The club, one of the oldest and largest of its type in Canada, dates back to 1872, founded by a group of amateur oarsmen known as the Orioles, which had been participating in races in southern Ontario in the 1860s.

[2] The original club house was at the foot of York Street in Toronto Harbour (now filled in and part of the train tracks south of Union Station).

It was only large enough for one boat, replaced by a larger clubhouse that was lost by fire in 1879 and rebuilt.

[5] The junior team also won the national championship at the 1920 Memorial Cup, participating under the name Toronto Canoe Club Paddlers.

[6] The ice hockey team is credited by Frank Selke as the originators of the modern defence pairing.

[7] Regular season statistics for the senior team The club uses the 4,000 metre long Ontario Place West Channel water course running along the Western Beaches of Toronto from the west side of Ontario Place to the mouth of the Humber River within the breakwall.