Post-Secondary Education in Canada

What Is Post-Secondary Education?

Post-secondary education is education after secondary (high) school. It includes apprenticeships and trade certificates, college diplomas and certificates, and university certificates, diplomas, and degrees. See IRCC: post-secondary education.

Colleges and Career Colleges

• Canada has different types of post-secondary schools. Governments have processes to make sure recognized schools and their programs meet their standards.
• Colleges and institutes usually offer one to three year programs. Their diplomas and certificates prepare graduates for specific jobs in fields such as business, technology, health, social services, and the trades.
• Education is a provincial and territorial responsibility. In Ontario, career colleges are regulated under the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005. See Ontario: career colleges.

CCEC Programs

• CCEC is registered as a career college under the Ontario Career Colleges Act, 2005 (PCC # 150035) and is a Designated Learning Institution (DLI # O262228554872).
• CCEC diploma and vocational certificate programs are approved as vocational programs under the Act. See the Diploma Programs.
• You can confirm approved programs in the Ontario career college registry.
• Whether a credential meets the criteria of a particular government program or agency is decided by that program or agency.