List of University of Toronto buildings

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The University of Toronto is made up of several academic and administrative buildings at each of its three campuses.

Note: The building codes are enclosed by square brackets for the simplicity to search.

St. George Campus

Name	Building Code	College or Faculty	Built	Architect	Notes
1 Spadina Crescent (Daniels Building)		Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design	1875	Smith & Gemmell	Former home of Knox College; finished renovations in 2017 to house the Faculty of Architecture.
30 Charles Street West			1970	Tampold and Wells	Student family housing
35 Charles Street West			1970	Tampold and Wells	Student family housing
39 Queen's Park Cres East (Sir W.T. White House)		St. Michael's College	1903		Former home of the Centre for Medieval Studies
40 Sussex Avenue		Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education	1890		Former private home
59 Queen's Park Cres East		St. Michael's College			Houses the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
90 Wellesley Street West		Faculty of Music (Formerly St. Michael's College)	1955		Secondary music building and jazz department
88 College Street		Faculty of Medicine	1882		Formerly the Zion Congregational Church. Property purchased by the University of Toronto in 1948. Housed the Joint Centre for Bioethics.
97 St. George Street			1889		Former private home; former home of the Department of Classics
121 St. George Street			1896	Langley & Burke	The house was originally a gift for Lillian May Gooderham, the daughter of George Gooderham, who was president of Gooderham and Worts. Previously housed the Media Centre until 1992, when it became the home of the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources.
162 St. George Street		School of Continuing Studies
215 Huron Street			1961		Houses administrative offices.
229 College Street					Houses administrative offices.
246 Bloor Street West		Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work	1950		Former medical office building purchased by university
254-256 McCaul Street			1912
263 McCaul Street		Faculty of Medicine	1915	C.H. Bishop	Formerly headquarters of the Toronto Board of Education, called the Old Admin Building. Connected to the Health Sciences Building via an elevated walkway.
370 Huron Street			1884		Campus Co-Op Day Care Centre
455 Spadina Avenue
665 Spadina Avenue					Former meeting space for the Architecture and Visual Studies Student Union (AVSSU)
700 University Avenue					Floors are leased within the OPG building
703 Spadina Avenue			1890		Internal Audit Department; former private home
371 Bloor Street West					Houses the University of Toronto School
Annesley Hall		Victoria College	1902		Victoria College women's residence; designated National Historic Site of Canada
Anthropology Building		Faculty of Arts and Science	1963
Astronomy & Astrophysics Building		Faculty of Arts and Science	1963
Back Campus Fields		Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education
Bahen Centre for Information Technology			2001	Diamond and Schmitt Architects
Bancroft Building		Faculty of Arts and Science	1926		Building absorbed the Robert Brown House, located on the east side of the building.
Banting Institute		Faculty of Medicine	1930
Birge-Carnegie Library		Victoria College	1910	Sproatt and Rolph	Victoria College and United Church archives
Borden Building	/		north building 1910, south building 1920	George M. Miller	Originally the City Dairy Stables
Brennan Hall		St. Michael's College	1937, expanded 1967	Arthur W. Holmes
Burwash Hall		Victoria College	1913	Henry Sproatt	Dining hall
Burwash Residence	/	Victoria College	1931		Student residence; divided into Upper and Lower Houses
C. David Naylor Building		Faculty of Medicine	1932		Formerly the Botany Building, and formerly the Tanz Neuroscience Building.
Canadiana Gallery		School of Public Policy and Governance	1950	Mathers and Haldenby	Formerly the Archives of Ontario 1951 to 1977
Cardinal Flahiff Basilian Centre		St. Michael's College	1950		Houses the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute
Carr Hall		St. Michael's College	1954	Ernest Cormier
Central Steam Plant
Chestnut Residence		Faculty of Engineering (informally)	1971		Formerly the Colony Hotel, today a student residence. Though not official, this residence is usually reserved for engineering students as they are not affiliated with the colleges. When space is available, OCAD University students may live in Chestnut during the school year.
Clara Benson Building		Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education	1959		Part of the Athletic Centre
Claude T. Bissell Building			1971		Part of Robarts Library
Convocation Hall			1907	Pearson and Darling
Cumberland House			1860	Frederick W. Cumberland	Houses the Centre for International Experience
D.L. Pratt Building		Faculty of Engineering	1965
Dentistry Building		University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry	1959		On Edward St. south of campus, near Dundas St. and University Ave.
Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study		Ontario Institute for Studies in Education	1931		Located in The Annex north of campus. Formerly the Leighton Goldie McCarthy House.
E.J. Pratt Library		Victoria College	1961	Gordon S. Adamson Associates
Early Learning Centre			2003	Teeple Architects
Earth Sciences Centre			1989	A.J. Diamond, Donald Schmitt and Company and Bregman + Hamann Architects
Edward Johnson Building		Faculty of Music	1961
Elmsley Hall		St. Michael's College	1955		Student residence
Emmanuel College		Victoria College	1931	Sproatt and Rolph	Postgraduate theological college affiliated with the United Church of Canada. Member of the Toronto School of Theology.
Engineering Annex		Faculty of Engineering	1920
Enrolment Services			1987		Enrolment services, financial aid & awards office
Exam Centre			1931
Faculty Club			1896	Benjamin Brown
Falconer Hall		Faculty of Law	1901	Sproatt and Rolph
Fasken Martineau Building					Home of Downtown Legal Services
Fields Institute for Research in Math Science			1995	KPMB Architects
Fisher House		St. Michael's College
FitzGerald Building		Faculty of Medicine	1927	Mathers and Haldenby	Undergoing renovations as of 2021
Flavelle House		Faculty of Law	1902	Darling and Pearson	Historic home of the Faculty of Law. Conjoined and shares a building code with the newer Jackman Law Building
Founders House		St. Michael's College
Gage Building		Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health	1915	Charles S. Cobb and Frank A. Spangenberg	Constructed by Sir William James Gage as the headquarters of the National Sanitarium Association. Purchased by the university in 1971.
Galbraith Building		Engineering	1960
George Ignatieff Theatre		Trinity College	1979
Gerald Larkin Building		Trinity College	1961	Somerville, McMurrich & Oxley
Gerstein Science Information Centre			1892	David B. Dick	Originally the main campus library. The Sigmund Samuel Library building.
Gilson House		St. Michael's College
Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport		Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education	2014	MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects and Patkau Architects
Goldring Student Centre		Victoria College	1951 Renovated 2013	Fleury & Arthur Architects Moriyama + Teshima	Formerly and colloquially known as Wymilwood.
Graduate House			2000	Thom Mayne	Student residence
Graduate Students' Union			1920		Former site of the Baracca Club and Knox Youth Centre, current home of the Graduate Students' Union, Harvest Noon Cafe and the GSU Pub.
Graham Library
Hart House			1919	Henry Sproatt	Student centre
Haultain Building			1904, top three floors added in 1930		Formerly the Mill Building
Health Sciences Building		Faculty of Medicine Dalla Lana School of Public Health	1961	E.C. Etherington	Formerly the Toronto Board of Education, Education Centre
Innis College		Innis College	1976	Jack Diamond and Barton Myers	One of the first instances of Postmodern architecture on campus. It incorporates an old Victorian-era house into the rest of the building complex. This building contains the College's main classrooms, cinema and admin offices since it opened in 1976.
Innis College Student Residence		Innis College	1994	Zeidler Roberts Partnership	Student residence
Isabel Bader Theatre		Victoria College	2000	Lett/Smith Architects
John M. Kelly Library		St. Michael's College	1969	John J. Farrugia	Houses the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
J. Robert S. Prichard Alumni House			1958
Jackman Humanities Building			1929	Marani, Lawson and Paisley	Formerly the Medical Arts Building
Jackman Law Building		Faculty of Law	2016	Hariri Pontarini Architects	Conjoined and shares a building code with the Flavelle House. Houses the Bora Laskin Law Library.
Knox College			1915		Postgraduate theological college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Member of the Toronto School of Theology. The southwest corner of the building houses the Nona Macdonald Visitors Centre.
Koffler House			1990		Houses various Student Life services.
Koffler Student Services Centre			1906	Alfred H. Chapman	Building was originally home to Toronto's main public library. Houses various administrative offices.
Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories			1963
Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building		Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy	2004	Norman Foster
Lillian Massey Building		Victoria College	1912	George M. Miller	Home of the Department of Classics and the Centre for Medieval Studies
Loretto College		St. Michael's College	1958		Women's residence
Louis B. Stewart Observatory			1855 (disassembled, relocated and rebuilt in 1908)	Frederick Cumberland and William G. Storm.	Former home of the University of Toronto Students' Union. Originally located opposite Convocation Hall before being relocated.
Macdonald-Mowat House			1872
Margaret Addison Hall		Victoria College	1958		Student residence
Maritain House		St. Michael's College			Student residence
Massey College		Massey College	1963	Ronald Thom	Selective postgraduate residence and fellows community. Founded by The Massey Foundation by the Rt Hon. Vincent Massey
Max Gluskin House			1898, significant expansion in 2008		Houses the Department of Economics
McCorkell House		St. Michael's College			Student residence
McLennan Physical Laboratories			1967	Shore & Moffat
McMurrich Building		Faculty of Medicine	1923	Darling and Pearson	Formerly the Anatomy Building. Now houses various administrative offices.
Mechanical Engineering Building		Faculty of Engineering	1909	Darling and Pearson	Formerly The Thermodynamics Building
Medical Sciences Building		Faculty of Medicine	1969		Site of the old Biology Building c. 1888 and interim home to the University of Toronto Scarborough from 1964 to 1966
More House		St. Michael's College
Lassonde Mining Building		Faculty of Engineering	1905	Francis R. Heakes	Renamed after Pierre Lassonde for his philanthropic contributions.
Luella Massey Studio Theatre			1914	Maurice Klein	Originally St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Morrison Hall		University College	2004	Zeidler Partnership Architects	Student residence
Munk School for Global Affairs at the Observatory			1908-1909	Edmund Burke and John C. B. Horwood	Formerly the Dominion Meteorological Building, and former Admissions Office.
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy at Trinity		Trinity College	1909, rebuilt in 2000	Eden Smith, rebuilt by KPMB Architects
Muzzo Family Alumni Hall		St. Michael's College	1923
Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship		Faculty of Engineering	2018	Montgomery Sisam Architects and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
New College (III) Residence		New College	2003	Saucier + Perrotte Architects	Student residence
North West Chiller Plant					Located at 50 Sussex Ave.
Northrop Frye Hall		Victoria College	1967	Adamson Associates
Odette (Louis) Hall		St. Michael's College	1852	William Hay
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education		Ontario Institute for Studies in Education	1969	Kenneth R. Cooper
Phelan House		St. Michael's College	1897	Langley & Langley
Physical Geography Building (45 St. George Street)			1926	Darling and Pearson	Formerly the Forestry Building
Ramsay Wright Laboratories			1965
Regis College			1926		Postgraduate theological college affiliated with the Society of Jesus. Member of Toronto School of Theology.
Rehabilitation Sciences Building		Faculty of Medicine	1958		Located south of campus on University Ave.
Robarts Library			1973	Mathers & Haldenby Architects with consultation from Warner, Burns, Toan & Lund	Formally known as John P. Robarts Library Building.
Rosebrugh Building		Faculty of Engineering	1921	Darling and Pearson	Formerly the Electrical Building. Houses the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering.
Rotman School of Management			1995, expansion in 2012	Zeidler Partnership Architects, expansion by KPMB Architects
Rowell Jackman Hall		Victoria College	1993		Student residence
Sam Sorbara Hall		St. Michael's College	2000		Student residence
Sandford Fleming Building		Faculty of Engineering	1907, rebuilt after 1977 fire	Darling and Pearson	Named after Sir Sandford Fleming. Home to most engineering social events.
School of Continuing Studies		School of Continuing Studies	1950, rebuilt in 2004
School of Graduate Studies		School of Graduate Studies	1891
Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre			2023	Weiss Manfredi Teeple Architects	Home to the Vector Institute
Sidney Smith Hall		Faculty of Arts and Science	1961	John B. Parkin Associates
Simcoe Hall			1924		Administration building named for John Graves Simcoe. Houses the Office of the President and Office of the Chancellor among other executive offices.
Sir Daniel Wilson Residence		University College	1954	Mathers and Haldenby	Student residence
Soldiers' Tower			1924	Sproatt and Rolph	Attached to Hart House
Oak House Student Residence			expected spring 2025	Diamond Schmitt Architects	Under construction at the northwest corner of Spadina Ave. and Sussex Ave. 23-storey student residence to house 508 students.
St. Basil's Church		St. Michael's College	1856	William Hay
St. Hilda's College		Trinity College	1938	George and Moorehouse	Student residence
Stephenson House	/	Victoria College	1884		Victoria University HR Department
Stewart Building			1894	E. J. Lennox	Home of the Rotman executive development programme.
Student Commons			1908	Superkul (2016 renovation)	Former Architecture Building, renovated into a student commons in 2016; building operated by the University of Toronto Students' Union
Sullivan House		St. Michael's College			Student residence
Sussex Court			1903	James A. Ellis	Student residence
Teefy Hall		St. Michael's College	1935
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research		Faculty of Medicine	2004	Peter Clewes
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library			1973
Toronto School of Theology			1900		Former private home
Transitional Year Programme (123 St. George Street)			1899	Burke & Horwood	Former private home, known as T.M. Harris House.
Trinity College		Trinity College	1925	Pearson and Darling	Along side being a federated college of the university, it is also a postgraduate theological college affiliated with the Anglican Church of Canada and is a member of the Toronto School of Theology.
University College		University College	1858	Frederick Cumberland and William G. Storm.
University College Union		University College	1885		Former private home
University of Toronto Schools (371 Bloor Street West)			1910	Darling and Pearson	Secondary school associated with the University of Toronto.
Varsity Arena			1927	T. R. Loudon along with Pearson and Darling	Located within the Varsity Centre and Varsity Pavilion grounds.
Varsity Pavilion			2009
Varsity Centre			2007	Diamond and Schmitt Architects	Formerly the Varsity Stadium.
Victoria College		Victoria College	1892	William G. Storm	Also known as Old Vic
Wallberg Building		Faculty of Engineering	1949		Houses the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Material Science and Engineering.
Warren Stevens Building		Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education	1980	Prack and Prack	Main building of the Athletic Centre
Wetmore Hall		New College	1965	Fairfield and Dubois	Student residence
Whitney Hall		University College	1931	Mathers and Haldenby	Student residence
Wilson Hall		New College	1969	Fairfield and Dubois	Student residence and food cafeteria
Windle House		St. Michael's College	1897	John M. Lyle
Woodsworth College		Woodsworth College	1992, but incorporating earlier structures	Barton Myers Associates Ltd. and KPMB Architects
Woodsworth College Residence		Woodsworth College	2003	Peter Clewes	Student residence
Wycliffe College			1891	David B. Dick	Postgraduate theological college with values rooted in evangelical Anglican traditions. Member of the Toronto School of Theology.

Scarborough Campus

Name	Department	Built	Architect	Notes
Academic Resource Centre		2003	Brian MacKay-Lyons	Houses the Doris McCarthy Gallery, Vincent W. Bladen Library and Sun Microsystems Informatics Commons.
Arts & Admin Building		2005	Montgomery Sisam Architects	Houses the campus' seat of governance at the south end of the building, the Council Chamber.
Aspen Hall				Student Residence
Birch Hall				Student Residence
Bladen Wing		1972	John Andrews (architect)	Houses the UTSC bookstore. Building is named after Vincent Bladen, former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science.
Cedar Hall				Student Residence
Coach House
Dogwood Hall				Student Residence
Elm Hall				Student Residence
Environmental Science & Chemistry	Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences	2015	Diamond Schmitt Architects
Fir Hall				Student Residence
Grey Pine Hall				Student Residence
Harbutt House
Harmony Commons		2023		Student Residence
Hickory Hall				Student Residence
Highland Hall	Centre for Teaching and Learning	2018	Perkins & Will Architects	Houses the Student Commons.
Humanities Wing		1966	John Andrews (architect)	Part of the John Andrews Building, which includes the Science Wing.
Instructional Centre (UTSC)	Department of Management	2011	Diamond and Schmitt Architects	Features a rooftop garden.
Ironwood Hall				Student Residence
Joan Foley Hall		2003		Apartment-style student residence. Building is named after Joan Foley, the University of Toronto's first female provost and UTSC's first principal.
Juniper Hall				Student Residence
Kina Wiiya Enadong Building				Formerly known as the Management Wing Building.
Koa Hall				Student Residence
Larch Hall				Student Residence
Maple Hall				Student Residence
Miller Lash House		1913 Restored 2005	Edward B. Green Sr. (Green and Wicks)	Former residence of the Principal of UTSC. Designated as a historical building in 1998.
N'sheemaehn Child Care Centre		1990
Sam Ibrahim Building	Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences	2024	CEBRA Architecture and ZAS Architects & Interiors	New home to the Sam Ibrahim Centre for Inclusive Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership as well as Student Services offices and spaces for the Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences.
Science Research		2008	Moriyama and Teshima Architects
Science Wing		1966	John Andrews (architect)	Part of the John Andrews Building, which includes the Humanities Wing.
Student Centre	Department of Student Affairs	2004		Opened during UTSC's 40th anniversary. Houses the Scarborough Campus Students' Union.
Student Residence Centre
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre	Department of Athletics and Recreation	2014	NORR Ltd	Built to host events for the 2015 Pan American Games.

Mississauga Campus

Name	Department	Built	Architect	Notes
Communication, Culture and Technology Building	Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology	2007
Deerfield Hall
Forensic Anthropology Field School	Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences UTM Biology			Also known as the Crime Scene House. Used for the forensics program at UTM.
Erindale Hall Residence
Erindale Studio Theatre	Department of English and Drama	renovated 1993
Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre		2006		Houses the UTM Library. Building is named after former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion.
Innovation Complex	Department of Economics Institute of Management and Innovation	2014	Moriyama & Teshima Architects	Houses the Office of the Registrar and the Blackwood Gallery. Building shares a code and is conjoined with the Kaneff Centre.
Instructional Centre		renovated 2011	Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners
Kaneff Centre	Department of Management			Building shares a code and is conjoined with the Innovation Complex.
Leacock Lane Residence
Lislehurst (Principal's Residence)
Maanjiwe nendamowinan Building	Department of English and Drama Department of Language Studies Department of Historical Studies Department of Philosophy Department of Political Science Department of Sociology	2018	Perkins + Will	Built on the grounds of the former North Building, which was built in 1967.
MaGrath Valley
McLuhan Court Residence
Oscar Peterson Hall
Paleomagnetism Lab
Putnam Place Residence
Recreation, Athletics and Wellness Centre
Research Greenhouse
Roy Ivor Hall Residence
Terrence Donnelly Health Sciences Complex
Schreiberwood Residence
Student Centre
William G. Davis Building

Demolished/Former Buildings

Name	College or Faculty	Built	Demolished	Architect	Notes
King's College		1845	1886	Thomas Young	After the construction of University College, this building was used as a provincial asylum. Located on the present site of the Ontario Legislative Building
Medical Building (renamed Moss Hall in 1880)		1851	1888	Thomas Young	Demolished to make way for the Biological Building
School of Practical Science (SPS)	Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering	1878	1966	Kivas Tully	Also known as Skule or Little Red Schoolhouse. Located where the Medical Science Building stands today
Biological Building		1890	c. 1950	D. B. Dick
Robert Brown House		1890			Now absorbed as a part of Bancroft Building. Originally located on Huron Ave.
Gymnasium		1892	1912	D. B. Dick	Demolished for the construction of Hart House
CIUT Radio Building		1892	2009		Demolished in 2009. Held within Hart House
Chemistry Building		1895	c. 1950	D. B. Dick
49 St. George Street		1900			Former private home; housed the Transitional Year Programme. Demolished to construct the Myhal Centre for Engineering Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Medical Building	Faculty of Medicine	1904	c. 1968
Argyll House		1918	1930		100 Queen's Park
92 College St.	Faculty of Medicine	1920	2016		Demolished 2016 and space converted into a surface parking lot
St. George Graduate Residence		1926	2002	Marani Ferdinand	Demolished in 2002 at the corner of Bloor and St. George
Best Institute		1954	2020		To be replaced with the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre
713 Spadina Avenue	Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education				Former private home; building has since been demolished and replaced with an alleyway behind University of Toronto Schools