Columbia College saw 2004 as a future achievement as it turned into the area's first private organization to offer Associate of Arts and Associate of Science certificates. In 2011, the school began to enlist a critical number of understudies from one side of the planet to the other. Starting around 2016, the school has given evacuee bursaries and added five additional bursaries in the year 2018 to inward displaced person candidates. It has been a forerunner in giving instructive projects to global understudies. Additionally, it is the most seasoned college move instructive establishment of British Columbia which was established with a goal of cultivating understudy achievement, empowering long lasting learning, and giving approaches to advanced education.

Columbia College's Main Campus is a five-story, 73,000 square foot fabricating only east of Vancouver's midtown center at 438 Terminal Avenue. The structure gives exceptional offices to understudies and staff, including science labs (Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, and Physics), a library, and understudy lounges. The grounds includes a very much kept up with climate for the staff, understudies, and personnel. In September 2017, Columbia College opened another grounds assembling, the North Campus, which is arranged only east of the midtown Vancouver's heart and False Creek's regular streams. It fills English for Academic Needs and Columbia College High School understudies. Moreover, it has every one of the fundamental offices that guarantee a superior learning climate.