Owen Sound, Ontario

The Great Lakes International Marine Training Centre is located in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. Owen Sound is at the southern tip of Georgian Bay, in the centre of Ontario’s vacation heartland. The area offers the amenities of big city life and the charm of a small town.

Only two hours from Toronto, the Owen Sound Campus has easy access to:

• Theatres
• Museums
• Art galleries
• Libraries
• Movie theatres
• Fishing
• Hiking
• Skiing
• …and boating are right in your back yard

Room and board cost for cadets is well below the provincial average, making the quality of life for Marine Cadets one of the best in eastern Canada.

Owen Sound, with a population of 21,500, has a vibrant and diverse economy, with an attractive downtown shopping core, home to over 400 businesses as well as a regional shopping mall featuring nearly 90 stores, services and eateries.

Owen Sound and surrounding recreational area

Kelso Beach Park, on the waterfront, attracts many major performers and the Bayshore Community Centre provides an arena for 2,800 spectators.

The city has three excellent museums; The Billy Bishop Heritage Museum, the County of Grey-Owen Sound Museum and the Marine/Rail Museum. The Tom Thomson Gallery, boasts impressive rotating collections of Canadian Art.

The City is also home to the Summerfolk Festival, a little theatre, a symphony orchestra, fishing derbies, snowmobile races and many arts events.

For the nature lover, there are endless opportunities nearby:

• Canoeing
• Hiking
• Cross-country skiing
• Rock-climbing to name just a few…

Owen Sound Campus, a great place to learn!

The staff at the campus in Owen Sound, one of the province’s least expensive college towns, will help make you feel right at home. You’re not a number here – we know most students by name. It’s easy to fit in and fun to get involved.

Whether you are graduating from high school or are a mature student coming back to school after years away, the prospect of embarking on the road to post-secondary education can be scary.
We know that.
That’s why we do our best to make it easy for you. Our campus provides a long list of student services to help make your transition to college life as smooth as possible.

Students say one of the big advantages in Owen Sound is that the campus is just the right size. They get personal attention. Faculty members at the campus continue to maintain professional status in the community and remain current and up-to-date in their fields.