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University of Toronto sits in Mississauga, Canada, and is a very large university. The church closest to campus is Faith Baptist Church, Baptist, about 1.9 miles away. In the surrounding area you will find Baptist, Anglican or Episcopal, and Catholic congregations, so whether you grew up in a particular tradition or have never set foot in a church, there is a door here for you.

Arriving, and the ache of a new place

It is a strange thing to arrive in Mississauga with tens of thousands of other students and still, some nights, feel like no one knows your name. That ache is not weakness and it is not rare. Nearly everyone around you feels some version of it, and one of the oldest, quietest answers to it is a room full of people who will learn your name, pray for your week, and save you a seat.

There are churches near campus where students are already gathering. You would not have to walk in alone. If it helps, start with when you feel lonely at college, how to find Christian friends, or what a first Sunday is actually like.

And you do not have to wait to be found. The other believers are already here, scattered and unseen. The Campus Gathering shows you how to find them, or begin one yourself, because two or three who gather in his name are already the church on this campus, and the most beautiful doorway to Christ a searching student ever walks through.

You are more than your transcript

You can move through a whole day here among thousands of people and end it with no one who actually knows your name, then wonder why a place this full can feel this empty.

It is not a new question. Students have carried it through Mississauga since 1827. This is the oldest ache there is, and a degree, however good, was never built to fill it. Long before you had a transcript, a major, or a single line of achievement to your name, you were already known and already loved. That is the heart of what Christians mean by the Living Bread: a belonging and a life that do not run out when the grades come in, when the offer falls through, or when a semester in Mississauga quietly breaks you. Jesus offered himself to hungry people as exactly that, the bread that satisfies the hunger underneath the hunger, the one no achievement has ever reached.

If that stirs something in you, you can start with who Jesus actually is, or sit for a while with when you feel unknown in a crowd. There is no hurry, and no test at the end of it.

Where you are, and who is already near

University of Toronto has stood in Mississauga, Canada since 1827. Generation after generation of students has arrived here in the years since, hauling boxes into a strange room, learning a new set of streets, and carrying the same quiet questions underneath the timetable and the reading list. You are only the newest of a very long line.

And you are not without a local family here. The congregations nearest campus are real, named places: Faith Baptist Church about 1.9 miles away; Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church about 2.4 miles away; and Empowered Life Church about 2.6 miles away. These are not abstractions on a map. They are ordinary rooms full of people who would learn your name, pray for your week, and save you a seat, a short way from where you sleep.

Wherever you have come from, Mississauga, Canada can become more than the city your degree happens to be printed in. It can become the place you were found. You can see every nearby church listed in full just below, explore more campuses across Canada, or step back to the whole University Kingdom Network. And when you want a congregation near your exact address, the church finder can map it.

Churches Near University of Toronto

These are real congregations closest to campus, drawn from OpenStreetMap, with straight-line distances. Service times and student ministries vary, so check each church directly. When you are ready, the church finder maps them for you.

• Faith Baptist Church

  Baptist
  1.9 miles away
• Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church
  2.4 miles away
• Empowered Life Church
  2.6 miles away
• Malvern Baptist Church

  Baptist
  2.8 miles away
• Scarborough Bluffs United Church
  2.9 miles away
• Scarborough Bluffs United Church

  United
  2.9 miles away
• Victory Sanctuary of Praise
  2.9 miles away
• Grace Life Centre
  2.9 miles away
• Destiny & Dominion
  3.0 miles away
• Bendale Bible Chapel
  3.2 miles away
• Christ Church Cares

  Anglican
  3.3 miles away
• Saint Boniface Catholic Church

  Catholic
  3.4 miles away
• Grace Christian Reformed Church
  3.6 miles away
• Church Of Jesus Christ

  Protestant
  3.9 miles away

Getting to church without a car

The closest of these may be a short bus, bike, or car ride from campus. Many students do not have a car. Check the local transit route on a Sunday, or ask in your campus community whether anyone is walking or driving over. Going with someone the first time makes all the difference.

Christian Traditions Near University of Toronto

The churches around campus span several Christian traditions. If you are not sure what the differences mean, or which might feel like home, these explain each one, and what all Christians hold in common.

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