundation, and co-sponsored by The International Development and Relief Foundation. We are extremely grateful for their support, as this project would not have been possible without them.

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