Upper Canada College

Upper Canada College Boarding House

There are three plaques about this school.
All can be seen on this page.

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted April, 2004

Photo Source - Wikipedia

Just to the left of the main entrance to the college on Lonsdale Road at Avenue Road stands an Ontario Heritage Trust plaque which tells us this:

Plaque coordinates: 43.690867 -79.4033

Believing in the need for a preparatory school to serve the projected and much-debated provincial university, John Colborne, the newly-appointed lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, secured the legislative assembly's support in 1829 for such an institution based "upon the most liberal principles, under the most able masters". Upper Canada College began classes at York (Toronto) in 1830 and, the following year, moved into permanent premises on King Street West. During the 1880s the school's extensive endowment of Crown lands was given up in exchange for the present "Deer Park" site, to which the students and faculty moved in 1891. From its inception, Upper Canada College offered a strong classical curriculum and is today one of the oldest and most prominent schools in Canada.

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted August, 2007

On this building at 22 Duncan Street, is a 1986 Toronto Historical Board plaque attached to the wall just around the corner facing Adelaide Street West. Here's what it says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.650066 -79.389578

This is the last remaining building of Upper Canada College, located here 1831-1891. Built in the Georgian style in 1833, the student residence was altered and enlarged first in 1856 by Cumberland and Storm, architects, and again several times in later years. After the school moved to its present location on Lonsdale Road, most of the buildings on this site were demolished. The residence was then used as a factory until renovated in 1985 for commercial purposes.

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted May, 2008

Photo Source - Wikipedia

Attached to the Simcoe Street wall of a building on the northwest corner of King and Simcoe Streets is a plaque that has this to say:

Plaque coordinates: 43.647411 -79.386392

From 1829 to 1891 the block bounded by King, Simcoe, Adelaide and John Streets, then known as Russell Square, was occupied by the buildings and grounds of Upper Canada College. This tablet was placed here on September 13th, 1929, at the time of the Centenary of the College, by old boys from all over the world.

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