CCNB

What CCNB does

CCNB (Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick) is a non-profit, French-language post-secondary institution headquartered in Bathurst, New Brunswick, and founded in 1970. It operates five physical campuses — Bathurst, Campbellton, Dieppe, Edmundston, and the Acadian Peninsula (Shippagan) — plus a virtual campus, making it the exclusive provider of French-language community college education in the province. The college is organized into seven schools covering business and office administration, arts/hospitality/community services, preparatory studies and languages, trades, fisheries and natural resources, health sciences, and ICT/technologies/transport, alongside continuing education and corporate training programs.

The institution delivers education through a technology stack comprising the Le Cube student portal (integrated with Microsoft 365 for records, registration, and course access), the Campus Virtuel for online learning, and the admission.ccnb.ca online application portal. INNOV — CCNB's innovation and applied research centers — provides internship and industry collaboration opportunities, particularly in mechanical engineering technology and other technical programs. The college is governed by a Board of Governors under the leadership of President and CEO Pierre Zundel.

CCNB's revenue model rests on three streams: tuition from Canadian and international students, recurring operational funding from the Government of New Brunswick, and continuing education and corporate training services. International students are a strategically significant segment, accounting for 40.3% of the record 1,802 graduates in 2026, with pathways supported by PTPD-eligible programs and partnerships with Immigration Moncton and IFEF. The college also draws on federal-provincial project funding, including a $1,466,007 grant from the Government of Canada and Government of New Brunswick in July 2024.

Name

CCNB

Legal name

Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick

Website

https://ccnb.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

CCNB (Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the exclusive French-language community college in New Brunswick, Canada, operating five campuses plus a virtual campus and serving Canadian and international students across seven academic schools. It generates revenue from tuition, provincial government funding, and continuing education, with 1,802 graduates in 2026.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Post-Secondary Education

NAICS

Junior Colleges (61121)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Comprehensive Community Colleges (Transfer + Workforce) (EDAHADAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce Development & Continuing Education Divisions (Noncredit) (EDAHADAG), Professional & Applied Skills Noncredit Certificates (Non-licensure) (EDAAAEAD)

Keywords

• Community college education
• Vocational training programs
• French-language education
• Applied research services
• Continuing education courses

Headquarters

HQ city

Bathurst

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees: Revenue from domestic and international student tuition fees for college diploma programs and continuing education courses.
2. Government Funding: Operational funding from the Government of New Brunswick to support French-language post-secondary education in the province.
3. Continuing Education and Corporate Training: Revenue from professional development courses, language training (TCF testing), and business services for enterprises.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CCNB is a French-language community college in New Brunswick, Canada, delivering post-secondary diploma and certificate programs across seven specialized schools (business, arts/hospitality, preparatory studies/languages, trades, fisheries/natural resources, health sciences, and ICT/transport). The institution operates five physical campuses plus a virtual campus, complemented by INNOV applied research centers, continuing education services, and corporate training offerings for businesses.

Product overview

CCNB (Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick) is a French-language community college in New Brunswick, Canada, offering post-secondary education across six campuses (Bathurst, Campbellton, Dieppe, Edmundston, Péninsule acadienne, and a virtual campus). The institution operates a multi-product educational ecosystem consisting of: academic programs organized into seven specialized schools (Business, Arts/Hospitality, Preparatory Studies, Trades, Fisheries/Natural Resources, Health Sciences, and ICT/Technologies); a student portal called Le Cube providing access to virtual learning and student services; an online admission portal for prospective students; INNOV applied research centers offering industry collaboration; and continuing education services for adult learners. The college served 1,802 graduates in 2025-2026, with programs ranging from two-year technical diplomas to continuing education courses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Le Cube: Student portal platform used by CCNB for student services, registration, and academic management.

Products and services

• Academic Programs (Seven Schools) Post-secondary diploma and certificate programs organized across seven specialized schools, offered in French to Canadian and international students across five campuses and a virtual campus.
• Continuing Education (Formation continue) Continuing education courses, programs, and professional development offerings for adult learners, including language training (TCF testing), secondary school completion for adults, and correspondence courses.
• INNOV – Innovation and Applied Research Centers Applied research and innovation centers providing hands-on industry collaboration and internship opportunities for students, connecting academic programs to real-world market applications.
• Business Services (Services aux entreprises) Customized corporate training, workforce development, and language services offered to New Brunswick businesses through the Formation continue division.
• Virtual Campus (Campus virtuel) Online virtual campus enabling remote and distance education for students unable to attend in-person classes, providing equivalent access to CCNB's academic programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 6.7% increase in graduates year-over-year, reaching record 1,802+ graduates in 2026
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Immigration MonctonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to support immigration and settlement services for international students and graduates.
• IFEFminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting Francophone immigration and development initiatives.
• SpringboardminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting economic development and workforce initiatives.
• Government of New Brunswick (GNB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimary government funder and partner providing operational funding and policy support for French-language education in New Brunswick.
• CNFS (Consortium national de formation en santé)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational consortium for health training that supports the delivery of French-language health sciences programs.
• ACUFCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation of French-language colleges and universities supporting post-secondary education.
• College Institute CanadaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational organization representing community colleges and institutes in Canada.
• RCCFCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch college consortium supporting applied research initiatives.
• OIF (Organisation internationale de la Francophonie)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational Francophonie organization supporting French-language education and cooperation.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Université de Moncton: The Université de Moncton is the primary French-language university in New Brunswick, serving the same Francophone population as CCNB but at the degree-granting level. It is CCNB's most direct institutional peer in terms of linguistic mandate and target student demographic, and the two institutions have a natural articulation pathway for CCNB graduates.
• Collège Boréal: Collège Boréal is a French-language college of applied arts and technology operating across multiple campuses in Ontario. Like CCNB, it serves Francophone learners, offers applied diploma programs, and depends on government funding combined with international tuition revenue, making business model and program structure highly comparable.
• Bow Valley College: Bow Valley College is a publicly funded community college in Calgary, Alberta offering diploma and certificate programs with a focus on adult learners, continuing education, and international students. Its business model, including tuition diversification through international recruitment and continuing education, is closely aligned with CCNB's revenue architecture.
• Collège de l'Île: Collège de l'Île is a small French-language community college on Prince Edward Island serving the Acadian/Francophone minority. It mirrors CCNB's mission of providing French-language post-secondary access in a predominantly English province, making it a comparable mandate peer despite smaller scale.
• La Cité collégiale: La Cité is Ontario's largest French-language college of applied arts and technology, offering diploma and certificate programs to Francophones. It shares CCNB's French-language post-secondary mandate and applied/vocational program mix, making it a directly comparable institutional model serving a similar student segment in a different province.

Regional players

• Holland College: Holland College is the public community college of Prince Edward Island serving applied and vocational learners. As a Maritime provinces public college, Holland College shares CCNB's regional context, government funding model, and applied post-secondary mandate.
• Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC): NSCC is Nova Scotia's primary public community college system with 13 campuses offering applied diploma programs. While English-language and operating in a neighboring province, NSCC is structurally comparable to CCNB in terms of multi-campus delivery, applied program mix, and provincial government funding model.
• New Brunswick College of Craft and Design (NBCCD): NBCCD is a public post-secondary institution in New Brunswick focused on craft, design, and fine arts. Operating in the same provincial jurisdiction and drawing from the same student pool, NBCCD overlaps with CCNB's École des arts and offers a regional peer comparison for program portfolio and government funding dynamics.

Broad incumbents

• Saskatchewan Polytechnic: Saskatchewan Polytechnic is a publicly funded institution operating multiple campuses with applied diploma, certificate, and trades programs. It mirrors CCNB's structural features (multi-campus, government funded, applied skills focus) at a larger scale and in a different Canadian province, providing a broad incumbent peer for program and operational benchmarking.
• Réseau des cégeps (Collège Dawson): Collège Dawson is the largest English-language CEGEP in Quebec, part of Quebec's broader public college network. The CEGEP system is the closest institutional analog in Canada to CCNB's pre-university and technical diploma model, although Quebec CEGEPs operate under distinct provincial authority and a more standardized curriculum framework.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/commccnb
• Facebookfacebook.com/364748916897051
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/coll%C3%A8ge-communautaire-du-nouveau-brunswick-ccnb-
• Instagraminstagram.com/ccnbofficiel
• Xx.com/ccnbofficiel

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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