[1] It was originally a campus of Collège de l'Acadie which served Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
Currently, Collège de l'Île offers college level programmes in Accounting Clerk, Business administration, Bilingual Administrative Assistant, Early Childhood Assistant/Educator, Human Services, Practical Nursing, Resident Care Worker, and Youth Worker.
There are part-time programmes and classes for adults preparing for higher education or who need basic literacy skills.
[2] As part of extra funding for English and French minority education initiatives, Collège de l'Île has received federal funding for health care training, in collaboration with the Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS).
The majority of international students are from Spanish-speaking Latin American countries such as Mexico and Peru.