At Vancouver Community College in Vancouver, Canada, Health Care Assistant Diploma - International is offered as a diploma in Health Sciences programme. The programme runs for 2 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 47,789 per total (CAD 46,900 per total for local students).
This diploma builds the ability to provide person-centred care and to support clients' physical, emotional, cognitive and social well-being within continuing care environments across British Columbia, preparing graduates for direct caregiving roles in these settings.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants need Grade 12 graduation or equivalent and must be at least 18 years old. English proficiency is met one of two ways: evidence of three years of full-time instruction in English together with Grade 10 English at a minimum 'C' grade, or, for applicants with less than three years of English-medium instruction, the scores required on a standardized English assessment under the BC Care Aide and Community Health Worker Registry's own English-proficiency rules; the programme page does not publish those scores itself. Before the program starts, applicants need a criminal record check dated within 12 months of the start date. During term 1 students must obtain a valid Standard First Aid and CPR-C certification, a BC FOODSAFE Level 1 certificate, a negative TB skin test or chest X-ray dated within six months of the start date, complete immunization records, and an individually fitted N95 respirator, and must be able to manage physically demanding coursework and travel to clinical placement sites across the Lower Mainland.
Application Details
Start Date:September and May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through EducationPlannerBC. VCC publishes each programme's own application window, term by term, on its When to Apply page rather than one college-wide date: windows open roughly six to twenty months before the term starts and close on a stated date, though popular programmes can close earlier once seats fill, since places generally go to eligible applicants in the order their application is completed. International applicants use the International Applicant option on EducationPlannerBC; VCC opens international applications on 1 February of the previous year for Winter entry, 1 June for Spring/Summer, and 1 October for Fall, with no fixed closing date — applications continue until roughly three to four months before the term begins or until it fills, so admission is effectively rolling for international applicants. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
