At Humber College in Toronto, Canada, HD in Child and Youth Care (Accelerated) is offered as a higher diploma in Social Work programme. The programme runs for 4 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 9,074 per semester (CAD 1,378 per semester for local students).
This accelerated advanced diploma responds to the uneven opportunities and resources available to children and youth. It prepares students to help children, youth and their families reach their fullest potential for development, applying a holistic lens throughout this faster-paced, compressed course of study.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This accelerated pathway is open to applicants who already hold a bachelor's degree, advanced diploma, diploma or equivalent credential; the programme page states no field restriction beyond that. Mature-student and college-or-university-transfer status are not separately required since a completed post-secondary credential is the base qualification. Applicants whose first language is not English must meet Humber's English Language Proficiency Policy; for this credential level the college accepts IELTS Academic overall 6.0 with no band below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 80 with a minimum of 20 in each of listening, writing, speaking and reading, PTE Academic 53 or above, Duolingo English Test 105 or above, or CAEL 60 overall. Canadian citizens and permanent residents with international education must have their credentials evaluated - ICAS for a secondary-school transcript, WES for post-secondary study - course-by-course wherever transfer credit is sought.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens, permanent residents, protected persons) apply via ontariocolleges.ca. For Fall 2027 entry, applications open early October 2026, with Humber offers beginning as early as November 2026. Highly competitive programs use an equal-consideration deadline of 1 February 2027: applications received by then are assessed together with no earlier offers; later applications are reviewed first-come, first-served while space remains. Fall 2027 offer acceptance is due 1 May 2027. International applicants apply directly through the Humber Web Application and are reviewed on a rolling basis, up to one year before their intended start term; no fixed international deadline is published, and applying for a study permit 3-5 months before the start date is recommended. No separate Winter/Spring institution-wide dates are published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
