Vanier College is an English-language public college located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1970 as the second English-language public college of Quebec's public college system. Vanier is located just north of CEGEP Saint-Laurent, a French-language public college. Vanier College offers over twenty-five programs in both two-year pre-university and three-year vocational fields. With a student population of over six thousand students, Vanier College is the third-largest English-language college of Quebec's public college system.The college offers two types of programs: pre-university and technical. The pre-university programs, which take two years to complete, cover the subject matters which roughly correspond to the additional year of high school given elsewhere in Canada in preparation for a chosen field in university. The technical programs, which take three years to complete, applies to students who wish to be career-ready; however, many students choose to pursue a university degree. In addition, the Continuing Education Centre offers a wide variety of credit courses and programs with flexible scheduling.