Toronto Ontario Temple


The Toronto Ontario Temple is the 44th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the second temple to be dedicated in Canada, making it the first country in the world, outside the United States, to have two temples within its borders at the time of dedication. Germany became the second country outside the United States to have two temples when Germany reunified six weeks later.
The temple is located on in Brampton, which is west of downtown Toronto, Ontario. On top of the temple is a gold-leafed statue of the angel Moroni with a trump in his hand.

History

On June 22, 1986, Thomas S. Monson, then a counselor in the First Presidency, created the LDS Church's 1,600th stake in Kitchener, Ontario, and announced a temple would be built in the Toronto area. Ground was broken to signify beginning of construction on 10 October 1987. The temple was dedicated by Gordon B. Hinckley on 25 August 1990. The temple's exterior totals, four ordinance rooms and six sealing rooms.
Two LDS Church presidents hold ties to Toronto. John Taylor and his wife immigrated to Toronto in 1832, while Monson served as president of the church’s Canadian Mission, headquartered in Toronto, from 1959 to 1962.
In 2020, like all the church's other temples, along with all the church's other temples, the Toronto Ontario Temple was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.