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University of Toronto

Also known as UToronto, U of T, Univ. of Toronto, utoronto.ca, UofT, U. of T., The University of Toronto

public research university in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada

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The University of Toronto is a public research university located in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. It is one of Canada's major institutions for higher education and research.

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Official website: www.utoronto.ca
Image: Convocation Hall in UofT.jpg
Students count: 102431
Motto: As a tree through the ages

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Commons category: University of Toronto
API endpoint URL: idpz.utorauth.utoronto.ca/shibboleth
inception: 1827-03-15
social media followers: 236
Commons gallery: University of Toronto
Commons Institution page: University of Toronto

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The University of Toronto (U of T ) is a public research university with three campuses in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. Based on the grounds that surround Queen's Park in Toronto, it was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada. Originally controlled by the Church of England, the university assumed its present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution.

Its three campuses are known as St. George, Mississauga, and Scarborough. Its large downtown Toronto location, St. George, is the oldest of the three and encompasses 11 colleges, each with varying autonomy over financial and institutional affairs and significant differences in character and history. Its suburban campuses in the Toronto district of Scarborough to the east and city of Mississauga to the west were established in the 1960s, and together make up nearly half of the university's undergraduate student body.