Hacker You, the first tech boot camp to open its doors, began with 30 part-time students in 2012. In 2017, it expects to graduate nearly 1000 in its full and part-time programs.

The data-science boot camp at Lighthouse Labs, another well-known Canadian tech-education company, takes 12 weeks and costs $14,000. The website says graduates achieved a 95-per-cent employment rate.

The top fitness bootcamps for women in Toronto meld some serious conditioning with a female-friendly atmosphere. Though there's not much of a military influence in modern-day fitness boot camps ...