List of chancellors of the University of Toronto

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The University of Toronto has had 34 chancellors since it was founded in 1827 as King's College. [1]

List of chancellors

OrderNameYears in office
1Sir Peregrine Maitland 1827–1828
2Sir John Colborne 1828–1835
3Sir Francis Bond Head 1836–1838
4Sir George Arthur 1838–1841
5 Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham 1841
6Sir Charles Bagot 1842–1843
7 Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe 1843–1845
8 Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart 1846–1847
9 James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin 1847–1849
10 Peter Boyle de Blaquière 1850–1852
11 William Hume Blake 1853–1856
12 Robert Easton Burns 1856–1863
13 George Skeffington Connor 1863
14 Joseph Curran Morrison 1863–1876
15The Hon. Edward Blake 1876–1900
16Sir William Ralph Meredith 1900–1923
17Sir Edmund Walker 1923–1924
18Sir William Mulock 1924–1944
19The Rev. Henry John Cody 1944–1947
20The Right Hon. Vincent Massey 1947–1953
21 Samuel Beatty 1953–1959
22 François Charles Archile Jeanneret 1959–1965
23 Omond Solandt 1965–1971
24The Hon. Pauline Mills McGibbon 1971–1974
25 Eva Waddell Mader Macdonald 1974–1977
26The Very Rev. Arthur B. B. Moore 1977–1980
27 George Ignatieff 1980–1986
28The Hon. John Black Aird 1986–1991
29 Rose Wolfe 1991–1997
30The Hon. Hal Jackman 1997–2003
31The Hon. Vivienne Poy 2003–2006
32The Hon. David Peterson 2006–2012
33The Hon. Michael Wilson 2012–2018
34 Rose Patten 2018–present

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References

  1. "Past Chancellors of the University of Toronto". University of Toronto.