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Diploma of Health Care Aide

NorQuest College

  • Edmonton, Canada
  • 0.67 years
  • English
  • On campus
  • Diploma

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About the program

One-year Alberta Health Care Aide certificate delivered at Grande Prairie Regional Hospital.

Program highlights

  • Internship available: yes
  • Placement support: yes
  • Work during study: yes
  • Post-study work rights (67 years): yes
  • PR pathway friendly: yes

What you will learn

  • Demonstrate concepts and methods in Health Care Aide to solve relevant problems. Develop competence in One-year
  • Placement needs immunizations. Present findings clearly and consider professional or research ethics.

Career outcomes

  • Health care aide in continuing care facilities
  • Hospitals
  • Private homes
  • Acute care hospitals
  • Retirement homes

Curriculum

  • One-year
  • 32-credit certificate delivered in person at Grande Prairie Regional Hospital. Courses include Roles and Responsibilities of a Health Care Aide
  • Health Across the Lifespan and Fundamentals of Providing Safe
  • Person-Centred Care. A clinical placement under a regulated health professional is included
  • Placement needs immunizations
  • Police check and BLS-CPR.

Entry requirements

Academic

  • English English Language Arts: 60% in English Language Arts 20-2 55% in English Language Arts 30-2 OR Accuplacer reading and writing assessment – Applicants who have submitted an application may be able to meet their academic requirements with a free assessment. Click here for more details or email [email protected] to meet with an advisor.

Accepted academic background

Alberta high school diploma or equivalent as assessed by NorQuest, Or the NorQuest academic assessment / equivalencies. Typical programme requirements: English Language Arts 30-1 or 30-2 at 50-60% (or ESLG 1860/1898 equivalents) and, For business/technical programmes, Mathematics at 50-65%. Health Care Aide: ELA 20-2 at 60% or 30-2 at 55% (or Accuplacer) plus digital literacy. Engineering University Transfer Certificate: 70% combined average with ELA 30-1, Math 30-1 (70%), Math 31, Chemistry 30, Physics 30.

Language tests

  • IELTS 6.0
  • TOEFL iBT 71
  • Duolingo 95

Documents you’ll need

  • Academic Transcripts.

How to apply

  1. Review the program-specific admission requirements and current international application dates. Complete the online application to NorQuest College and provide the requested academic documents and identification. Pay the application fee and
  2. After admission
  3. The applicable international tuition deposit. Fulfil any remaining admission conditions and arrange the appropriate study permit if required.

Other costs

Tuition per year$21,175 CAD
Application fee$155 CAD
Deposit$1,000 CAD

Program details

CampusEdmonton Campus
Faculty or schoolHealth
DepartmentHealth Care Aide
Teaching languageEnglish
Credit value20
Study paceFixed
Post-study stay67 years
Scholarship noteInternational students are eligible for NorQuest awards and bursaries (institution-wide scholarships and bursaries page), Not programme-specific

Intakes and deadlines

  • Program starts

    May 2027

    Apply by

    9 Feb 2027

    87 days left

  • Program starts

    September 2027

    Apply by

    9 Jun 2027

    207 days left

  • Program starts

    January 2028

    Apply by

    15 Oct 2027

    335 days left

  • Program starts

    May 2028

    Apply by

    9 Feb 2028

    452 days left

Frequently asked questions

  • The program takes 0.67 years.