Trade schools in Montreal in Quebec's vocational system: the École des métiers de la construction de Montréal, the CIMME centre in LaSalle, and the Rosemount Technology Centre, with the DEP diploma explained in English.
Applies in: Quebec
Montreal trains skilled trades differently from Toronto, Calgary, or Vancouver. There is no Ontario-style college apprenticeship list and no Alberta-style approved-provider list. Quebec runs vocational training through school service centres, and the credential is the Diploma of Vocational Studies, the DEP in French and DVS in English. Training happens at a centre de formation professionnelle, a vocational training centre, and applications for secondary-level programs go through AdmissionFP. This guide lists the Montreal centres whose trades could be verified on Quebec's official vocational portal and directories on October 28, 2026. It is written in English, with French institution and program names as published. Where this guide lists only the portal groups for a centre, rather than the centre's own program list, it says so.
Vocational training in Quebec leads to a Diploma of Vocational Studies (DVS, or DEP in French) or an Attestation of Vocational Specialization (AVS, or ASP in French), issued by the Ministry of Education, according to the Inforoute FPT frequently asked questions page. A Skills Training Certificate (STC, or AEP in French) is issued by a school service centre or school board instead. To apply for a secondary-level vocational program, the applicant submits an online application through AdmissionFP. Applicants who have never studied in Quebec do not have a permanent code and apply on a paper form instead. The AdmissionFP user fee is at most $11.30, and some school service centres pay it.
Admission to a vocational program generally requires being at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which training begins, plus the required credits in language of instruction, second language, and mathematics, or the adult-route equivalents. The Quebec.ca studying-in-vocational-training page states those general conditions and the bridges between vocational training, semiskilled-trade training, and college education. Each program page states its own specific prerequisites, so the general rule never replaces the program page.
For regulated construction trades, the DEP is the start, not the end. The construction school's own description, carried by a course directory, states that the school operates under an agreement between the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal, the Ministry of Education, and the Commission de la construction du Québec, the CCQ. In Quebec construction, a diploma holder still needs a CCQ-registered employer and the industry's apprentice steps to reach journeyperson status. Check the CCQ's current entry rules for the trade before assuming the diploma alone admits you to a job site.
| School | Trades covered | Location and language |
|---|---|---|
| École des métiers de la construction de Montréal | Carpentry (Charpenterie-menuiserie, 5319), bricklaying, painting in buildings, tiling | 5205 rue Parthenais, Montreal; French-language centre of the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal |
| Centre intégré de mécanique, de métallurgie et d'électricité (CIMME) | Mechanical, metallurgy, and electrical training; machining, industrial drafting, and welding-assembly listed for international-student intakes | 1100 rue Ducas, Montreal (LaSalle); French, 1,800-hour programs |
| Rosemount Technology Centre | Carpentry groups listed on Inforoute FPT | Montreal; English Montreal School Board centre, English-language groups |
The École des métiers de la construction de Montréal, usually shortened to EMCM, sits in the Plateau-Mont-Royal area. Inforoute FPT lists groups there for carpentry with a start in October 2026 and an end in October 2027, running 30 hours a week on a daytime schedule, and lists groups for bricklaying, painting, and tiling with 2026 and 2027 start dates. The carpentry group page gives the program code 5319 and the diploma as DVS. The school's contact for admission is listed as the EMCM admission team, telephone 514-596-4590. The Canada directory of educational institutions confirms the school's address, its status as a public vocational training institution recognized under a public act, and its affiliation with the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal. The directory also lists the school service centre's other Montreal vocational schools, including the École des métiers de l'équipement motorisé de Montréal, the École des métiers de l'aérospatiale de Montréal, and the École des métiers du Sud-Ouest-de-Montréal. Those schools are named here only as fellow centres of the same school service centre; their program lists were not verified in this check and are not claimed in the table.
CIMME is the mechanical counterpart. Its full name, Centre intégré de mécanique, de métallurgie et d'électricité, describes three fields in one centre. The Quebec vocational portal for international students lists its address as 1100 rue Ducas, Montreal, and lists programs of 1,800 hours at 30 hours a week over about 16 months, taught in French. Machining, industrial drafting, and welding-assembly appear among its listed programs, with start dates in 2026 and 2027. The costs shown on that portal are international-student costs and fees, which run into tens of thousands of dollars, and they must not be read as Quebec-resident costs. Quebec-resident costs, group availability, and admission must be checked on AdmissionFP. CIMME also appears on AdmissionFP as a participating centre in the Laval, Montérégie, and Montreal region, which confirms its place in the admissions system.
Rosemount Technology Centre is the English-language option verified here. It is a vocational training centre of the English Montreal School Board, and Inforoute FPT lists carpentry groups at Rosemount with 2027 start dates. The English board's adult and vocational pages describe vocational programs leading to careers in skilled trades and other fields, with registration done directly at the vocational training centre. For an English-speaking applicant who wants carpentry training in Montreal without French-language instruction, Rosemount is the centre to check first. Confirm the language and start date of the specific group, because group pages state both.
If no Montreal centre covers your trade, check the neighbouring regions before assuming the trade is unavailable. The Inforoute FPT portal lists the Centre de formation professionnelle Pierre-Dupuy in Longueuil, in Montérégie, and the Pearson Electrotechnology Centre in Lachine, run by the Lester B. Pearson School Board, which states that it offers more than 30 vocational training programs across nine sectors. Neither centre's program list was verified in this check, so neither is listed as a Montreal school, and Lachine and Longueuil are separate municipalities in any case. For every centre, confirm the program, language, group status, and prerequisites on the AdmissionFP group page before applying, and confirm CCQ requirements for construction trades separately.
A DEP, Diploma of Vocational Studies, is the credential for Quebec secondary-level vocational training, issued by the Ministry of Education. In other provinces, apprenticeship classroom instruction is delivered by a college or training provider to a registered apprentice. In Quebec, vocational training is delivered by a vocational training centre, a centre de formation professionnelle, run by a school service centre, and the student applies for a program group through AdmissionFP, the province's vocational admissions service. Some Quebec construction trades then require registration with the Commission de la construction du Québec and an employer guarantee to move from the diploma into apprenticeship. The DEP is the school credential; the construction industry's apprentice and journeyperson steps sit on top of it for regulated construction trades.
The École des métiers de la construction de Montréal, at 5205 rue Parthenais in Montreal, is the construction trades school of the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal. Quebec's Inforoute FPT vocational portal lists current and upcoming groups there for carpentry (Charpenterie-menuiserie, code 5319), bricklaying, painting in buildings, and tiling. The school is administered under an agreement between the school service centre, the Ministry of Education, and the Commission de la construction du Québec. This guide lists only the trades with groups shown on Inforoute FPT for this school; its full program list should be confirmed on the school's own pages, and that limit is stated in Sources.
Most Montreal vocational training is taught in French. The École des métiers de la construction de Montréal and the CIMME centre are French-language centres of French school service centres, and the CIMME programs listed for international students require French at level B2. The Rosemount Technology Centre is a centre of the English Montreal School Board and offers groups in English, including carpentry groups listed on Inforoute FPT. Confirm the language of instruction for the specific group before applying, because a centre can run groups in more than one language and the group page states the language. Admission requirements for DEP programs generally include being at least 16 and holding the required Secondary credits, or the adult-route equivalents published by the Ministry; the program page states the prerequisites for each program.
The Centre intégré de mécanique, de métallurgie et d'électricité, known as CIMME, is a vocational training centre at 1100 rue Ducas in Montreal, in the LaSalle area. Its name describes its scope: integrated mechanical, metallurgy, and electrical training. Quebec's vocational portal for international students lists CIMME programs of 1,800 hours over about 16 months, taught in French, including machining, industrial drafting, and welding-assembly. Those program listings are for international-student intakes and carry international-student costs; Quebec-resident admission, costs, and group availability differ and must be checked on AdmissionFP or the centre's own pages. CIMME is not in downtown Montreal; allow for travel to LaSalle.
Apply through AdmissionFP for secondary-level vocational programs. The Inforoute FPT frequently asked questions page states that the AdmissionFP user fee is at most $11.30, paid by credit card or Interac Online, and that some school service centres pay the fee, in which case the balance shows as zero. Each program group on Inforoute FPT shows its status, start date, schedule, and cost including material, where stated; the carpentry group shown for the construction school listed its cost as to be determined, so this guide quotes no tuition figure for Montreal programs. Do not budget from a secondary article's cost table. Check the group page for the intake you want, and check financial aid through Aide financière aux études for Quebec residents.
The institution dataset in this guide was verified through Quebec's Inforoute FPT portal, the CICIC directory, Quebec.ca, and the school-board consortium portal listed above. The École des métiers de la construction de Montréal's and CIMME's own program pages could not be verified here, so no program list beyond the portal groups above is claimed, and no tuition figure is quoted for any Montreal program. Confirm the current program list, group status, language, and cost on each centre's own pages before treating this guide as a complete directory. The cost shown for a carpentry group at the construction school was listed as to be determined, and international-student costs on the CIMME portal page are not Quebec-resident costs.