Education Alternatives in Gatineau, QC

It is also the home of two provincial junior colleges (or CEGEPs): the francophone CEGEP de l'Outaouais and the anglophone Heritage College. The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) has a campus in Gatineau.

Heritage College (sometimes colloquially referred to as "Hurtage") in Gatineau is the only English-language CEGEP in western Quebec. What began as an offshoot of the much larger College de l'Outaouais with an initial enrollment of 7 students, evolved into an official campus and eventually a college. With an ever increasing population and a few stays in renovated buildings (including a bowling alley and a couple of french high schools) it finally achieved fully-autonomous status in 1988 as Heritage College. In 1994, it opened the doors on its newly constructed, more permanent facility; just down the street from its larger sister francophone CEGEP.

In 1977 when students were housed in the newly renovated école Ste-Marie, a heritage building on Maisonneuve Boulevard, this branch of the french CEGEP was officially recognized as Heritage Campus.