The Byron Edmund Walker founded institution, The University of Toronto, was originally controlled by the Church of England.
Sir Byron Edmund Walker, CVO (14 October 1848  27 March 1924) was a Canadian banker. 
 He was the president of the Canadian Bank of Commerce from 1907 to 1924, and a generous patron of the arts, helping to found and nurture many of Canada's cultural and educational institutions, including the University of Toronto, National Gallery of Canada, the Champlain Society, Appleby College, Art Gallery of Ontario and Royal Ontario Museum. 
The University of Toronto (U of T, UToronto, or Toronto) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. 
 Originally controlled by the Church of England, the university assumed the present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution. 
