- July1993
Announcement of the creation of a French-language college in Northern Ontario!
- November1993
Appointment of the members of the first Board of Governors of the Collège du Nord
- June1994
Unveiling of the institution’s official name as Collège Boréal and its visual identity components
- August1994
Announcement of the location of the main campus and selection of six municipalities to establish regional campuses
Appointment of Jean Watters as the first President - September1995
Official opening of Collège Boréal
- October1997
Inauguration of the main campus
- December1998
Appointment of Gisèle Chrétien as President
- September2002
Collège Boréal extends its territory to the Central-South-West region
- September2005
Inauguration of the first student residence: the Vale Inco residence
- September2005
Inauguration of the first student residence: the Vale Inco residence
- January2006
Appointment of Denis Hubert-Dutrisac as President
- September2006
Inauguration of the new Institut des métiers et technologies appliqués (Institute for Applied Trades and Technologies), on the main campus
Announcement of the construction of a new campus in Timmins - May2008
Signing of the first Memorandum of Understanding between the six francophone school boards, Collège Boréal and the two francophone universities in Northern Ontario pertaining to Ontario’s French Language Planning Policy
- June2008
The government of Ontario designates Collège Boréal as an official French language service provider under the French Language Services Act
- November2008
Inauguration of « Notre place » at the main campus
- October2009
Inauguration of the new campus in Timmins
- December2009
Inauguration of the Centre Xstrata Nickel de recherches appliquées en biodiversité (Xstrata Nickel Centre for Applied Research in Biodiversity)
- April2010
Unveiling of the coat of arms
- September2012
Official opening of the Concert Hall at the main campus
Official opening of the Toronto campus located at 1 Yonge Street - September2013
Appointment of Pierre Riopel as President
- September2016
Appointment of Daniel Giroux as President