Conestoga College

For a ninth straight year, Conestoga College has been rated the number-one public college in Ontario. Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Training (ITAL) is one of three ITALs in Ontario and a member of the Association of Canadian Polytechnic Institutes. It offers programs leading to certificates, diplomas and degrees, with main academic areas including business, health sciences, engineering technology, information technology, skilled trades, media studies, community services and liberal studies.

Based in Kitchener, 110km west of Toronto, Conestoga serves this diverse mid-western Ontario region, an area that combines larger cities and small towns, strong manufacturing industries and traditional agricultural production. This region is known as Canada's technology triangle because of its concentration of advanced technology, research and development industries, manufacturing industries and institutions of higher education.