Cert in Accounting Technician at Lakeland College in Vermilion, Canada is a certificate in Accounting programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered in a hybrid format. Tuition for international students is CAD 16,100 per year (CAD 6,150 per year for local students).
This one-year certificate at Lakeland College, delivered in blended format from the Lloydminster campus and online, prepares students for entry-level accounting work. Coursework focuses on practical technical accounting skills, including processing invoices, preparing tax returns, managing accounts payable and receivable, handling payroll, and data entry. Students also complete two three-credit elective courses chosen in consultation with an academic advisor to broaden or focus their studies. Admission requires a high school diploma with minimum grades of 50 percent in English 30-1 or 30-2 and 50 percent in Math 30-1 or 30-2. Graduates typically move into roles such as accounting technician, bookkeeper, accounts receivable or accounts payable clerk, or payroll clerk. Students who want to continue their studies can remain at Lakeland for an additional year to complete a business administration diploma with an accounting focus, building on the credits earned in this program. The certificate suits high school graduates seeking a fast, practical route into bookkeeping and accounting support roles, or those planning to use it as a first step toward a longer accounting or business credential.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires a high school diploma with a minimum of 50% in English 30-1 or 30-2 and 50% in Math 30-1 or 30-2. Applicants must also meet Lakeland's general English language proficiency requirement, met through IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with 6.0 on every band, TOEFL iBT 78 overall with 19 per section, PTE Academic 53 overall with 50 per skill, Duolingo 100 overall with 95 per sub-score, CAEL 60 overall with 55 per band, or MET 58 on all bands. The program page states there are no additional program-specific requirements beyond these academic and language conditions. Applicants who completed high school outside Alberta should confirm provincial subject equivalents, and those without the standard academic credentials may be considered through Lakeland's special-admissions process. International applicants should confirm the program appears on the college's list of programs open to international enrolment.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall and Winter
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants to Lakeland College apply through ApplyAlberta, which opens on a fixed recurring schedule — the first Wednesday of October (for Fall), May (for Winter), and August (for Spring) of the year before the term, with Fall 2027 having opened the first Wednesday of October 2026 — and applications for most programs stay open on a rolling basis until one business day before the program starts, subject to program-specific exclusions and waitlists. International applicants use a separate process and Lakeland states their deadlines close earlier than domestic to allow time for visa processing, but publishes no specific international closing date; it instead recommends starting at least a year ahead of the intended start date. Lakeland does not publish a fixed equal-consideration date for either group. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
