University colleges in Ontario

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A university college is a federated or affiliated academic university institution of a larger public university (often referred to as the "parent" campus). Federated and affiliated colleges have existed in Ontario, Canada, for over a century. [1] The establishment of these institutions came from Christian religious groups. There are a total of 30 such university colleges in Ontario, with 16 primarily offering secular programs and 14 primarily offering theological programs. [2]

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University colleges share a number of characteristics:

Affiliated versus federated university colleges

"Affiliated" and "federated" are often used interchangeably when describing a university college, but they have somewhat different legal relationship with the parent campus. For example, affiliated university colleges typically suspend their degree-granting powers so their students are able to officially earn their degree from the “parent” institution. [3] A federated university college differs in that, although it is a type of affiliation, it is where "two or more institutions come together to create a new university that is recognized by civic authorities and is eligible for government funding" (MacDonald, 2016). [4]

List of Ontario university colleges

Ontario affiliated and federated University College Institutions Primarily Offering Secular Degree Programs
Public UniversityFederated and affiliated institutionYear of federation or affiliationReligious heritage
Carleton University Dominican University College 2012 Catholic
Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne Huntington University 1960 United
University of Sudbury / Université de Sudbury 1960Catholic
Thorneloe University 1963 Anglican
Université de Hearst 1957 (Sudbury), 1963 (Laurentian)Catholic (fully secular since 1971)
University of Ottawa / Université d’Ottawa Saint Paul University / Université Saint-Paul 1965Catholic
University of Toronto University of St. Michael's College 1910Catholic
University of Trinity College 1904 Anglican
Victoria University 1890United
University of Waterloo Conrad Grebel University College 1963 Mennonite
Renison University College 1960Anglican
St. Jerome's University 1959Catholic
United College 1961United (fully secular since 2005)
Western University Brescia University College 1919Catholic
Huron University College 1878Anglican
King's University College 1954Catholic
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Affiliated and Federated Institutions Primarily Offering Theological Programs
Public universityAffiliated or federated institutionYear of affiliation or federationReligious heritage
Brock University Concordia Lutheran Theological Seminary 1976 Lutheran
McMaster University McMaster Divinity College 1957 Baptist
Queen’s University Queen's Theological College (now Queen’s School of Religion)1912United
University of Toronto Emmanuel College 1925United
Knox College 1890 Presbyterian
Regis College 1978Catholic
St. Augustine’s Seminary 1978Catholic
Toronto School of Theology 1979Multiple
Wycliffe College 1885Anglican
University of Windsor Assumption University 1919 (Western), 1963 (Windsor)Catholic
Canterbury College 1957 (Assumption), 1963 (Windsor)Anglican
Iona College 1963United
Western University St. Peter’s Seminary 1912Catholic
Wilfrid Laurier University Martin Luther University College 1914Lutheran
Note: Some theological institutions are affiliated with another affiliated institution, which in turn is affiliated with a publicly supported university. [6]

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References

  1. David Trick, Affiliated and Federated Universities as Sources of University Differentiation (Toronto: Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, 2015).
  2. https://registrar.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/THE-ONTARIO-OPERATING-FUNDS-DISTRIBUTION-MANUAL.pdf
  3. MacDonald, Moira (January 13, 2016). "Federated and affiliated colleges: different but (mainly) equal".
  4. MacDonald, Moira (January 13, 2016). "Federated and affiliated colleges: different but (mainly) equal".
  5. Trick, Table 1, p. 8.
  6. Trick, Table 2, p. 9.