Established in 1973, Career Colleges Ontario is the provincial voice for career colleges in Ontario. Our membership network consists of more than 240 career colleges that have an exemplary track record in specialized career training. Career colleges have existed in Ontario for more than 144 years and are regulated under the Private Career Colleges Act by the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development. Since the inception of the first career college campus in Belleville in 1868, the career college sector has grown steadily and today remains a fundamental component of Ontario’s post-secondary resource, training more than 60,000 individuals annually. The popularity of career colleges is continually expanding, primarily due to the unique approach they take to accommodate the individual needs of their students and to meet the needs of the employer community, rather than focusing on institutional structural needs.
