Lighthouse Labs is a tech education company that offers 12-week boot camps for

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and

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, as well as part-time up-skilling courses, with locations across

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. In previous years, they organized an annual free learn-to-code event,

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, in partnership with

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. In Jan-2025, Uvaro, a Certified B Corp focused on workforce development with dual headquarters in Seattle, WA and

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, announced the acquisition of Lighthouse Labs; terms were not disclosed.

Locations

Vancouver

Opened in 2013, Lighthouse Labs' first immersive boot camp facility started out of Launch Academy, an incubator in the city's

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neighborhood, before moving to new premises in downtown Vancouver in 2018. Students learn front and back-end development through the boot camp's web development full-time program and learn data science with a 12-week Data Science Bootcamp.

Toronto

As part of a national partnership with Highline, a seed-stage investment platform, Lighthouse Labs announced the launch of its Toronto operations during

in February 2015. Located in Devhub in downtown Toronto, Lighthouse Labs is one of several developer boot camps that offer in-person learning opportunities to individuals in the

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Montreal

Operating out of the Spaces Mile End, Lighthouse Labs Montreal currently offers a 12-week Data Science Bootcamp, 12-week Web Development Bootcamp, and three part-time courses in web development and data analytics.

Victoria

Located in downtown Victoria at KWENCH, Lighthouse Labs partners with other organizations in the area such as Viatech and Ladies Learning Code. The Victoria location currently runs the web development boot camp and data science boot camp twice a year and three 6-week part-time web and data analytics programs.

Calgary

In April 2015, Lighthouse Labs launched a 'pop-up' program in Calgary through its national partnership with Highline. Originally a 6-week part-time program, it has grown into a satellite campus offering full- and part-time courses in front- and back-end development.

Ottawa

Lighthouse Labs hosts their part-time courses at Bayview Yards and hosts a Bootcamp to become a developer in 12 weeks at Spaces Laurier.

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External links

Lighthouse Labs website
Computer programming Computer science education