At George Brown College in Toronto, Canada, Diploma in Community Worker is offered as a diploma in Social Work programme. The programme runs for 4 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 19,085 per year (CAD 3,930 per year for local students).
The diploma equips students to pursue progressive social change alongside organisations, communities and individuals, addressing issues such as housing, poverty, legal rights, discrimination, food justice, and immigration and refugee settlement. Training spans this broad range of social-justice areas within community-based practice.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission is competitive on academic achievement and requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent plus Grade 12 English (C or U); attending an information session is highly recommended. Applicants 19 or older with no OSSD may apply as mature students and sit the George Brown Admissions Assessment in English or complete the equivalent upgrading credit. This programme page does not restate a language-test table, but George Brown's institution-wide English Proficiency requirement applies to applicants whose prior study was not in English: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 per band), TOEFL iBT 80 (minimum 20 per skill), PTE Academic 54 (minimum 50 per skill), CAEL 60 overall, or Duolingo 110 (minimum 90 production). Before field placement, students are encouraged, though not required, to complete a Vulnerable Sector Check.
Application Details
Start Date:Intakes: September (Fall). In the published 2026-27 cycle, Fall 2026 classes begin 8 September 2026.
Application Deadline:No program-specific application deadline is published; George Brown follows the standard Ontario college cycle. DOMESTIC applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programs starting in Fall 2027 the application opens on 26 September 2026, colleges may release offers from 1 November 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027 (applications completed by that date are ranked together, and later ones are then handled first-come, first-served while seats remain), and an offer for a September start must be accepted by 1 May 2027, with the tuition deposit due in June 2027. INTERNATIONAL applicants have no fixed deadline: they apply directly to George Brown and are assessed selectively on a rolling basis until the intake is full, so a program can close early. In the 2026-27 cycle George Brown opened the September 2026 intake on 6 October 2025, January 2027 on 2 February 2026 and May 2027 on 1 June 2026.
