He had an older sister, Virginia, and a fraternal twin brother, John Arnold Tory.
[1] Tory and his brother, John, graduated from the University of Toronto Schools in 1946 at the age of 16.
They attended Phillips Academy Andover for two years before enrolling at the University of Toronto.
Tory was an undergraduate student for two years before he switched streams to attend the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1949.
[3] Tory completed two years of additional training at Osgoode Hall, and with his brother, they joined their father’s firm at the age of 24.