page_title: Kensington Market
section_title: Religion
hierarchical_section_title: Kensington Market / Demographics / Religion
caption_attribution_description: English: Minsk Congregation Synagogue (1930), Kensington Market, Toronto
context_page_description: Kensington Market is a distinctive multicultural neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Market is an older neighbourhood and one of the city's most well-known. In November 2006, it was designated a National Historic Site of Canada. Robert Fulford wrote in 1999 that "Kensington today is as much a legend as a district. The outdoor market has probably been photographed more often than any other site in Toronto."
  Its approximate borders are College St. on the north, Spadina Ave. on the east, Dundas St. W. to the south, and Bathurst St. to the west. Most of the neighbourhood's eclectic shops, cafes, and other attractions are located along Augusta Ave. and neighbouring Nassau St., Baldwin St., and Kensington Ave. In addition to the Market, the neighbourhood features many Victorian homes, the Kensington Community School, Bellevue Square and Toronto Western Hospital.
context_section_description: Two synagogues remain in the Market from the early 20th-century period when the area was the centre of Toronto's Jewish community, Anshei Minsk on St. Andrews Street and the Kiever Synagogue on Bellevue Avenue.
  In recent years Kensington Market has been associated with the Rastafari Movement. There are several stores situated around the Market that sell Rastafarian cultural items, including a small flea-market. The winter solstice festival in Kensington Market is an important gathering of Ontario's pagan community.
caption: Opened in 1927, Anshei Minsk is one of two synagogues in the area.
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