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Begun as a school, this building became a centre for minority rights agitation in Ontario in the early 20th century. When the provincial government issued a directive (known as Regulation 17) in 1912, it meant restricting French-language education. Opposition was widespread but particularly intense in Ottawa.

Following a push by educators and business representatives for an institution of higher learning in Ontario’s northwest, the Lakehead Technical Institute was established in 1946. By 1965, it became Lakehead University and conferred its first degrees.

The last stop on this walking tour is Moulton College, which once stood at this site. The school was a girls’ preparatory school founded by Susan Moulton McMaster (as part of McMaster University in Hamilton) and was housed in the former McMaster residence located here.

Public schools, colleges and universities are widely recognized as establishments of learning and accreditation. During the Great War, however, schools in Ontario were mobilized for the war effort. School grounds were repurposed as sites for drills, military experiments and rehabilitation centres for returned soldiers. Some schools also incentivized their students to enlist and allowed their campuses to become recruitment grounds.

This university has had many names over the years. Established in 1948, it was named for Egerton Ryerson (founder of the province’s education system). In the 1970s, it was given limited degree-granting powers. It became a full university in 1993. Today, it is known as the Toronto Metropolitan University.

This building was constructed as a naval warehouse. By 1876, it was refitted to house the newly established Royal Military College of Canada.

Established by Egerton Ryerson in 1847, the Toronto Normal School was the first provincial institution for the systematic training of elementary school teachers.

Teaching began at this new college in 1836. By 1841, they were granting degrees. In 1890, it federated with the University of Toronto and, two years later, left Cobourg.