The school has a full range of programs and extra-curricular activities to provide all students with the Albert Campbell Experience: Academics, Community and Engagement.

[1] In its conception, the school was originally to be named Sir William Osler Collegiate Institute, but it was changed to Albert Campbell, the former mayor of Scarborough, resulting in the name Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute.

[2] The school, at the cost of $5,658,304.00, was constructed in 1975 and opened its doors on September 7, 1976, as its seventeenth collegiate in the former City of Scarborough.

Albert Campbell is built with 251,024 sq ft of space on 16 acres of land making it the second-largest High School in Scarborough (the largest is Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute).

The main Forum area is the focal point of the school, with over 80 flags of the world hanging from the ceiling rafters.