Cert in Personal Support Worker at Niagara College in Niagara Falls, Canada is a certificate in Health Sciences programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 8,775 per semester (CAD 1,385 per semester for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Health Sciences
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 1,385 / semester
International tuition: CAD 8,775 / semester
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Niagara College has partnered with Pleasant Manor, a Long-Term Care Home located in Virgil, Ontario, to provide a Living Classroom option. Students pursuing this option will receive hands-on training in a living lab at Pleasant Manor one day a week in Term 1, as well as all Term 2 clinical placement experience at Pleasant Manor. To learn more or to indicate your interest in the Living Classroom option, please contact [email protected].
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Domestic applicants need an OSSD or equivalent, including English at the Grade 12 (C/U) level, Mathematics at the Grade 11 (C/U/M) level, and Biology at Grade 11 (C/U) or Grade 12 (U). Offers are issued once the published requirements are met and a seat is available. All students must meet government clinical-placement mandates: a Criminal Record Check with Vulnerable Sector Screening under 6 months old, a completed Communicable Disease Surveillance form, and current Standard First Aid and CPR at the HCP/BLS level. International applicants submit official, translated secondary or post-secondary transcripts and proof of graduation, plus proof of English proficiency; the programme page defers to Niagara's general international admission page for the diploma/certificate English bar of IELTS Academic 6.0 overall (no band under 5.5), TOEFL iBT 80 (minimum 20 in Writing and Speaking), Duolingo English Test 105+ (no subscore under 95), PTE Academic 58+ (no skill under 53), Cambridge English 169 (no skill under 162), or CAEL 60 (no band under 50).
Application Details
Application Deadline:Niagara College's equal-consideration deadlines apply equally to domestic and international applicants to competitive programs, published for the 2026-2027 cycle: for September 2026 entry the date was 1 February 2026, for January 2027 entry it is 5 June 2026, and for May 2027 entry it is 30 October 2026, each followed roughly three weeks later by a document deadline and an earliest-offer date. All other programs, the majority, are processed first-come, first-served starting each November for both domestic and international applicants, with offers issued until seats fill or the term begins. Niagara does not publish which named programs currently hold competitive status. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
