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Vanier College

1970 establishments in QuebecColleges in QuebecCommons link is the pagenameEducational institutions established in 1970English-language universities and colleges in Quebec
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Vanier College (French: Collège Vanier) is an English-language public college located in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1970 as the second English-language public college of Quebec's public college system, after Dawson College. Vanier is located just north of CEGEP Saint-Laurent, a French-language public college. Today, the student population numbers over 6,700 full-time Diploma students with an additional 2,000 students attending through the Continuing Education Department (credit and non-credit courses and programs). Vanier College is one of 48 public Cegeps in the province.

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Vanier College
Boulevard de la Côte-Vertu, Montreal Saint-Laurent

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H4L 4V1 Montreal, Saint-Laurent
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