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====Upper Canada College and King's College====
{{main|History of Upper Canada College|University of Toronto}}
[[File:Upper Canada College -- by James Pattison Cockburn.jpg|thumbnail|Upper Canada College, 1835]]
Grammar schools provided a classical education and were preparation for higher learning and entry into the law or the ministry. Entrance was limited by high tuition fees, even though they were government supported. Common schools for teaching basic education received little support or regulation in comparison at this time. Working class education was trades based through the Master-journeyman-apprentice relationship.

[[Upper Canada College]] was the successor to the Home District Grammar School taught by John Strachan, which became the Royal Grammar School in 1825. Upper Canada College was founded in 1829 by Lieutenant Governor Sir [[John Colborne]] (later Lord Seaton), to serve as a feeder school to the newly established King's College. It was modelled on the great public schools of Britain, most notably [[Eton College|Eton]].<ref name="How">''Upper Canada College, 1829–1979: Colborne's Legacy''; Howard, Richard; Macmillan Company of Canada, 1979</ref><ref name="UCCHist">[http://www.ucc.on.ca/podium/default.aspx?t=7292 Upper Canada College: History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213084128/http://www.ucc.on.ca/podium/default.aspx?t=7292 |date=2012-02-13 }}</ref> The school began teaching in the original [[Jarvis Collegiate Institute|Royal Grammar School]] and for several years the two organizations were essentially unified.

On March 15, 1827, a [[royal charter]] was formally issued for King's College (now the [[University of Toronto]]). The granting of the charter was largely the result of intense lobbying by [[John Strachan]], who took office as the first president of the college.<ref name="charterStory">{{cite web |url=http://content.library.utoronto.ca/utarms/researchers/Charter/Charter |title=The story of the University of Toronto's original charter |access-date=November 2, 2008 |publisher=University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="friedland_2002">{{cite book |title=The University of Toronto: A History |last=Friedland |first=Martin L. |year=2002 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=0-8020-4429-8 |pages=4, 31, 143, 156, 313, 376, 593–6}}</ref> The original three-storey [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] school building was constructed on the present site of [[Queen's Park (Toronto)|Queen's Park]].<ref name="historyQA_kingsCollege">{{cite web |url=http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bios/02/history11.htm |title=What university was founded 175 years ago? |access-date=November 2, 2008 |work=History Q & A |publisher=University of Toronto Department of Public Affairs |year=2002 |archive-date=May 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527145537/https://www.utoronto.ca/news/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Upper Canada College merged with King's College for a period after 1831. Under Strachan's guidance, King's College was a religious institution that closely aligned with the [[Church of England]] and the Family Compact.<ref name="strachanBiography">{{cite DCB |title=Strachan, John |first=G. M. |last=Craig |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/strachan_john_9E.html |volume=IX}}</ref>