Canada College Campus Walk

Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)

Welcome to Canada College, a public community college on a 131-acre hillside in western Redwood City and part of the San Mateo County Community College District. The college writes its name with a tilde over the n, as in Spanish, and says it kan-YAH-dah. The name comes from Canada Road, and the Spanish word means a small canyon or ravine. This guide writes it without the tilde.

This walk is for prospective students and families visiting outside scheduled tours, and for anyone curious. Over nine stops you will see where students sign up and get help, study, take science and arts classes, eat, and work out, and hear how the campus has grown since its first classes in 1968.

The loop takes about an hour. It is compact but hilly, with stairs and ramps between levels. It starts at Building 9, beside the bus stop and Lot 1, and ends at the athletic fields, a short walk back. Please stay in public areas.

9 stops on this tour:

Building 9 - Welcome Center and Student Services

Library and Learning Center - Help on Every Floor

Buildings 17 and 18 - Community and Early College

Building 23 - Science and Technology

The Central Quad - Olive Trees Since 1968

The Grove - Food, Health and Student Life

Building 3 - The Main Theatre

Building 1 - Kinesiology and Wellness

Athletic Fields - Where the Colts Play

Stops on this tour

1. Building 9 - Welcome Center and Student Services
2. Library and Learning Center - Help on Every Floor
3. Buildings 17 and 18 - Community and Early College
4. Building 23 - Science and Technology
5. The Central Quad - Olive Trees Since 1968
6. The Grove - Food, Health and Student Life
7. Building 3 - The Main Theatre
8. Building 1 - Kinesiology and Wellness
9. Athletic Fields - Where the Colts Play

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