At Selkirk College in Castlegar, Canada, Health Care Assistant Certificate is offered as a certificate in Health Sciences programme. The programme runs for 30 weeks, delivered fully online. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 23,410 per year (CAD 3,025 per year for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Health Sciences
Duration: 30 weeks
Delivery: Online
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 3,025 / year
International tuition: CAD 23,410 / year
Last checked September 2026 · Source: selkirk.ca ·
Program details
Overview
The programme builds the knowledge and skills needed to deliver safe care that supports clients' physical, emotional and social wellbeing across a range of healthcare settings. Study opens with a combination of face-to-face and online theory and lab coursework delivered from the Trail campus, before shifting into a substantial block of hours placed in residential and community care environments.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: In addition to Selkirk's general admission requirements: proof of Grade 10 completion (or equivalent) or mature-student status. English competency: applicants with three or more years of full-time English-medium instruction need English 10 (or equivalent) at a minimum grade of 60%; others must provide one of — Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test (CLBPT): Listening 7, Speaking 7, Reading 7, Writing 7; CELPIP General: Listening 7, Speaking 7, Reading 7, Writing 7; IELTS Academic: overall 6 with no skill below 6 (IELTS General not accepted); or CAEL: overall 60 with no section below 60. Promotion to Term 2 requires completion of all Term 1 theory and lab courses with 70% or greater and a minimum GPA of 2.00.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall and Winter
Application Deadline:Selkirk College's general programmes admit on a rolling, first-qualified-first-admitted basis: applications for Fall 2027 open 1 October 2026, Winter 2028 applications open 1 February 2027, and Spring 2028 applications open 1 June 2027, with no fixed closing date. Both domestic and international applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC, or international applicants may instead apply directly to Selkirk with a $100 application package; admission stays rolling until seats fill. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is competitive-entry with its own published timeline for the 2027/28 intake. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.