# University colleges in Ontario

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. 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.
University colleges share a number of characteristics:
* Focus on undergraduate studies in the liberal arts and post-degree professional programs in the helping professions (i.e. social work, teaching, etc.)
* Experiential learning opportunities and student life rooted in altruism and social justice
* Residence for students who wish to live on campus
* A smaller campus community within a greater campus community (this experience is often advertised as the "best of both worlds")
* Small class sizes
* Student services and resources exclusively for those students for whom the university college is their home campus, referred to as "co-registration" due to simultaneous access to services of parent campus

## 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. 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).

## List of Ontario university colleges

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