The University of Toronto has had 16 presidents since it was founded in 1827 as King's College.^[1]

List of presidents

Order	Name	Years in office	Title
1	The Right Rev. John Strachan	1827–1848	President of King's College
2	The Rev. John McCaul	1848–1850	President of King's College
		1850–1853	President of the University of Toronto
		1853–1880	Principal of University College
3	Sir Daniel Wilson	1880–1889	Principal of University College
3	Sir Daniel Wilson	1889–1892	President of the University of Toronto
4	James Loudon	1892–1906	President of the University of Toronto
5	Sir Robert Falconer	1907–1932	President of the University of Toronto
6	The Rev. Henry John Cody	1932–1945	President of the University of Toronto
7	The Hon. Sidney Earle Smith	1945–1957	President of the University of Toronto
8	Claude Bissell	1958–1971	President of the University of Toronto
9	John Robert Evans	1972–1978	President of the University of Toronto
10	James Milton Ham	1978–1983	President of the University of Toronto
11	David Strangway	1983–1984	President of the University of Toronto
12	George Connell	1984–1990	President of the University of Toronto
13	Robert Prichard	1990–2000	President of the University of Toronto
14	Robert Birgeneau	2000–2004	President of the University of Toronto
interim	Frank Iacobucci	2004–2005	President of the University of Toronto
15	David Naylor	2005–2013	President of the University of Toronto
16	Meric Gertler	2013–present	President of the University of Toronto

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