CEUG is a federal not-for-profit organization with representation from Canadian post-secondary institutions (colleges, universities and institutes) using Ellucian software for higher education. CEUG is led by a Board comprised of elected volunteer CEUG Directors with ex-officio representation from Ellucian.

The primary responsibilities of the organization are to provide a unified Canadian advocacy voice for Canadian Ellucian clients, to facilitate cross-institutional and pan-Canadian collaboration and to provide oversight for the annual CEUG Conference (a not-for-profit event with conference revenue offsetting conference costs).