CCA presently operates in 18 countries with an annual budget of approximately $13 million.

Climate resilience and gender are cross-cutting priorities in all of CCA's programs.

The college itself was short-lived, its formative years date from the late 1930s and early 1940s, when there was a strong push and a practical need for an educational link to the co-operative movement.

It began its international development program in 1945 as a part of reconstructive efforts after the Second World War.

MacDonald, a prominent leader in the Antigonish Movement, Alexander Laidlaw and Dr. Ian MacPherson.