Academy Canada

Academy Canada is a private career college based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Established in 1985, it describes itself as the largest independent career college in Newfoundland and Labrador and one of the most diverse in Canada, with more than 40,000 graduates over four decades, campuses in St. John’s and Corner Brook, and a network of Adult Basic Education learning centres across the province. Its training spans the fields that drive the provincial economy: construction and apprenticeship trades, justice and legal studies, business and computers, health and personal care, creative studies, and animal care and nature. That private career college identity frames everything in this guide. Academy Canada is not a public college and not a university; it does not grant degrees; its diplomas are career-college credentials earned in months to about two years; and its immigration position must be checked programme by programme, as explained below.

For international students, Academy Canada appears on Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) list of designated learning institutions under DLI number O19441333188, and the college operates a dedicated international application route alongside its domestic one. One point requires unusual care, and this guide handles it the honest way: Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) eligibility is determined by IRCC at the level of the institution and the specific programme, and this article does not claim PGWP eligibility for any Academy Canada programme. Before you apply, you must confirm the exact programme you want on IRCC’s official DLI list — the visa section and FAQs explain exactly how and why. What this guide does provide is a complete, verified picture of everything else: Academy Canada programmes across its faculties, its published admission requirements (which are unusually clear), English language expectations, tuition fees using the college’s own published full-programme range, the cost of living in St. John’s — one of Canada’s most affordable cities — scholarships and funding, campuses and facilities, accommodation (including the homesharing scheme the college promotes), intakes, a step-by-step application guide, and a comparison with Newfoundland and Labrador’s public alternatives. All figures are in Canadian dollars (CAD) and are indicative; confirm them on academycanada.com and canada.ca before you commit.

Academy Canada Recognition & Accreditation

• Private career college, licensed by the province: Academy Canada states that the school — its facilities, programmes and staff — is fully licensed by Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, the provincial body that oversees private training institutions in the province. Instructors must be reviewed and approved by the Department; the college notes the government requires at least six years of education and experience in a teacher’s field. Provincial licensing is the core regulatory fact for any Canadian career college: it is consumer protection and quality oversight, not public funding, and an Academy Canada diploma is a private-college credential.
• Designated Learning Institution (DLI): Academy Canada is on IRCC’s DLI list with DLI number O19441333188, and it maintains an international students section and a separate international application on its website — evidence that it actively enrols study-permit students. DLI status means IRCC can issue study permits for its programmes. It does not, by itself, answer the PGWP question (see the next bullet and the visa section).
• PGWP — verify, do not assume: IRCC’s DLI list records, institution by institution and campus by campus, whether PGWP-eligible programmes are offered, and within an institution eligibility can attach to specific programmes. This guide could not verify, from a public source, a programme-level PGWP guarantee for Academy Canada. The only honest instruction is the one IRCC itself gives: check the exact programme, at the exact campus, on the official DLI list before you apply, and get written confirmation from the college’s international office. Do not enrol on the basis of an assumption — or an agent’s assurance — about post-graduation work rights.
• No ranking — and none claimed: Academy Canada appears in no QS, Times Higher Education or other academic ranking; those rankings cover universities. Any “ranking” of Academy Canada on a third-party site is a directory artefact. This article makes no ranking claim. The college’s real quality signals are its provincial licence, its programme accreditations, its longevity since 1985 and its graduate volume.
• Programme-specific accreditations and agreements: The college states it has earned 36 programme-specific accreditations plus industry endorsements. Concrete examples from its own published material include: trades programmes accredited by the Provincial Apprenticeship and Certification Board (PACB), which governs apprenticeship training in Newfoundland and Labrador; recognition by the CSA Group as a training provider for its Medical Device Reprocessing programme, leading toward the Certified Medical Device Reprocessing Technician credential; Massage Therapy training oriented to the College of Massage Therapists of Newfoundland and Labrador (CMTNL) certification examinations; Child and Youth Care graduates’ eligibility connected to Level II Early Childhood Education certification through the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Newfoundland and Labrador (AECENL); and articulation/transfer agreements — for example, advanced standing routes connected with Mount Saint Vincent University (Child and Youth Studies), and credit-transfer agreements with Yorkville University and the College of the North Atlantic referenced for its Information Technology Associate graduates. Accreditation attaches to programmes, not to the whole institution — check the status of yours.

Popular Programs at Academy Canada

Academy Canada organizes its catalogue into faculties covering the province’s top employment fields — the college says it delivers diploma programmes across the top 35 employment fields in areas including Construction Trades, Justice, Business, Health & Personal Care, Creative Studies and Animal Care/Nature. Programmes run at the St. John’s campuses (Kenmount Road and Harding Road) and Corner Brook, with some delivered at other provincial locations; durations below are from the college’s published programme material where available and should be confirmed per programme.

Construction, trades and mining

• Apprenticeship and pre-employment trades: Programmes aligned to the Provincial Apprenticeship and Certification Board in trades such as carpentry, electrical, plumbing, welding and related construction occupations, plus culinary training (including Cook) — the college actively promotes trades pathways tied to provincial megaprojects and housing demand, and has delivered government-partnered, fully funded construction micro-credentials for domestic entrants to the sector.
• Painter and Decorator and other vocational diplomas: Hands-on vocational programmes with workshop training.

Health and personal care

• Child and Youth Care (with Addictions) Support Worker (featured programme): Working with children, teenagers and families in crisis — abuse, addictions, poverty and mental-health contexts — with career outcomes as child/youth care worker, family support worker and teaching/learning assistant, Level II ECE certification eligibility, and advanced standing toward Mount Saint Vincent University’s BA in Child and Youth Studies.
• Massage Therapy: Regulated-profession training in Newfoundland and Labrador, oriented to the CMTNL certification examinations, including a dedicated OSCE/MCQ preparation offering for those re-qualifying; the college’s handbook notes the final weeks focus on provincial certification exam preparation.
• Medical Device Reprocessing: Sterile processing — decontamination, sterilization, instrumentation and sterile storage — with CSA Group recognized-provider status toward the CMDRT credential.
• Early Childhood Education, Esthetics and Spa Management (with Electrolysis), Hairstylist, Personal care and therapeutic recreation programmes: A broad health-and-wellness cluster, several with their own pass standards (for example, 70% in core subjects for esthetics streams, per the college handbook).

Business, travel and computers

• Information Technology Associate (81 weeks including an 8-week field placement, St. John’s): One of the college’s longest programmes — systems, networking and IT support — with articulation agreements allowing graduates to transfer credits toward a Yorkville University BBA or a Bachelor of Applied Information Technology (Systems and Network Cybersecurity) via the College of the North Atlantic route described by the college.
• Business Administration (with marketing, human relations and accounting streams), Office Administration Technology (medical, legal, engineering streams), Computer Aided Drafting: Applied business and office-technology diplomas built around software and workplace documents rather than academic theory.
• Travel and tourism-related programmes sit within the same faculty per the college’s structure.

Justice, creative studies and animal care

• Criminology / Law Enforcement Administration and Legal Studies (Paralegal Professional): Social-sciences diplomas for policing, corrections and legal-support careers, with course sequences in administrative law, abnormal psychology and Aboriginal studies visible in the college’s programme catalogue.
• Multimedia Graphic Design and other creative programmes; Veterinary/animal-care and natural-resources programmes round out the catalogue — confirm the current list on the college website, as career-college catalogues change with labour-market demand.

Delivery across the faculties is hands-on by design — workshops, labs, clinics and field placements — with pass standards set by stream (the college handbook specifies 65% for most core subjects, 50% for non-core, and 70% across apprenticeship and certain health programmes). There are no Academy Canada degrees; degree ambitions run through the articulation agreements named above, decided by the receiving institution.

Academy Canada Admission Requirements 2026

Academy Canada publishes its entrance requirements more clearly than most career colleges, and this section follows its official admissions page.

The two routes in

• Route 1 — High school graduate or equivalent: Applicants qualify with a high school diploma or an accepted equivalency: completion of Adult Basic Education (ABE), a GED, or the Canadian Adult Education Credential (CAEC). International secondary qualifications — for example India’s CBSE/ISC Class XII or Bangladesh’s HSC — are assessed by the college as equivalents; bring originals and certified English translations if your documents are not in English.
• Route 2 — Mature student: Applicants who have not completed high school, ABE, GED or CAEC can still qualify as mature students if they are 19 years of age or older, provide a copy of their most recent marks, complete an interview with a college representative, and pass the Canadian Adult Achievement Test (CAAT) — which the college administers at no cost, with an admissions officer able to help you prepare and provide a study guide.
• Minimum age: Applicants must be at least 16 years of age (with programme-specific expectations on top of that floor).
• Documentation deadline: All required documentation must be received before a full acceptance letter can be issued — plan your transcript requests early, especially if documents must come from another country. Students who attended high school in Newfoundland and Labrador can request transcripts through the provincial Department of Education; others contact their graduating school.

Programme-specific additions

• Health and community programmes commonly add, by programme or placement stage, items such as a criminal records / vulnerable persons check, immunization and medical documentation, and current CPR/First Aid — the pattern visible across Canadian health training; your programme page and admissions officer will specify exactly what applies and when.
• Regulated programmes (massage therapy, trades) carry the external body’s expectations — for example, apprenticeship programmes require the training hours and 70% pass standard the college handbook describes.
• No competitive cut-off is published: Academy Canada does not publish grade thresholds beyond its entrance routes, nor any acceptance rate. Treat third-party “acceptance rate” figures for the college as invented. Admission turns on meeting the entrance route and programme requirements and on seat availability in your chosen intake.

International applicants

The college runs a distinct international application (linked from its homepage alongside the domestic application) and an international students information section. Expect to provide passport, transcripts with translations if needed, and English proficiency evidence (next section), and to work with the college’s international admissions contact for your Letter of Acceptance and DLI details (DLI O19441333188) for your study-permit application.

English Language Requirements

All Academy Canada instruction is in English, and its programmes place students in workplaces — clinics, job sites, offices, childcare settings — across Newfoundland and Labrador where clear English is a working requirement. The college’s published entrance-requirements page focuses on academic credentials and the mature-student CAAT route; it does not publish a consolidated IELTS/TOEFL/PTE score table for international applicants on its public admissions pages as of October 2026, so this article does not invent one.

• Ask the international admissions office, in writing, what English evidence your programme requires — a standardized test, prior English-medium schooling, or an assessment arranged by the college — and keep the reply with your application records. Your Letter of Acceptance and study-permit file should be consistent with that answer.
• Benchmark honestly: Comparable Canadian diploma programmes commonly function at roughly IELTS 6.0 level, and regulated health programmes expect strong spoken communication for clinical and client settings. Use that as a self-check only; it is not an Academy Canada cut-off.
• Mature-student testing is not a language test: The CAAT route described in admissions assesses adult academic achievement for applicants without diplomas; do not confuse it with an English-proficiency waiver. International applicants should expect a separate language conversation with admissions.
• Immigration layer: IRCC officers assess whether your language ability supports your study plan as part of the study-permit decision. Documented, credible English proficiency strengthens both your college application and your permit application.

Academy Canada Tuition Fees for International Students (2026)

Academy Canada answers the tuition question directly in its published family/FAQ material, and this guide uses the college’s own figures: tuition for a full programme at Academy Canada ranges from CAD 4,200 to CAD 29,850, depending on the programme. That is a full-programme range, not a per-year figure — short vocational programmes sit at the bottom of it, and long diploma programmes (such as the 81-week Information Technology Associate) toward the top. On top of tuition, students (or their sponsors) pay a compulsory fee of CAD 30–60, plus textbooks and any tools/equipment their programme requires — a real cost in the trades, where tool kits are part of the training; the college notes many students buy used books and tools to offset this.

International-student caution: The published range is the college’s general tuition range. The college does not publish a separate international tuition schedule on the pages reviewed for this guide, so do not assume the domestic range is your price: request a written, programme-specific cost breakdown from the international admissions office — total tuition, compulsory fees, books/tools, payment deadlines and the refund policy, including what happens if your study permit is refused — before you pay. Pay only through official college channels, keep receipts, and remember that your study-permit application must show first-year tuition arrangements plus the IRCC living-funds amount in the next sections.

Cost of Living in St. John’s (2026)

St. John’s is one of Canada’s oldest and most affordable cities: a compact, historic port capital with a large student presence from Memorial University, a music-and-harbour culture, famously changeable Atlantic weather — and rents among the lowest of any provincial capital. Academy Canada’s St. John’s campuses sit at 167–169 Kenmount Road and 37–45 Harding Road, both on bus routes (Metrobus) and within reach of the city’s main rental neighbourhoods.

IRCC benchmark: For your study permit you must show first-year tuition plus CAD 22,895 for living expenses (IRCC amount for applications on or after September 1, 2025, for a single applicant outside Quebec) plus travel costs. St. John’s real costs sit comfortably below many Canadian cities, which makes that benchmark more achievable here — a genuine, if modest, advantage of studying in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Money-saving tips: share a house with other students near Kenmount Road or on a direct Metrobus route; take the college-promoted homesharing option seriously (see Accommodation); buy winter and waterproof gear locally and second-hand — St. John’s weather punishes inadequate clothing faster than deep cold does; and use Memorial-area student services, public libraries and the city’s free cultural life (harbour events, choirs, trails) rather than paid entertainment.

Part-time work: If your study permit carries the standard condition, you may work up to 24 hours per week off campus during terms and full-time during scheduled breaks, starting once your programme begins. St. John’s part-time market leans on retail, food service, tourism and care work; practicum and apprenticeship blocks in your programme take scheduling priority, and part-time income is living-cost help — never a tuition plan and never your main proof of funds.

Academy Canada Scholarships for International Students

The honest position: Academy Canada does not publish a scholarship, bursary or entrance-award programme for international students on its public site, and this article invents none. Private career colleges in Canada rarely fund international awards, and nothing in the college’s published material promises tuition discounts or merit money to study-permit applicants. Budget for the full written cost breakdown you receive.

• Domestic funding channels are domestic: The college’s payment material describes student-loan recipients having loan documents processed by the college and sponsored students having funding sent by their sponsors — Canadian student aid and domestic sponsorship streams for eligible residents. Study-permit holders are generally not eligible for Canadian government student loans.
• Funded training seats exist for domestic priorities: Academy Canada delivers some government-partnered, fully funded training (for example, construction micro-credentials delivered with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador for people entering the construction sector). Eligibility follows the funder’s domestic rules; international students should not assume access.
• Payment plans: Self-paying students may be able to arrange monthly payment plans instead of semester lump sums (per the college’s FAQ). That is cash-flow flexibility, not aid — confirm whether it is available to international students and have it written into your agreement.
• External sources: Home-country government or employer sponsorship and family funding remain the realistic routes. Treat any third-party promise of an “Academy Canada scholarship” as a red flag and verify it with the college directly.

Campus and Facilities

St. John’s — Kenmount Road (167–169 Kenmount Rd.): One of two St. John’s campuses, in the city’s west-end commercial/education corridor near Memorial University’s orbit, with programme labs, workshops and classrooms serving the business, technology, health and trades faculties.

St. John’s — Harding Road (37–45 Harding Road): The second St. John’s site, expanding capacity for the college’s large programme catalogue in the capital.

Corner Brook (2 University Drive): The west-coast campus, sharing a city with Memorial’s Grenfell Campus, serving programmes for the western region.

Province-wide learning network: Beyond the career-college campuses, the college lists 15 locations in its own story of itself and operates 13 Adult Basic Education learning centres across Newfoundland and Labrador — from the Avalon to Labrador communities — reflecting its dual role as both a career college and a provincial adult-education provider. International students will study at the St. John’s or Corner Brook career-college campuses, not the ABE centres.

Facilities and services, in the career-college pattern: programme-specific workshops and shops for the trades, labs and clinic-style training spaces for health programmes (including massage training oriented to real client work), computer labs for business and IT, a Connection Hub the college promotes for career resources and programme guidance, admissions and student-support staff at each campus, and instructors the college states are government-approved with substantial field experience. There are no research facilities, varsity athletics or residences — and class experience is built around cohorts moving through a fixed, occupational curriculum together.

Accommodation Options

Academy Canada has no on-campus residence, but it actively promotes one distinctive option:

• SpacesShared homesharing: The college’s homepage directs students to SpacesShared, a homesharing platform that matches students looking for housing with seniors who have spare rooms and welcome companionship. For an international student arriving alone in St. John’s, a vetted homeshare can offer a furnished room, local knowledge and a softer landing than an empty apartment — at costs set by the host arrangement, which you verify on the platform before committing.
• Shared private rentals: The mainstream choice — a room in a shared house at roughly CAD 600–900/month indicative, concentrated around the Kenmount Road corridor, the Memorial University area and established residential neighbourhoods on Metrobus routes.
• Solo apartments: One-bedroom units average around CAD 1,210/month in city-wide asking-rent compilations (some 2026 estimates are lower) — feasible in St. John’s for students with a partner or strong funding, in a way they are not in Toronto or Vancouver.
• Homestay agencies: Independent agencies place students with local families, sometimes with meals; verify inclusions, commute and cancellation terms directly.

Scam protection and practical checks: Never pay a deposit on an unverified property. View in person or by live video, confirm the address and landlord, get a written lease under Newfoundland and Labrador tenancy rules, and ask specifically whether heat is included — in St. John’s, a “cheap” room with separate electric heating can cost more in January than a pricier all-in room. Arrive to one or two weeks of short-stay accommodation and house-hunt on the ground whenever possible.

Application Deadlines and Intakes 2026

Career-college programmes in Newfoundland and Labrador typically start on programme-specific dates through the year — with September the traditional main entry for many diploma programmes and additional starts depending on the programme and campus — rather than on a single national calendar. Academy Canada’s published material does not set out one consolidated 2026 intake table for international students, so treat the framework below as planning guidance and confirm your programme’s next start directly with admissions.

All dates are indicative. The college’s admissions office is the authority on current start dates — confirm on academycanada.com or directly with an admissions officer before making travel plans.

How to Apply: Step-by-Step

1. Choose programme and campus: Compare faculties and programmes on academycanada.com — trades, justice, business and computers, health, creative studies, animal care — and settle on St. John’s or Corner Brook and a specific start.
2. Confirm your entrance route: Check yourself against the college’s published routes — high school diploma or ABE/GED/CAEC equivalent (or your international equivalent), or the mature-student route (19+, recent marks, interview, free CAAT). International applicants confirm transcript assessment with admissions.
3. Get the money picture in writing: Request your programme-specific cost breakdown — tuition within the published CAD 4,200–29,850 full-programme range, the CAD 30–60 compulsory fee, books/tools — plus payment schedule and the study-permit-refusal refund terms.
4. Confirm English evidence and PGWP status: Ask international admissions what English proof is required, and — critically — confirm the PGWP position of your exact programme on IRCC’s DLI list (DLI O19441333188) yourself on canada.ca before proceeding.
5. Apply via the international application: Use the college’s International Application route from its homepage, with passport, transcripts (certified translations if needed) and any programme-specific documents.
6. Complete documentation: Remember the college’s rule — no full acceptance letter until all documentation is received. Chase transcripts early.
7. Receive and verify your Letter of Acceptance: Names, programme, campus, start date, DLI number and fees must be exactly right.
8. Apply for your study permit via IRCC: LOA, attestation letter as required, proof of funds (tuition plus CAD 22,895 living funds plus travel), biometrics and supporting documents.
9. Prepare arrival: Arrange health coverage for your stay (Newfoundland and Labrador’s public coverage has its own eligibility rules for newcomers — arrange private coverage unless the college/IRCC guidance confirms otherwise), book short-stay housing, explore SpacesShared and shared rentals, and arrive shortly before classes begin.

Canada Student Visa — Key Points

• Study permit basics: Required for programmes longer than six months. Academy Canada is a Designated Learning Institution, DLI O19441333188, so IRCC can issue study permits for its programmes to applicants who meet all requirements: acceptance, proof of funds, attestation letter where required, and admissible supporting documents.
• Proof of funds: First-year tuition plus CAD 22,895 in living funds (the IRCC amount for applications on or after September 1, 2025, for a single applicant outside Quebec), plus travel costs — documented and explainable.
• Work while studying: If your permit carries the standard condition, up to 24 hours per week off campus during regular terms and full-time during scheduled breaks, starting only once your programme has begun. Work that is an integral, required part of your programme (co-op/field placement) follows its own authorization — confirm with the college before starting any placement work.
• ⚠️ PGWP — verify your exact programme before you enrol: A Post-Graduation Work Permit (up to 3 years for longer programmes at eligible institutions) is available only to graduates of eligible programmes at eligible institutions as recorded on IRCC’s DLI list — and for non-degree programmes, additional field-of-study and language requirements have applied since late 2024. This article does not claim PGWP eligibility for Academy Canada programmes, because programme-level eligibility could not be verified from a public source during research. Treat that uncertainty as decision-critical: open IRCC’s DLI list, find Academy Canada (O19441333188) and your campus, read the PGWP column, and ask the college’s international office to confirm your specific programme’s status in writing. If the answer is No — or cannot be confirmed — plan as if no PGWP will follow your diploma: your options after graduation would then be an independent work-permit route, further eligible study, or returning home with your credential, exactly as with other private career colleges in this guide series.
• Why students still choose this route knowingly: Some applicants hold another status, have employer sponsorship, target a specific regulated trade credential whose value is provincial, or intend to work at home. Those can be rational plans — as long as the PGWP question was answered first, not assumed.
• Compliance: Stay enrolled and actively pursuing your programme, keep your permit valid, and report changes to IRCC; DLIs report enrolment status, and switching institutions generally requires a new study permit under current rules.

Academy Canada vs. Peer Institutions

Newfoundland and Labrador gives international students an unusually clear choice set in one small city: a major public university with famously low tuition, a public college system, and private career colleges like Academy Canada offering speed and trades focus. The right answer depends on your end goal — credential for a specific job, or a study-to-work-to-residence pathway — and on the PGWP verification step this guide keeps returning to.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Academy Canada a private or public college?

Private. Academy Canada is an independent private career college, established in 1985 and licensed by Newfoundland and Labrador’s Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. It is the province’s largest independent career college, with 40,000+ graduates, but it is not part of the public College of the North Atlantic system and does not grant degrees.

What is Academy Canada’s DLI number?

O19441333188. The college is on IRCC’s designated learning institutions list under that number, and it operates a dedicated international application. Quote the number exactly as shown when you check IRCC’s list or complete your study-permit application.

Can I get a PGWP after Academy Canada?

Do not assume so. PGWP eligibility depends on the institution and the specific programme as recorded on IRCC’s DLI list, and this guide could not verify a programme-level guarantee from a public source. Before enrolling, find Academy Canada (O19441333188) on IRCC’s official DLI list, check the PGWP entry for your campus/programme, and get written confirmation from the college’s international office. If it is not confirmed eligible, plan on the basis that no PGWP will be available.

How much is tuition at Academy Canada?

The college publishes a full-programme tuition range of CAD 4,200 to CAD 29,850, plus a compulsory fee of CAD 30–60 and programme-specific books/tools costs. That is a general range — international students must obtain a written, programme-specific cost breakdown from international admissions before budgeting or paying.

What are the admission requirements?

Two published routes: (1) high school graduation or an equivalent (ABE, GED or CAEC, or an assessed international equivalent); or (2) mature-student status — age 19+, most recent marks, an interview, and passing the Canadian Adult Achievement Test (offered free, with preparation support). Applicants must be at least 16, and all documentation must be received before a full acceptance letter is issued. Some programmes add placement requirements such as record checks and immunization.

What English test score do I need?

No consolidated IELTS/TOEFL table is published on the college’s public admissions pages as of October 2026. Ask the international admissions office, in writing, what evidence your programme requires, and benchmark yourself around the level comparable Canadian diploma programmes expect (roughly IELTS 6.0) as a self-check only.

Can I work while studying at Academy Canada?

If your study permit carries the standard condition, yes — up to 24 hours per week off campus during terms and full-time during scheduled breaks, once your programme has started. Required placements/co-ops follow their own authorization rules.

Does Academy Canada offer scholarships to international students?

No published international scholarship programme exists. Domestic students may be funded through Canadian student aid or sponsorship; international students should expect to self-fund and should verify any third-party scholarship promise directly with the college.

Where can I live in St. John’s as an Academy Canada student?

There is no college residence. Options include the SpacesShared homesharing platform the college promotes (matching students with local hosts, including seniors), shared rentals at roughly CAD 600–900/month for a room, independent homestay, and solo apartments averaging around CAD 1,210/month in city-wide compilations. Verify any property before paying.

Can I transfer from Academy Canada to a degree?

The college has articulation agreements — examples include advanced standing toward Mount Saint Vincent University’s BA (Child and Youth Studies) for Child and Youth Care graduates, and credit transfer toward Yorkville University and College of the North Atlantic qualifications for Information Technology Associate graduates. Transfer credit is always decided by the receiving institution; confirm the current agreement for your programme before relying on it.

Final Thoughts

Academy Canada is a substantial, long-established private career college: licensed by its province since 1985, 40,000 graduates strong, with 36 programme-specific accreditations, genuine trades depth through the Provincial Apprenticeship and Certification Board, articulation agreements that most career colleges cannot offer, campuses in St. John’s and Corner Brook, and one of Canada’s most affordable student cities as its home. Its published entrance requirements are admirably clear, its full-programme tuition range (CAD 4,200–29,850) is published rather than hidden, and its programme catalogue maps closely onto the occupations Newfoundland and Labrador actually hires for.

The decision-critical step is the one this guide has flagged at every stage: verify the PGWP status of your exact programme on IRCC’s DLI list (Academy Canada, O19441333188) and get the college’s written confirmation before you enrol. If your programme is confirmed eligible and the credential fits your career goal, Academy Canada can be a focused, good-value route into a provincial occupation. If it is not confirmed, weigh it honestly against St. John’s public alternatives — College of the North Atlantic and Memorial University — whose eligible programmes carry clearer post-graduation work pathways, and choose with your end goal, not the brochure, in charge. Either way: written cost breakdown, written admission conditions, DLI check on application day. Those three habits protect an international student at any institution in Canada.

Sources and Verification

Compiled in October 2026 from the sources below. Fees, programmes, start dates and immigration rules change frequently; all figures are indicative and must be confirmed on academycanada.com and IRCC (canada.ca) before applying. StudyGraduate is an independent information site, not affiliated with Academy Canada.

• Academy Canada — official website (campuses at 167–169 Kenmount Rd. and 37–45 Harding Rd., St. John’s and 2 University Drive, Corner Brook; international students section and international application; SpacesShared housing)
• Academy Canada — Our Story (established 1985, largest independent career college in NL, 40,000+ students, 15 locations, 36 programme accreditations, top-35 employment fields)
• Academy Canada — Programme Entrance Requirements (high school/ABE/GED/CAEC route; mature-student route at 19+ with interview and free CAAT; minimum age 16; documentation-before-acceptance rule)
• Academy Canada — Family Support / FAQ (full-programme tuition range CAD 4,200–29,850; compulsory fee CAD 30–60; semester payment and monthly plan notes; provincial licensing and instructor-approval statements)
• Academy Canada — Information Technology Associate (blog) (81 weeks including 8-week field placement; Yorkville University and CNA articulation agreements)
• Academy Canada — Student Policy Handbook (pass standards: 65% core, 50% non-core, 70% apprenticeship and specified health programmes; massage therapy CMTNL exam preparation)
• Veterans Training — Academy Canada profile (Medical Device Reprocessing CSA Group recognized-provider status and CMDRT pathway; massage therapy regulation in NL)
• IRCC — Study in Canada (DLI list including Academy Canada DLI O19441333188 as provided in programme research; CAD 22,895 living-funds requirement from September 1, 2025; 24-hour off-campus work limit; PGWP eligibility rules — verify programme-level status on the official DLI list)
• TryJobFit — Cost of Living in Canada by City 2026 (St. John’s indicative rent, grocery, transit and total monthly estimates)