Algonquin College offers PGCert in Accounting and Financial Practice, a postgraduate certificate in Business Administration programme in Ottawa, Canada. The programme runs for 42 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Certificate
Field:Business Administration
Duration: 42 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
We have no tuition fees on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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This one-year graduate certificate builds the knowledge and skills needed to enter and advance in accounting, reflecting steady demand for junior and intermediate accounting staff across the financial sector. Coursework focuses on accounting practices supported by current technology, including accounting software and spreadsheet tools, used to compile figures, review financial data and produce reporting documents for a business.
Through case scenarios and hands-on exercises, students build knowledge across financial reporting, cost and management accounting, tax, auditing and corporate finance, along with the terminology, concepts and tools used in the field. A capstone course at the end of the programme consolidates the knowledge and skills developed throughout. Graduates are prepared for roles in financial accounting, managerial accounting, taxation and audit, taking up positions with government bodies, public accounting firms and charitable or non-profit organisations; those considering a professional accounting designation are advised to confirm requirements with the relevant accounting body before enrolling.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This graduate certificate requires an Ontario College Diploma, Ontario College Advanced Diploma, degree, or equivalent; the page states no minimum grade or grade-point average beyond holding that credential. Applicants presenting transcripts from outside Canada must document the credential and may be asked for evidence of English proficiency: Academic IELTS overall 6.5 with no band under 6.0, or TOEFL iBT overall 88 with 22 in every component (pre-21-January-2026 tests) or the 4.5-scale equivalent with 4.5 per component (tests after that date), or a Duolingo English Test score of 120 overall with 120 in Literacy and nothing below 105. Domestic applicants holding international transcripts must have them assessed by the International Credential Assessment Service of Canada (ICAS) or World Education Services (WES).
Application Details
Start Date:Intake terms Algonquin lists for this program, read from its own availability table on 6 September 2026: Winter 2027 (most classes start 11 January 2027). Term start dates come from the Registrar's Important Dates page, which also gives 11 January 2027 for the Winter 2027 term and 10 May 2027 for the Spring 2027 term. Availability changes as seats fill and an intake already under way may be closed, so check the program page before applying. Algonquin's academic year runs September to August.
Application Deadline:DOMESTIC APPLICANTS (Canadian citizens and permanent residents). Algonquin publishes no deadline unique to this program; the dates below are the college-wide Ontario colleges cycle and apply to every full-time day program. Applications go through ontariocolleges.ca, where 1 February is the equal consideration date each cycle: apply by then and your application is assessed alongside every other one received by that date, while applications arriving later are handled first-come, first-served for as long as places remain. For entry in Fall 2027 the ontariocolleges.ca application opened on 26 September 2026, colleges may begin issuing offers on 1 November 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027 and an offer must be accepted by 1 May 2027. The equal consideration date that governed the Fall 2026, Winter 2027 and Spring 2027 intakes was 1 February 2026 and has already passed, so those three starts are now first-come, first-served while seats last.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS. Apply directly to Algonquin on the International Application Form in its International Application Portal (AC360) rather than through ontariocolleges.ca, with a CAD 135 application fee. There is no single fixed international deadline: Algonquin asks you to confirm the program is open before applying, warns that a program's status can change to waitlisted or closed before an admissions officer reviews the file, and publishes a closing-date sheet for each intake. No Fall 2026 closing date is published for this program on that sheet, so check the program's international availability before applying.
