Varsity Stadium
Varsity Stadium is a stadium in Toronto, Canada that opened in 1898. Its recorded capacity is 500.
Key facts
Varsity Stadium is a stadium in Toronto, Canada that opened in 1898. Its recorded capacity is 500. It is owned by University of Toronto and University of Toronto. It is operated by University of Toronto and Toronto Varsity Blues. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Toronto Varsity Blues football football, Toronto Varsity Blues men's soccer soccer, rugby, North Toronto Nitros, Toronto Blizzard Toronto Blizzard NASL/American Professional Soccer League APSL), Toronto Metros-Croatia NASL), Toronto City, Toronto Falcons Toronto Falcons NPSL/North American Soccer League NASL), Toronto Argonauts, Vanier Cup, Toronto Varsity Blues, Toronto Varsity Blues football, Toronto Varsity Blues men's soccer, Toronto Varsity Blues, Toronto Argonauts, Toronto Falcons, Toronto City, Toronto Blizzard.
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 500
- Opened
- 1898
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- University of Toronto, University of Toronto
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Artificial turf, Natural grass
Varsity Stadium is at latitude 43.667061, longitude -79.397193, in Toronto, Canada. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 43.667061 |
| Longitude | -79.397193 |
| City | Toronto |
| Region | Toronto |
| Country | Canada |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Artificial turf | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Surface | Natural grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | University of Toronto | 1898 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | University of Toronto | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Toronto Varsity Blues | 1898 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | University of Toronto | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
35 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 381 | 2026-10 |
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 380 | 2026-10 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Toronto Rifles | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Toronto Lynx | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | Toronto Rush | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 32566 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32566 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32565 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32564 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1248 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1247 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1246 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1245 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 1244 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 21767 | 500 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1373121931 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Varsity_Stadium | Varsity Stadium | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16941 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16940 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16939 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16938 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16937 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16936 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16935 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16934 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 16933 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 2018 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 2017 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 2016 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 2015 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 2014 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 2013 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 2012 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 2011 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 2010 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: