Cégep à distance

Name

Cégep à distance

Legal name

Cégep à distance

Website

https://cegepadistance.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Montreal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government-funded tuition-free education: As a public institution under the Quebec government mandate, many students pay no tuition (gratuité scolaire/free tuition). Fees apply for course materials and some services. Part-time students pay $2 per hour of instruction for university prerequisites.
2. Course material fees: Fees for printed or special course materials, e.g., $175 for a print-based English Exit Exam prep course with textbook, $155 without textbook.
3. Professional services / custom corporate training (Édago): Édago, the corporate training wing of parent Cégep de Rosemont, offers custom online training development and consulting services to businesses for revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Cégep à distance delivers college-level education through self-contained, asynchronous distance courses with continuous year-round enrollment. Students pursue DEC diplomas, AEC certifications, and university prerequisite courses at their own pace via an online Campus learning environment, supported by tutors. The institution operates as the Quebec government-mandated province-wide provider of college-level distance education since 1991.

Product overview

Cégep à distance is a distance education college offering self-contained, asynchronous courses with personalized support and continuous enrollment. The core product is the Campus learning environment, complemented by the Course Selection Guide for program browsing, and Eureka for academic research. The institution offers DEC programs and AEC certifications, University Prerequisites courses, and partner programs including the commandite arrangement with other CEGEPs and Alliance Sport-Études for student-athletes. Édago provides corporate training services, while KIT and Éductive serve the education network with resources for online learning. The PCUC program supports competency evaluation in distance education. With approximately 150 courses serving around 22,000 students annually, the platform provides comprehensive student support including accessibility services and success tools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DEC Programs Diploma of College Studies programs offered fully by distance education, including Sciences humaines (with and without mathematics) and Techniques d'administration et de gestion. Students earn a recognized college diploma from Cégep de Rosemont through self-paced asynchronous study.
• University Prerequisites Program Distance education courses required for admission to certain university programs, including Calculus, Linear Algebra, Biology, Economics, Psychology, and Social Sciences methods courses, priced at $2 per hour of instruction for part-time students.
• Self-Contained Asynchronous Courses (Cours autoportants) A library of approximately 150 self-paced distance courses containing all educational materials, content, exercises, and assessments needed for independent completion, delivered in asynchronous mode with personalized tutor support.
• Édago Corporate Training Services Customized online training development and consulting services offered to businesses through the corporate training wing of Cégep de Rosemont, distinct from the consumer-focused distance education programs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 38,000 courses followed per year by approximately 22,000 students
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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App detail

Integration4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Cégep de RosemontcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCégep à distance is a department of Cégep de Rosemont, created on April 1, 1991 under a Quebec government mandate. Cégep de Rosemont provides institutional governance, administers diplomas (DEC/AEC), and houses support functions including student accessibility services and the foundation.
• Alliance Sport-ÉtudescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCégep à distance is an affiliated member of Alliance Sport-Études, partnering with the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Student-athletes combine athletic careers with distance college studies, receiving adapted educational support services and individualized monitoring.
• Édago (Cégep de Rosemont Corporate Training)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerÉdago is the Corporate & Customized Training Service wing of Cégep de Rosemont, offering custom online training development and consulting services to businesses. While a separate service, it is organizationally linked to the same institution.
• Fédération des cégeps and IT REP NetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCégep à distance partnered with the Fédération des cégeps and the IT REP Network to develop a series of videos helping students acquire skills related to the ICT Profile for College Students, hosted on the CCDMD World of Images platform.
• ÉductiveminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerÉductive is a Quebec-wide reference platform for the use of technology in college-level teaching. Cégep à distance participates as a content contributor and partner, reaching teaching professionals across the province.
• Université de Sherbrooke (PERFORMA sector)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThrough the Programme de Collaboration Universités-Collèges (PCUC), Cégep à distance collaborates with PERFORMA (Université de Sherbrooke) and the GEF department to develop resources supporting the competency evaluation process in distance education. The partnership spans five stages: analyse, planifier, concevoir, mettre en œuvre, and valider.
• Fondation du Cégep de RosemontminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe foundation supports Cégep à distance students by granting scholarships that promote perseverance and academic success. Students admitted to Cégep à distance are integral members of the Cégep de Rosemont community eligible for foundation support.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TÉLUQ (Université TÉLUQ): Université TÉLUQ is the other major Quebec-mandated distance education institution, operating at the university level rather than the college/CEGEP level. Both are publicly mandated Quebec distance education providers with continuous enrollment and self-paced models serving similar adult learner segments.
• Athabasca University: Athabasca University is Canada's leading open and distance university, offering undergraduate and graduate programs fully online. While operating at the university level, it shares Cégep à distance's asynchronous, self-paced, continuous-enrollment distance education model and serves comparable adult learner demographics across Canada.

Others

• Cégep de Rosemont: Cégep de Rosemont is the parent institution of Cégep à distance and operates the in-person CEGEP in Montreal. While not a peer in the distance learning sense, it shares the same governance, brand, and DEC/AEC credentialing framework and houses the Éductive platform that Cégep à distance participates in.
• CCDMD (Centre collégial de développement de matériel didactique): CCDMD is a Quebec CEGEP-level organization that develops and disseminates French-language instructional materials, including the resources referenced by Cégep à distance students. While not a competing institution, it is an ecosystem participant that supports CEGEP distance education delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Open University (Open University UK): The Open University is a large established UK-based distance higher education institution offering flexible, self-paced undergraduate and graduate programs. While operating in a different jurisdiction and at a larger scale, it is a globally recognized benchmark for the distance education model Cégep à distance operates.
• Université Laval (Formation à distance): Université Laval is one of Quebec's largest universities and offers a significant portfolio of fully online certificates, diplomas, and degree programs. It is a broader incumbent with overlapping distance/continuing education offerings that compete for adult learners in Quebec.
• HEC Montréal (Formation continue): HEC Montréal is Quebec's leading business school and operates a substantial continuing and executive education portfolio, including online certificates and custom corporate training. Its Éducation continue offerings compete directly with the corporate training (Édago) stream of Cégep à distance's parent.

Regional players

• Université de Sherbrooke (PERFORMA): Université de Sherbrooke is a Quebec university with which Cégep à distance has a formal partnership through PERFORMA for competency evaluation in distance education. It competes for adult learners and continuing education students in Quebec and represents an adjacent public distance/continuing education player in the same region.
• College universitaire de Saint-Boniface: Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface is a French-language postsecondary institution in Manitoba offering distance and continuing education programs. It operates in a comparable niche (French-language postsecondary distance learning) but in a different province, serving a similar francophone adult learner demographic.

Emerging players

• Western Governors University (WGU): WGU is a US-based nonprofit online university operating a competency-based, self-paced model with continuous enrollment that closely mirrors the pedagogical structure of Cégep à distance. While operating in a different market, it represents an emerging alternative model for affordable, asynchronous postsecondary education.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC2G7j1N6uvEk9Wr7-FqCEeA
• Facebookfacebook.com/cegepadistance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/school/c-gep-distance

Compliance5 records

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