Durham College is located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. A country not only known for its natural beauty and rich diversity, but also as one that has been ranked the best place to live by the United Nations for the past six years. Canada is safe, clean and friendly and offers excellent educational opportunities.
Oshawa
Close to Toronto and the great outdoors, Durham College students can enjoy all the fun and opportunities Toronto has to offer. The GO train and GO bus systems can take you quickly and affordably to Toronto - Canada's biggest city and world-class centre.
Oshawa is a vibrant and growing city, offering great shopping and entertainment, a major hospital and many other amenities. And they're all just minutes away from campus! Transportation in and around Oshawa is easy, and the bus comes right to Durham College.
In Oshawa, you'll have access to the amenities of a big city and the pleasures and friendliness of a smaller community. You'll also find Oshawa a safe, clean and well-kept place. Thanks to Oshawa's location on Lake Ontario, plus the abundance of green space, you can enjoy all sorts of activities including rollerblading, bicycling, hiking, skiing, golfing and fishing.
Ontario
Ontario is Canada's second largest province and has both the nation's capital city Ottawa as well as the largest city in Canada and the financial centre of the country, the city of Toronto. Other well-known Ontario landmarks are Niagara Falls and the huge pristine provincial wilderness park, Algonquin Park.
Ontario has many interesting sites and attractions, many historic towns, over 700,000 lakes and the opportunity to enjoy both culture and nature.
Ontario borders Quebec to the east, Manitoba and Michigan to the west and New York State to the south.
Canada
Canada is a grand place. From the coves of Newfoundland to the mountains of British Columbia, from the Great Lakes to the Arctic desert, an endless and achingly beautiful landscape unfolds. From the wheat farms of the prairies, to the beef ranches of the Rocky Mountain foothills, the great cathedrals of Quebec, the vineyards of the Niagara Peninsula, and the clouds of snow geese that fill the sky every spring and fall.
The country's a bit of an accident, a big, disjointed puzzle spread across the top of a continent, and it's much too large for the people who inhabit it. There are only 30 million Canadians - no more than the population of New York and California combined, scattered across a land bigger than China. Most Canadians live within 325 km (200 mi) of the American border, and 75% per unit live in cities, but even that doesn't create much density.
Many people have moved to Canada since its official birth in 1867. People from Italy, Greece, China, Ukraine, Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, India, Spain, the Caribbean, and, most recently, Latin America. They've brought their faiths and their customs, their food and their music, and sometimes even their own quarrels. And they have irrevocably changed the country.
All of this helps to make Canada a rich and tolerant land. No one has to go hungry, medical care is free for anyone who needs it, and even the poorest of the poor are affluent beyond the imagining of much of the world. The cities where most Canadians live are safe and clean, with downtowns that are full of life.