Overview

The mission of Algonquin College is to transform hopes and dreams into lifelong success.

Algonquin College does this by offering hands-on, digitally connected, applied education and training to tens of thousands of people across the Ottawa Valley, through partner campuses around the world, and over the internet. Algonquin College is a public-sector polytechnic institution operating under the auspices of Ontario’s Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development.

More than 20,000 students attend Algonquin College’s Ottawa, Perth, and Pembroke, Ontario campuses, with tens of thousands more taking online programs. The College is the largest vocational training institution in Eastern Ontario, offering programs in everything from health, to business, media and design, trades and technology, heritage trades, public safety, community studies, hospitality and tourism, outdoor adventure, and more.

The College’s primary audiences are students graduating high school and pursuing postsecondary, and those transitioning from the working world to educational studies, further education, or a second career. The College additionally offers a number of programs for high school students that better equip them to succeed in a college environment.

Fast Facts
• 300+ programs across four campuses (Ottawa, Pembroke, Perth and Online).
• 190,000+ alumni working in Canada and around the world.
• Ranked #1 in online enrolment among Canadian colleges.
• One of the first Ontario colleges to earn accreditation from Cooperative Education and Work-Integrated Learning (CEWIL) Canada.
• The first Ontario college to sign the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship President’s Pledge, committing Algonquin College to embedding a culture of entrepreneurship into its communities.

The world is your classroom at Algonquin College
Ask our students why they chose Algonquin College and they will be quick to tell you it’s the hands-on skills and career focus they gain from learning in realistic lab and classroom environments. By the time our students graduate, they are ready to take on the work world, and are sought out by employers in every industry.

Algonquin’s success in numbers*:
• 90% of graduates have jobs within six months of graduation
• 96% of graduates would recommend Algonquin to others
• 92% of employers are happy with the quality of Algonquin College programs
• 5,867 students graduated last year
• 445 apprentices were trained in a new trade
• 1,200 students improved their literacy and basic skills
• 800 young people were placed in jobs through Job Connect/Employment Services on the Pembroke and Perth Campuses
• If that’s not reason enough, our campuses in Ottawa, Perth, and Pembroke, Ontario, offer students three different lifestyle locations throughout the Ottawa Valley in which to pursue their college education.