P.E.I.’s Holland College takes its educational philosophy from the school’s namesake, Samuel Holland, an 18th-century surveyor who had a passion for progress and new technology. The college offers 60 diploma and certificate programs on nine campuses and centres across the province. Program areas include applied sciences, business, carpentry, computer studies, health and community studies, marine training and tourism.

Cooking students hone their skills at the Culinary Institute of Canada, housed in the Tourism and Culinary Centre on the historic Charlottetown waterfront. Next door is Canada’s Smartest Kitchen, a research facility for food-product development. The school’s bioscience technology program received the 2020 Gold Program Excellence Award from Colleges and Institutes Canada.

The main Prince of Wales campus in Charlottetown features the Florence Simmons Performance Hall, the Centre for Community Engagement—home of the Holland Hurricanes varsity sports teams—and two apartment-style residences. The college is planning to build a new health and wellness centre at this campus, including a health clinic staffed with nurse practitioners. The Summerside Waterfront campus houses most of the college’s trades and industrial technology programs, along with the Marine Training Centre and the Atlantic Police Academy. In the fall of 2022, the college will open a new Business Analytics Centre, allowing students and local businesses to collaborate on projects.