Canadore College offers PGCert in Health Care Administration, a postgraduate certificate in Business Administration programme in North Bay, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 16,014 per year (CAD 3,688 per year for local students).
This one-year postgraduate certificate prepares students for leadership roles across a range of health care settings. It covers the operational and conceptual side of health care work as it applies within multi-disciplinary teams, and builds responsiveness to different cultures and behaviours across varied situations and environments. Subjects include law and ethics, human resources, financial practices, critical thinking and problem solving, health care operations, and leadership. It relates to roles such as unit manager, clinical records manager, program director, program manager, and health care manager.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This is a 1-year, full-time Ontario College Graduate Certificate. Admission requires a post-secondary diploma or degree in a health-related field, or equivalent, per the program's own page. As a Graduate Certificate program it falls under Canadore's Aviation & Graduate Certificate tier: IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT 86 or above with no section below 21 (or, for tests taken on or after January 21, 2026, 4.5 overall with no section below 4.5), PTE Academic 60 with no section below 53, Duolingo English Test 120 with no band below 105, Cambridge English 176 or above, CELPIP 8, or Oxford ELLT 7.0, taken within two years of application. Domestic applicants need an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or Mature Student status (19 or older, via Accuplacer testing) if they lack one, and apply through Ontario Colleges.
Application Details
Start Date:September and January
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through OntarioColleges.ca: for programs starting in Fall 2027 the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027; Canadore states applicants may apply at any time, with the deposit for accepted Winter 2027 offers due 16 November 2026 and term tuition due 30 November 2026. Canadore's own how-to-apply page separately cites a generic, undated "applications open November 1 / competitive consideration date February 1 for Fall term, October 1 for Winter term" notice that names no specific cycle year, so its October 1 figure is not confirmed as the Winter 2027 deadline. International applicants apply through Canadore's international portal and are assessed on a rolling basis, with programs closing early once capacity is reached; no fixed international opening or closing date is published, and payment deadlines appear only on the individual letter of admission. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
