College Royal celebrates 100 years of bringing agricultural life to the city [Video]

College Royal returned to the University of Guelph this weekend, but this year’s event was extra special – the agricultural tradition is celebrating its 100th year in the community.

The school says the campus-wide open house typically attracts more than 20,000 people every year, with a wide variety of activities from animal shows, food competitions and a whole lot more.

College Royal is billed as North America’s largest student-run open house.

“[It] showcases all seven colleges within the university, we get to bring a little bit of agriculture into the city,” said College Royal president Lexi Johnston. “Agriculture is a big driving force of this program, to our roots, but [the event] diversifies to showcase everything that goes on at the campus and everything that students get to experience.”

Animals at College Royal on the University of Guelph campus. (Hannah Schmidt/CTV Kitchener)

The idea for the livestock show dates back …