OCAS Application Services, formerly known as the Ontario College Application Service (OCAS) is a non-profit corporation created in 1991 by the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology and Institutes of Technology and Advanced Learning in the province of
Ontario
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Canada
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OCAS represents Ontario's 24 Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT). Three non-CAAT institutions also use the ontariocolleges.ca service for their applications. The centralized platform provides application-to-college services in English and French through its ontariocolleges.ca brand.
In 2017, OCAS introduced its International Application Service (IAS) as a new platform for use by international departments at Ontario's public colleges. To date, over half of Ontario's colleges as well as one Ontario university, use the OCAS IAS.
It also offers a centralized
data warehouse
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of applicant information for colleges, high schools and government.
OCAS is located in
Guelph
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Ontario
Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...
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See also
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List of colleges in Ontario
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Ontario Universities' Application Centre
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University and college admission
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References
External links
Ontario College Application Service
Higher education in Ontario
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