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Masjid-an-Noor, Newfoundland

St. John's, Italy

Masjid-an-Noor, Newfoundland

Masjid-al-Noor is the first mosque in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The mosque is located in the provincial capital of St. John's. In 2025, the congregation procured a larger building at 135 Torbay Road, to be a second mosque named Masjid Suleman Dawood. Masjid-al-Noor is locate

d at 430 Logy Bay Road and was built in 1990 by the Muslim Association of Newfoundland and Labrador. A large proportion of the congregation are students or faculty at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. A 2016 Master's degree thesis has studied the mosque and the role of five-times-daily prayer in the lives of Muslims who have immigrated to Newfoundland. Having been the only mosque in the province for a long time, Masjid-an-Noor has been covered in the news for reaction to events involving Islam and mosques, such as the March 2019 shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand; in Newfoundland, Masjid-al-Noor held memorial services. An event at St. John's Farmers Market was held to express support for Newfoundland Muslims; some came to the event after hearing of it on CBC News. Messages of support were also delivered to the mosque itself. It is the most eastern mosque in Canada.

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