Top 10 Colleges in Ontario Under Student Direct Stream Scheme

The SDS i.e Student Direct Stream Scheme is a new visa process which is launched by the Canadian High Commission and comes in an effect from 9th June’ 2018. SDS is an administrative structure, which is implemented and designed in an alliance of ACCC i.e Association of Canadian Community Colleges that has Canadian visa office in India.

SDS offers a streamlined education application process for those students that have strong French or English language abilities. Below are the top 10 colleges in Ontario under student direct stream scheme:

1. Sheridan College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning: The Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, once was known as Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology is commonly known as The Sheridan College. 

This college has 35,000 continuing education students and 23,000 full-time students. This institute was founded in the year 1967 and offers a number of programs in animation, community studies, engineering technology, applied computing, business, film and design, music theatre and liberal studies. This Institute has its campuses in Mississauga, Brampton and Oakville.

2. Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology: The Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology, commonly is known as Northern College, it is a college of applied arts and technology located in Northern Ontario. The catchment area of this college extends in the land area of around 150,200 square kilometres and 58,000 square miles. More than  65 communities within the Northeastern Ontario are being served by 4 campuses located in Haileybury, Moosonee, Kirkland Lake and Timmins. Yearly enrolment in this college is around 1,500 full-time students.

3. Niagara College: The Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology is a public college located within the Niagara Region of The Southern Ontario, Canada. This college has around 4 campuses: the Taif Campus in Ta’if, Saudi Arabia, the Maid of the Mist Campus in Niagara Falls, and the Welland Campus in Welland.

4. Mohawk College of Applied Arts & Technology: The Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology is a college of applied arts and technology situated in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This college has around 3 main campuses: the Mohawk-McMaster Institute for Applied Health Sciences at McMaster University, the Stoney Creek Campus in Stoney Creek and the Fennell Campus on the Hamilton Mountain. As of the year 2014, around 12,500 full-time students, 1,800 international students, 46,000 continuing education registrants and 4,000 apprentices have been instructed by more than 1000 faculty.

5. St. Lawrence College: The St. Lawrence College is a College of Applied Arts and Technology having 3 campuses in the Eastern Ontario, namely Kingston (founded September 1969) and Brockville (1970), Cornwall (1968).

6. Georgian College of Arts & Technology: The Georgian College of Arts & Technology is a College of Applied Arts and Technology located in Ontario, Canada. It has 1,500 international students and 11,000 full-time domestic students from around 60 countries across the 7 campuses, the largest one is Barrie.

7. Fleming College: Fleming College, also is known as Sir Sandford Fleming College, it is  Ontario College of Applied Arts and Technology situated in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. This college has an enrollment of more than 10,000 part-time students and 5,800 full-time.

8. Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology: The Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology is situated in the Durham Area of Ontario, Canada, having campuses in Whitby and Oshawa, it is a learning site located in Pickering, and community employment services in Bowmanville, Oshawa, Beaverton, Port Perry, Port Hope and Uxbridge.

9. Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning: The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a very famous public college in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, having 3,300 apprenticeship students, 30,000 part-time students and 11,000 full-time students.

10. Canadore College: Canadore College is one of the very famous college of applied arts and technology located in The North Bay, Ontario, Canada. This college was founded in the year 1967 as a campus of Cambrian College of Sudbury and became an independent institution in the year 1972. Canadore College has 3500 students.

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