Upper Canada College

UCC is an IB World School authorised for the complete IB continuum. Boys follow the Primary Years Programme from JK to Year 5, ending with the PYP Exhibition, and the Middle Years Programme from Year 6 to Year 10, which includes a year-long Personal Project. In Years 11 and 12 students enter one of three Diploma Programme graduation pathways: the full IB DP, an IB DP courses pathway or the IB DP Systems Transformation pathway, which the school says is offered by only four schools worldwide. The DP core includes Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay and CAS.

English is the language of instruction throughout the school, and the IB curriculum includes Language and Literature in English. French is studied as an additional language from the Prep School through to the Diploma Programme years, as reflected in the timetables of students in the junior, middle and senior years. The boarding community alone represents 23 countries and 23 languages, giving the school a strongly international character. Families should check the current range of additional languages with the admission office.

UCC is organised in two schools on one campus. The Prep School runs from Junior Kindergarten to Year 7 and follows the IB Primary Years Programme up to Year 5, then the Middle Years Programme. The Upper School covers Years 8 to 12, continuing the MYP to Year 10 with the Personal Project in Years 9 and 10, and finishing with the IB Diploma Programme graduation pathways in Years 11 and 12. Main entry points include JK, Year 3, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7 and Year 9.

UCC's boarding programme houses 88 boys from Year 8 to Year 12 in Seaton's House and Wedd's House, both a short walk from the Upper School. Boarders come from 23 countries and six Canadian provinces. Students in Years 8 to 11 share double rooms and Year 12 boarders have single rooms; each house has a common room and snack stations. Live-in staff provide full-time supervision with a student-to-staff ratio of 7 to 1 and organise outings around Toronto and special events. For 2026-27 boarding fees range from CAD 81,280 to CAD 89,570 a year.

UCC aims to help each boy become his best self through rigorous academics and a wide range of co-curricular opportunities, developing what it calls head, heart and humanity. The college's stated values are learning, pluralism, service, community and wellbeing. It aims to graduate globally minded young men who think critically and commit to service, and it supports this with needs-blind admission so that talented students can attend regardless of family finances.

UCC's Blues compete on more than 90 teams across the fall, winter and spring seasons, from under-10 level to varsity. Sports include hockey, soccer and futsal, basketball, volleyball, rugby, football, cricket, baseball and softball, lacrosse, rowing, swimming, alpine skiing, squash, tennis, badminton, golf, cross-country, track and field, field hockey and ultimate frisbee. Beyond sport there are about 115 clubs, ranging from archery and improv to robotics and the student-run World Affairs Conference, 14 music ensembles including concert and jazz bands, a wind ensemble and choirs, and six theatrical productions a year staged with partner schools.

The Deer Park campus combines heritage buildings such as the Upper School clock tower and Massey Quad with modern spaces: 10,000 sq ft of design labs, a Math and Science Learning Community at the Prep, art studios, music practice rooms, recording and film editing suites, and the Laidlaw Hall and Weston Hall auditoriums. Sports facilities include the Wilder Arena and Sports Complex with two NHL-sized rinks, an indoor pool, an oval track, six tennis courts, basketball and volleyball courts, baseball diamonds, soccer fields, a cricket pitch, a fitness centre and the Lindsay Boathouse for rowing. There is also the All Hallows Chapel and the 450-acre Norval Outdoor School.

The Wernham West Centre for Learning and Student Supports provides learning support and a Student Support Navigator for families. A Health Service team and a sports injury clinic look after students' wellbeing, and university counsellors guide boys through post-secondary applications. Meals are served in two dining halls at the Upper School and a main dining hall at the Prep. Financial assistance is offered from Year 5, alongside the Lang National Scholarship, and in summer the college runs day camps and the Lang Leadership Lab Summer Institute.