The transportation shop has 2 car lifts, and an $80,000 driving simulator that was donated by Shell in April 2017.

[2] The transportation department also runs the Northern eco-team, the only Canadian high school to compete in the Shell Eco-marathon.

Northern's manufacturing room has 10 machine lathes, a horizontal and two vertical mills, two drill presses, three bandsaws, and various other smaller machines and tools.

Northern competes locally within LKSSAA, under the SWOSSAA association, a part of the provincial OFSAA organization.

NCIVS is home to the Vikings football team, which has currently won 11 of the past 11 LSSAA Senior Championships in the Sarnia area local high school league, as well as many other sports and non-sports related competitions.