Watch the 2025 Toronto Prayer Breakfast

History

In October 1994, The “Scarborough Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast” began, with Joyce Trimmer, then Mayor of the City of Scarborough, hosting the event. The late Frank Faubert, who succeeded Mayor Trimmer, continued to host the breakfast until Scarborough became part of the City of Toronto in 1998. That year the name was changed to “Scarborough Community Prayer Breakfast”, representing an area with a population of some 650,000. In January 2000 the decision was made to expand the horizon of the breakfast to serve the eastern GTA, encompass the area east of Yonge Street as far as Oshawa, and from the lake front north to Steeles Avenue. The event became known as The Greater Toronto East Prayer Breakfast. In 2016, the Steering Committee decided to change the event’s name to the Toronto Prayer Breakfast, to reflect the mission of serving the entire City of Toronto.

Past Breakfasts