The program at City Academy is designed to meet the needs of students seeking an individual and flexible approach to their high school education. The unique timetable maximizes every student's potential to achieve excellence, and offers credit courses for college- and university-bound students. In a supportive environment which recognizes individual student needs and differences, success is the norm. Students may attend the school full- or part-time. Extension courses are available for students who wish to supplement a regular day school program taken elsewhere with individual courses taken at City Academy.
The school's flexible timetable also allows students who are seriously involved in sports or the arts to take credits at an accelerated pace, leaving blocks of time free to devote to those pursuits. This plan enables students to accumulate credits even as they balance academic demands with other commitments.
The course selection at City Academy is as broad as is available in any public high school in Ontario. City Academy has the facilities and teacher expertise to offer excellent preparation for students who wish to enter the disciplines of mathematics, sciences, social sciences, humanities, communications, business, computer sciences, English and the fine arts (especially visual arts).