Save for the entrance arch, the original school and components of the building were demolished and now serve as a parking lot.

East York Collegiate Institute implemented a school uniform policy in 2002[3] but decided to remove it in 2023.

[4][5] EYCI has an athletics program, with strong showings by its Senior Boys' Hockey team, Varsity Girls' Hockey team (who made it to OFSAA in 2008–09[6] and 2011–12[7]), as well as both the Junior and Senior Boys' Soccer squads.

Historically from the 1950s to the 1980s, the school was a perennial powerhouse in Canadian-rules Football (York League) and Baseball (TSSAA).

East York's Outreach initiative emphasizes local and national opportunities that take an experiential learning and community service approach.