List of colleges in Ontario


The province of Ontario has 24 publicly funded colleges, known as Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. In 2003, five CAATs were designated as Institutes of Technology and Advanced Learning.
Most Ontario colleges were founded between 1965 and 1967, after the passage of Minister of Education Bill Davis' Bill-153 on May 21, 1965, to create a post-secondary educational system different from that of universities. The Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002, indicates that the purpose of Ontario public colleges is to offer "career-oriented, post-secondary education and training to assist individuals in finding and keeping employment, to meet the needs of employers and the changing work environment and to support the economic and social development of their local and diverse communities."
In 2000, the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development authorized colleges to offer a limited number of applied baccalaureate degrees under the Postsecondary Education Choice and Excellence Act, 2000. In 2012-2013 approximately 74 degree programs were offered by 12 Ontario colleges.

List of public colleges

Note: Colleges marked with ' are French language schools.
NameMain campusEstablished
Algonquin CollegeOttawa1967
Collège Boréal 'Sudbury1995
Cambrian CollegeSudbury1967
Canadore CollegeNorth Bay1972
Centennial CollegeToronto1966
Conestoga CollegeKitchener1967
Confederation CollegeThunder Bay1967
Durham CollegeOshawa1967
Fanshawe CollegeLondon1967
Fleming CollegePeterborough1967
George Brown CollegeToronto1967
Georgian CollegeBarrie1967
Humber CollegeToronto1967
La Cité collégiale Ottawa1990
Lambton CollegeSarnia1969
Loyalist CollegeBelleville1967
Mohawk CollegeHamilton1966
Niagara CollegeWelland1967
Northern CollegeTimmins1967
St. Clair CollegeWindsor1966
St. Lawrence CollegeKingston1967
Sault CollegeSault Ste. Marie1965
Seneca CollegeToronto1967
Sheridan CollegeOakville1967

Defunct public colleges

Private colleges

Ontario has over 400 private career colleges. These colleges are regulated by the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005,. under which they must be registered and approved by the Superintendent of Private Career Colleges.