This is the office number. If it is out of hours, see other providers in North York, several of which answer around the clock.
Prayer times at Abu Ubaydah Islamic Centre (ZANCANA)
Worked out from this masjid’s coordinates for today’s date. They are not Abu Ubaydah Islamic Centre (ZANCANA)’s announced jamaa‘ah times — those are set by the masjid and usually differ. Check abuubaydah.org for the jamaa‘ah timetable.
Today
| Prayer | Begins |
|---|---|
| FajrNextDawn — ends at sunrise | — |
| SunriseNextFajr ends; no prayer at this moment | — |
| DhuhrNextJust after the sun crosses the meridian | — |
| AsrNextSet by the shadow ratio you choose below | — |
| MaghribNextAt sunset | — |
| IshaNextNightfall | — |
These are calculated times, not Abu Ubaydah Islamic Centre (ZANCANA)’s jamaa‘ah times. They are worked out in your browser from this masjid’s own coordinates and today’s date, using the ISNA convention — the same arithmetic a printed timetable uses. What a masjid announces is something else: iqamah is set by the masjid, usually a chosen number of minutes after the prayer begins, and many hold it at a fixed clock time for weeks at a stretch. So the two will not match, and they are not meant to. For the times the congregation actually prays, check the masjid’s own site or phone (416) 732-7505.
Jumu’ah
Times shift with the season — confirm on abuubaydah.org before travelling.
Janazah & burial services
Masjid in the Jane-Finch/Driftwood area run by the Zanzibar Canadian Association (ZANCANA), serving the Swahili-speaking East African community. Janazah support is coordinated through a volunteer committee reachable via several named members' personal cellphones published on zancana.org (Jamal Jiddawy 647-290-8652, Mohammed Hamdan 416-732-7505, Feisal Amour 647-667-2337, Salim Seif 416-856-4513, Bishara Al Masroori 647-866-4312) rather than one dedicated office line, so no single janazah_phone was recorded — deliberately left null per spec rather than guessing which number to feature.
Each line below is either confirmed from the organisation’s own material or marked as not confirmed. We publish the gaps rather than guess at them.
Runs a member-funded 'Janazah Support System', not a walk-in fee-for-service model: $100 one-time registration, $50 minimum account balance, plus $25 contribution per member each time a Janazah occurs. Open to Muslim adults resident in Canada (spouse/dependents under 25/parents at same address covered).
Facilities & community services
Services the community can ask for
- janazah support system (member-funded funeral fund)
Listed from the organisation’s own material. A service not listed here isn’t necessarily unavailable — call the office and ask.
About Abu Ubaydah Islamic Centre (ZANCANA)
Abu Ubaydah Islamic Centre (legally registered as Zancana Community Center, a CRA-registered charity effective 2009) runs a member-funded Janazah Support System for its North York community rather than a walk-in fee-for-service funeral model.
From the organisation’s own pages, checked 13 Aug 2026 — see the sources below.
What we haven’t confirmed
We could not establish: On-site mortuary, Cold storage, Ghusl facility, Ghusl for women, by women, Kafan (shroud), Transport of the deceased and more. Those are published as gaps rather than filled with a plausible guess. If you know the answer — especially if you are from this organisation — tell us and we will verify and update the listing.
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Where to go next
Sources for this listing
Every factual claim on this page traces to a source below. Details change — check the original source before relying on any figure, fee or legal position.
- Abu Ubaydah Islamic Center — Contact — abuubaydah.org
- Abu Ubaydah Islamic Center — Home — abuubaydah.org
- ZANCANA — Home — zancana.org
- ZANCANA — Janazah Project — zancana.org
- CRA Charities Listing - Zancana Community Center — apps.cra-arc.gc.ca