Qibla direction in Canada

At a glance

• Ottawa, the capital: 57°, east-north-east, 10,144 km from the Kaaba.
• Toronto, the largest city: 55°, north-east, 10,493 km from the Kaaba.
• The Qibla turns by 57° across the country, from 16° in Saanich to 73° in St. John's.
• Closest to Makkah: St. John's, 8,452 km. Farthest: Victoria, 12,069 km.
• Around Ottawa, a magnetic compass points about 13° west of true north (World Magnetic Model 2025, for 2026). On a needle compass, the Qibla there is about 70°.

Qibla from every city in Canada

Cities of 100,000 people or more, largest first.

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Reading these numbers

Each bearing is measured clockwise from true north along the shortest path over the globe, a great circle, which is how the Qibla is worked out. A flat map can mislead, because the Earth is round.

Phone compasses work best after calibrating with a figure-8, away from metal and magnetic cases. Our guide to finding the Qibla also covers the sun, the local mosque and praying when unsure.

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City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Magnetic declination: the World Magnetic Model 2025 (NOAA and the British Geological Survey).