 North Albion became the first school in North America to offer Steel band as a full credit course in high school.North Albion Collegiate Institute is a two-storey secondary school in 12.16 acres of land, features 29 academic classrooms, six science labs, seven computer labs, two music rooms, an visual arts room, an drama room, three vocational shops for automotive and construction, a 750-seated auditorium, cafeteria with servery, three gymnasiums with the larger one that can divided, and a library.It also has a child care centre in the northwestern corner of the school.