Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Colleges and universites in Canada

The following discussion comes from Categories for deletion, where it is currently listed as unresolved. It may be reviewed again in the future in the light of evolving standards and guidelines for categorization. 21:52, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Colleges and universites in Canada

 * Category:Universities_in_Quebec -> Category:Universities_and_colleges_in_Quebec (The latter is currently a childless orphan.)
 * Category:Universities_in_Alberta -> Zzt. (currently a childless orphan)
 * Unless there are no universities in Alberta, I don't see any point ind eleting this. --ssd 23:04, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Category:Alberta_universities -> Category:Universities and colleges in Alberta

Is "universities and colleges" appropriate Canadian terminology? It is pretty standard for Wikipedia; see Category:Universities_and_colleges.
 * In Quebec, a "college" is sort of in-between "high school" and "university" (which are each a year shorter to leave room for two years of college) . "Universities in Quebec" is correct. Even schools that are called "colleges" in, say, the U.S., are referred to as "universities" in Quebec. See CEGEP, which is a Quebec phenomenon not shared by the rest of Canada, so it wouldn't affect the Alberta category. Category:Canadian universities does seem to include colleges. [[User:Aranel|Aranel ("Sarah")]] 01:05, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)


 * "Universities and colleges" is appropriate Canadian terminology; however, would something like "Postsecondary education in Canada" or better "Canadian postsecondary institutions" be better?


 * Aranel, I think that including CEGEPs on Wikipedia as 'colleges' is borderline; one could argue they are effectively senior high schools. Are all colleges in Quebec really CEGEPs?  --Saforrest 23:46, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)


 * I should add to Aranel's comments that there is a pretty sharp distinction between colleges and universities in Ontario, at least, and probably in the rest of Canada too. The ambiguity in American usage does not exist here, so if there are colleges under Category:Canadian universities, they should not be there (or better yet, the category should be renamed to something inclusive). --Saforrest 23:52, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)


 * CEGEPs are not senior high schools. It's the combination of a technical school, pre-university prep-school, community college and liberal arts college. They should not be place in any high school category, since registration and class performance are judged by university and not highschool standards (IOW, it's up to you to pass, they will fail you, if you can't get the class you need to graduate, tough luck, try another semester, inter-CEGEP registrations are permitted, just like inter-university ones). They are also not univesities though... In Quebec, official college type of school is a CEGEP, but any school can call itself a college. As such there are elementary schools with college in their names, as there are middle schools (junior high school), senior highs, technical schools, etc. There are ofcourse subdivisions of universities that are also called college, as there are everywhere. 132.205.15.4 05:20, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

We also have now: Category:Universities_in_Ottawa (childless orphan) Category:Universities_and_Colleges_in_Ottawa Category:Universities_and_Colleges_in_Toronto (Populated, but wrong capitalization.) Category:Universities_in_Toronto (a childless orphan) -- Beland 07:04, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Category:Universities and colleges specifies all instutions of post-secondary education. My understanding is that Quebec CEGEPs are considered post-secondary (although they would overlap with the last year of secondary education in many other regions, they also overlap with post-secondary in those regions). So it would be perfectly reasonable to use "universities and colleges in..." for Canada (as far as I can tell, all Canadian "colleges" are at least partially post-secondary), but I think it would also be appropriate to subdivide those into "universities in..." and "colleges in...", at least for Quebec, since in some cases those are entirely different types of institutions. Or perhaps it would make more sense to have Category:Universities and colleges in Canada and then put two categories for eahc province (as appropriate), one for universities and one for colleges? Comments? Category:Canadian colleges specifies local community colleges. -[[User:Aranel|Aranel ("Sarah")]] 21:38, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)