Offered by Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada, Cert in Community Pharmacy Assistant is a certificate in Pharmacy programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 7,738 per semester (CAD 1,541 per semester for local students).
Community pharmacy assistants work alongside pharmacy technicians and pharmacists as part of the health care team, engaging directly with patients in settings such as chain and independent community pharmacies, long-term care, and specialized compounding pharmacies. This one-year certificate integrates coursework on professional practice, medical conditions and medications, and inventory management with practical labs and a hands-on work placement, after which graduates are equipped to manage, order and receive inventory, help with dispensing and compounding, and provide general support in delivering pharmacy services.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Direct entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature-student status; Grade 12 English at the C or U level, or Conestoga's Preparatory Communications (COMM1251); Grade 11 or 12 Biology at the C or U level, or equivalent, or Conestoga's Preparatory Biology (SCIE1010); and Grade 11 or 12 Chemistry at the C or U level, or equivalent, or Conestoga's Preparatory Chemistry (SCIE1030). All international applicants, regardless of language of instruction, must demonstrate English-language proficiency with a completed IELTS, TOEFL, or PTE test; the program page defers the specific scores to Conestoga's institution-wide standard for diploma and certificate programs: IELTS Academic overall band 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 80 with no skill below 20, or PTE Academic 53. Canadian applicants with foreign transcripts require assessment by ICAS or WES.
Application Details
Start Date:May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
