Carleton University

Carleton University may be a public comprehensive university in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1942 as Carleton College, the institution operated as a personal, non-denominational evening college to serve returning warfare II veterans. Carleton was chartered as a university by the provincial government in 1952 through The Carleton University Act, which was amended in 1957 to convey the institution its current name.The university is known as for the now-dissolved Carleton County, including the town of Ottawa at the time the university was founded. Carleton County, in turn, was named in honour of Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, who was governor of The Canadas from 1786 to 1796. The university moved to its current campus in 1959, growing rapidly in size during the 1960s because the Ontario government increased support for post-secondary institutions and expanded access to instruction.