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| Type | Campus |
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Parent institution | University of Toronto |
| Students | 69,976 (2025)[1] |
| Undergraduates | 49,425[1] |
| Postgraduates | 20,551[1] |
| Location | ,, Canada 43°39′42″N79°23′42″W / 43.66167°N 79.39500°W /43.66167; -79.39500 |
| Campus | Large city, 138 acres (56 ha)[2] |
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TheSt. George campus,[a] also known asU of T St. George (UTSG) and sometimes thedowntown campus, is the main campus of theUniversity of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. Set on the historic grounds that surroundQueen's Park indowntown Toronto, it is the oldest of the three campuses that comprise the University of Toronto's tri-campus system. St. George is where the university was first established in 1827, and has since expanded to a large area spanning multiple city blocks which makes up the majority of Toronto's University neighbourhood.[3] It is the largest of the university's three campuses, the other two of which are theMississauga campus and theScarborough campus, and the largest university campus in Canada in terms of student enrolment.
St. George is home to the university's central administration and the majority of its academic faculties,Varsity Blues athletic programs, and professional and graduate studies programs. It is the location of the university'scollege system, comprising 11 distinct constituent and federated colleges, each with their own character, history and varying degrees of autonomy.
As theUniversity of Toronto's main campus, it was first formed in the nineteenth century as the university was founded as King's College. Its architecture is epitomized by a combination ofRomanesque andGothic Revival buildings spread across the eastern and central portions of campus, most dating between 1858 and 1929.[4] It has been known historically as the St. George campus due to St. George Street bisecting the grounds from north to south, and the name came into more frequent use to distinguish it from theScarborough andMississauga campuses established in the later part of the twentieth century. St. George is the official name for the campus used by the university,[5][6] although it is often colloquially referred as simply the "University of Toronto."[7]
St. George is different from the university's two other campuses in the regard that it is not an academic division. The campus is the grounds on which the university is based, while its faculties, colleges, and schools are responsible for academics and admissions (the largest of which is theFaculty of Arts and Science). This is different from the Mississauga and Scarborough campuses, which each also act as undergraduate faculties.[8]
The central area of the St. George campus surrounds King's College Circle, a former circular street, which was recently transformed into a pedestrian area around the Front Campus field, the traditional heart of the university. The area includes (clockwise)University College, theGerstein Science Information Centre, the Medical Sciences Building,Convocation Hall, Simcoe Hall, andKnox College. It is roughly bounded by St. George Street to the west, Hoskin Avenue to the north, Queen's Park Crescent W to the east andCollege Street to the south. The southeast corner of this area houses the main buildings of theTemerty Faculty of Medicine and theLeslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy.[9]
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Hart House, located just northeast of King's College Circle, is a historical student activity centre that hosts a theatre, art museum, library, and various recreational spaces. Situated next to it is Soldiers' Tower, a memorial for students lost during the World Wars.[10][9]
The Back Campus Fields are two outdoor synthetic turf fields behind University College used for recreational sport.[11][12]
The western portion of the campus includes everything west of St. George Street, the campus's namesake. Major faculties based in this area include theFaculty of Arts and Science,Rotman School of Management, and theJohn H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. Colleges in this area, bounded bySpadina Avenue to the west andCollege Street to the south, includeNew College.[13][9]
Robarts Library is the largest library in theUniversity of Toronto Libraries system and the largestacademic library building in Canada.[14] It is located along St. George Street.
Sidney Smith Hall is the central building of theFaculty of Arts and Science, the largest division of the university, which provides the majority of undergraduate education at the St. George campus.[15]
This area includes colleges such asTrinity College,Woodsworth College, andInnis College, as well as theMunk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy,Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), and Factor Inwentash School of Social Work.[16][9]
Varsity Centre and Area is a sports complex comprisingVarsity Stadium,Varsity Arena, and the Varsity Pavilion. It is the practice and training facility for variousVarsity Blues teams, and a venue for intercollegiate sports.[17]
The eastern portion extends across Queen's Park and is roughly outlined byBloor Street to the north,Bay Street to the east, and Wellesley Street to the South. It includes theHenry N.R. Jackman Faculty of Law,Victoria College,Emmanuel College, and theToronto School of Theology.[9]
Queen's Park is a large urban park within the campus grounds, surrounded by Queen's Park Crescent. It is the location of theOntario Legislative Building, which is not part of the campus area. However, the land was acquired by the Government of Ontario in a 999-year "peppercorn" lease from the University of Toronto in 1859.[18]
The southern portion of campus has seen notable development more recently, including the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus.[19] Running alongUniversity Avenue, the campus extends southwards toDundas Street with a few buildings, including the Dentistry Building of theFaculty of Dentistry andChestnut Residence building inLittle Japan.[20][21]
All of the colleges in the University of Toronto'scollegiate system are located at the St. George campus. The model was made to resemble those of theUniversity of Oxford andUniversity of Cambridge,[22] and each hold some degree of autonomy over admissions and other academic and financial affairs. They include housing and social duties of typicalresidential colleges.[23]
Full-timeundergraduate students at the St. George campus are represented by theUniversity of Toronto Students' Union (UTSU), which is also the largest student union at the university.[24] Student representative bodies also exist at the various colleges, academic faculties and departments. The Association of Part-time Undergraduate Students and the Graduate Students' Union are tri-campus bodies representing part-time undergraduates and postgraduate students respectively.[25][26]
| Undergraduate | Graduate | |
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| Male | 43.6% | 40.1% |
| Female | 53.5% | 58.8% |
| Canadian student | 70.1% | 73.0% |
| International student | 29.9% | 27.0% |
St. George has the largest number of students of the three campuses, with approximately double that of theMississauga andScarborough campuses combined. It also attracts the most graduate students, with 94 per cent of the university's postgraduates in the 2024–25 academic year. Approximately 29.0 per cent of its students are international, a larger proportion than the 25.7 per cent at UTM and slightly less than the 30.7 at UTSC.[27]
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