Ryerson University
(http://www.ryerson.ca). in the heart of the downtown core. it was once a polytechnic, but is now toronto's third university. the university is particularly well known for its school of management, as well as its journalism program. its campus is centred on the kerr hall, which forms a square around a central quad, it fills the block bounded by gould, gerrard, victoria and church streets. ryerson also has buildings throughout this section of the city, including the ted rogers school of management, at bay and dundas streets.
Ontario College of Art and Design
Queen street west and spadina.
George Brown College
(http://www.gbrownc.on.ca). two campuses: st. james downtown and casa loma midtown.
The University of Toronto
(http://www.utoronto.ca). canada's largest university, is spread out all over the city including the main downtown campus, an east-end scarborough campus, and university of toronto at mississauga (utm in the neighbouring city of mississauga). this university is consistently rated among the top three in the country and is part of the "canadian ivy league." due to its size, the university of toronto's downtown campus, known as the st george campus, after the street that runs through it, has its own "sphere of influence," turning the surrounding neighbourhoods into miniature college towns, with plenty of bars, restaurants, bookshops, grocery stores and cheap take-out joints.
Seneca College
(http://www.senecac.on.ca). canada's largest college is spread out over the city with over 16 campuses of varying sizes.
Toronto, like other Canadian cities, also has dozens of English as a Second Language ESL schools. The largest association of private English and French language schools is the Canadian Association of Private Language Schools (http://www.capls.com).
International students often prefer to study in Toronto because of its safety, proximity to other tourist destinations, and favourable exchange rates and visa policies. However, despite its status as the largest city in the country and Canada's economic centre, it is surprisingly under-served by universities. This lack of post-secondary education has led to the development of major universities in the mid-sized cities that surround Toronto: the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, the University of Guelph in Guelph, Brock University in St. Catharines and Trent University in Peterborough. The universities in Toronto remain some of the best in the country: