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University of Trinity College

University of Trinity College
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Latin: Collegium Sacrosanctæ Trinitatis
Motto Met’agona stephanos (Greek)
Motto in English
After the contest, the crown
Type College of the University of Toronto
Established August 2, 1851
Affiliation Anglican Communion
Endowment C$33 million
Chancellor Bill Graham
Provost Mayo Moran
Undergraduates 1,820
Postgraduates 138
Location 6 Hoskin Avenue
Toronto
, Ontario, Canada
M5S 1H8
Campus Urban
Affiliations AUCC, ATS
Website trinity.utoronto.ca

Coordinates: 43°39′56″N 79°23′45″W / 43.66556°N 79.39583°W / 43.66556; -79.39583

Trinity College is a college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1851 by Bishop John Strachan. Trinity was intended by Strachan as a college of strong Anglican alignment, after the University of Toronto severed its ties with the Church of England. In 1904, Trinity joined the university as a member of its collegiate federation.

Trinity College presently consists of a secular undergraduate section and a postgraduate divinity school that is part of the Toronto School of Theology. Reflecting its English heritage, the college emulates Oxbridge traditions as the wearing of gowns at dinner, a chapel choir that includes choral scholars, and college scarves and blazers.

Bishop John Strachan, an Anglican priest and Archdeacon of York, received a royal charter from King George IV in 1827 to establish King's College in Upper Canada. The colonial college was effectively controlled by the Church of England and members of the elite Family Compact. In 1849, over strong opposition from Strachan, Reformists took control of the college and secularized it to become the University of Toronto. Incensed by this decision, Strachan immediately began raising funds for the creation of Trinity College, a private institution based on strong Anglican lines.


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