George Brown College offers Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Services), a honours degree in Finance, Banking & Insurance programme in Toronto, Canada. The programme runs for 4 years, delivered on campus. Tuition for international students is CAD 21,750 per year (CAD 8,314 per year for local students).
The Honours Bachelor of Commerce (Financial Services) is a four-year, on-campus degree delivered at George Brown Polytechnic's St. James Campus, developed with input from employers, the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, and FP Canada. After a common first year, students choose a specialization in either Accounting or Financial Planning. Coursework covers accounting, investment management, corporate finance, banking, business administration, and financial-planning theory, with an emphasis on applying these skills to real financial problems: preparing financial reports, analyzing data, assessing risk across economic, legal, and regulatory factors, and using statistical and business models. The program includes a required work-experience component totalling no less than fourteen weeks of full-time equivalent work, typically completed between the sixth and seventh semesters with partners drawn from financial institutions, accounting firms, government offices, and major corporations. It is delivered through George Brown's School of Accounting and Finance, part of a business program group that holds accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs. Graduates are positioned to pursue professional accounting or financial-planning designations and to enter roles across banking, corporate finance, and financial advisory work, making the program suited to students aiming for regulated financial-services careers rather than general business management.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma with six Grade 12 University (U) or University/College (M) courses; the programme's own page states that applicants are selected on the basis of academic achievement in the required courses and other published selection criteria, without itemising the exact subject grades in the material recovered, so applicants should also confirm the specific thresholds against George Brown's general degree-admission requirements. English proficiency is met through George Brown Polytechnic ESL Level 9, TOEFL iBT 84 overall with 21 in each skill band, IELTS Academic 6.5 overall with 6.0 in each band, MELAB 85, or CAEL 70 overall with 60 in writing. George Brown notes that meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.
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.
