VTPAC Programs Currently Accredited by the CVMA

College/Collège Address/Adresse Status/Statut    [Year of Initial Accreditation]

Algonquin College

Ms Shannon Reid, RVT, Program Coordinator

Tel: (613) 727-4723 x 2971

[email protected]

1385 Woodroffe Ave

Ottawa, Ontario

K2G 1V8

Full Accreditation [2005]

College of the North Atlantic

Ms. Dana Martin, RVT, Program Chair

[email protected]

1 Prince Philip Drive
PO Box 1693
St. John’s, Newfoundland
A1C 5P7
Provisional Accreditation [2025]

Dalhousie University

Dr. Lori Parsons, Coordinator

Tel: (902) 893-6648

[email protected]

P.O. Box 550

Truro, Nova Scotia

B2N 5E3

Full Accreditation1 [1991]

Douglas College

Dr. Jenny Wakeling, Coordinator

Tel: (604) 777-6322

[email protected]

DLC A3141,

PO Box 2503

New Westminster, BC

V3B 7X3

Full Accreditation1 [2009]

Georgian College

Ms. Sue MacNeal, RVT, Coordinator

Tel: (705) 325-2740 x 3391

[email protected]

825 Memorial Ave

Orillia, Ontario

L3V 6S2

Full Accreditation [2005]

Northwestern Polytechnic (formerly Grand Prairie Regional College, Fairview Campus)

Mr. Chris Mizzi, Chair

Tel: (780) 835-6779

[email protected]

Box 3000

11235-98 Avenue

Fairview, Alberta

T0H 1L0

Full Accreditation1 [1976]

Lakeland College

Ms. Brianne Belwood, RVT, Program Director

Tel: (780) 853-8487

[email protected]

Ms. Melissa Hall, RVT, co-Program Head

Tel: (780) 853-8487

[email protected] 

5707 College Drive

Vermilion, Alberta

T9X 1K5

Full Accreditation [1990]

Maritime Business College

Ms Anne-Marie Grewal, Principal

[email protected]

800 Sackville Dr.

Lower Sackville, NS

B4E 1R8

Terminal Accreditation [2021]

Miramichi College

290 Dalton Ave

Miramichi, NB          E1N 3A5

Accreditation Withdrawn [2003]

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton Campus

Ms. Nichole Boutilier RVT, B. Tech, Program Chair

Tel: (780) 378-5333

[email protected]

11762 -106th Street

Edmonton, Alberta

T5G 2R1

Full Accreditation1 [1980]

Northern College

Ms. Lee-Anne Smith, RVT

Program Coordinator

Tel: (705) 672-3376 x. 8812

[email protected]

Box 2060

640 Latchford St

Haileybury, Ontario

P0J 1P0

Full Accreditation [2003]

Olds College

Mr. Joshua Rozenhart, RVT, Program Director

Tel: (403) 556-4759

[email protected]

4500 - 50th Street

Olds, Alberta

T4H 1R6

Full Accreditation1 (residential [1976], distance [2006])

Oulton College

Ms. Patsy Osmond, Program Director

[email protected]

4 Flanders Court

Moncton,NB

E1C 0K6

Full Accreditation1 [2008]

Red River College

Dr. Nasibeh Sinaki, Chair

[email protected]

2055 Notre Dame

Winnipeg, MB

R3H 0J9

Full Accreditation [1998]

Saskatchewan Polytech (formerly SIAST)

Dr. Suzanne Mund, Program Director

[email protected] 

Tel: (306) 659-4115

P.O. Box 1520

Saskatoon, SK

S7K 3R5

Full Accreditation1 [1989]

St. Clair College

Ms. Kitrina Ellwood BA, RVT, RLAT, Program Coordinator

Tel: (519) 972-2727 x 5602

[email protected]

2000 Talbot Rd W.

Windsor, Ontario

N9A 6S4

Full Accreditation1 [1997]

St. Lawrence College

Dr. Pauline Smith, Co-coordinator

[email protected]

Dr. Rea Marcelissen, Co-Coordinator

[email protected]

100 Portsmouth Ave

Kingston, Ontario

K7L 5A6

Full Accreditation1 [2003]

Seneca College

Ms. Katerina White, RVT, Coordinator

Tel: (416) 491-5050 x. 55561

[email protected]

13990 Dufferin St N

King City, Ontario

L7B 1B3

Full Accreditation[2003]

Thompson Rivers University

Ms. Erica Gray Gowans, RVT, Department Chair

Tel: (250) 828-5359     

[email protected]

805 TRU Way

Kamloops, BC

V2C 0C8

Full Accreditation1 (residential [1983], distance learning [2007])

University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus

Devon Core, RVT, Coordinator

Tel: (519) 674-1666

[email protected]

120 Main St East

Ridgetown, Ontario

N0P 2C0

Full accreditation1* (residential [1979], distance [2005])

Was called Centralia College from 1969 to 1994.

Vanier College

Dr. Sara Varano (CVMA reporting) [email protected]

Dr. Nancy Paquin (as of 2016)

[email protected]

Tel : (514) 744-7500

821 Ste-Croix Ave

Montreal, Quebec

H4L 3X9

Terminal Accreditation [2025]

1 The program is eligible for a two (2) year extension of its full accreditation status. Bracketed dates identify the two-year extension provided for under the current standards and guidelines.

* A joint site visit of the program at the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus was conducted by the VTPAC and the Committee on Veterinary Technician Education and Activities (CVTEA) of the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).