Education

Brampton's only public higher education institution is Sheridan College, which also has a campus in Oakville. Founded in 1967, the local campus focuses on business training, compared to its Oakville branch, which is the second largest school of Art and Design in North America.

In Brampton there are two main school boards. One is the Peel District School Board, which operates secular Anglophone public schools, and the other is Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, which operates Catholic Anglophone public schools. Under the Peel District School Board, the secondary schools are Bramalea, Brampton Centennial, Central Peel, Chinguacousy, Fletcher's Meadow, Harold M. Brathwaite, Heart Lake, Louise Arbour, Mayfield, North Park, Judith Nyman, Sandalwood Heights, Turner Fenton, David Suzuki, and one of the newest being Castlebrook Secondary School. There are also 85 elementary and middle schools that feed these high schools in the city.

Under the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, the secondary schools are Cardinal Leger, Holy Name of Mary, Notre Dame, St. Augustine, St. Edmund Campion, St. Roch, St. Marguerite d'Youville, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Cardinal Ambrozic Secondary Schools There are 44 elementary and middle schools that feed these high schools in the city.

The Conseil scolaire Viamonde operates secular Francophone schools serving the area. The Conseil scolaire de district catholique Centre-Sud operates Catholic Francophone schools serving the area.

The Peel District School Board offers a wide range of educational programs offered from the middle school to the high school level. Turner Fenton Secondary School for example, offers programs to their students such as French Immersion and the International Baccalaureate Program. The IB program is also offered as a IB middle years program (IBMYP) which is known to be a intro to the high school program to prep their students allowing the transition from middle school to high school to university to be as smooth as possible.