Atlantic Colleges Atlantique (ACA) is the association of the seven public institutions delivering college programming in Atlantic Canada. Beyond the geographic reach and diversity of communities, cultures and language where ACA member-based institutions are working, colleges are well connected with the region’s large and small employers, industry and trade groups, cultural and settlement associations, as well as education professionals and government staff. With 60,000 full- and part-time students annually at 40 campuses across the region, the total impact of ACA institutions on the economy in 2016-2017 was $6.2 billion.