Colleges/Universities/Seminaries/Lay Training Institutes (current or Closed)
Baptists in Canada have had a long tradition and desire to educate their members. To this end they have built and operated a number of schools of higher education in Canada.
- Acadia Divinity College Begun in 1838 as Acadia College (Wolfville, Nova Scotia)
- Brandon College 1889-1938 at which time it became non-denominational and later in 1967 renamed Brandon University
- Canadian Baptist Bible College (Winkler, Manitoba)
- Canada Baptist College (1836-1849) (Montréal, Québec)
- Canadian Baptist Seminary (Langley, British, Columbia)
- Canadian Literary Institute (became Woodstock College in 1883 and was later folded into McMaster University) (1860-1887) (Woodstock, Ontario)
- Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary/Canadian Baptist College (Cochrane, Alberta)
- Carey Theological College (Vancouver, British Columbia)
- Crandall University (Moncton, New Brunswick)
- Faculté de Théologie Évangélique (Montréal, Québec)
- FaithWay Baptist College of Canada (Ajax, Ontario)
- Heritage Baptist College and Heritage Theological Seminary (Cambridge, Ontario)
- Historic Baptist Bible Institute and Seminary (Toronto, Ontario)
- Moulton College (originally the ladies department of Woodstock College) transferred to Toronto as a preparatory school for women (closed in 1954).
- McMaster Divinity College Begun in 1881 as Toronto Baptist College (Hamilton, Ontario)
- Northwest Baptist Seminary (Langley, British, Columbia)
- Séminaire Baptiste Évangélique Du Québec (Montréal, Québec)
- The Pastor's College (Toronto, Ontario)
- Toronto Baptist Seminary and Bible College (Toronto, Ontario)
- Western Baptist Bible College (Calgary, Alberta) see Northwest Baptist Seminary
- Baptist Leadership Training School (1949- ??) (Calgary, Alberta) (Closed)
- Baptist Training Institute (1957- ??) (Brantford, Ontario) (Closed)
- Baptist Leadership Education Centre (1985- ??) (Whitby, Ontario) (Closed)
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