HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT
Locations

Mountain Campus

150 East 5th Street (at Brucedale)

FEES

FREE

$1,366 per credit for visitors to Canada

Program Description

  • Offered in 6-week terms
  • Teacher-taught
  • Earn credits for prior learning and life experience

Please click here to see the PLAR video.

Schedule

6 week sessions:

Dates TBA

Monday - Friday: 8:30 a.m. - 2:39 p.m.

How To Register

Please click here to schedule an appointment with a guidance counsellor. we are currently booking into July.

If you are not a current student or have not been a student of the HWCDSB, you will be required to provide us with a copy of your most recent high school transcript.

If you don't have internet access, please call 905-577-0555, press 5 then 1

On the day and time of your appointment, please come in person to 150 East 5th Street, Hamilton, Ontario (Credit Office) to speak with a counsellor.

We will not be able to register the student until we have received all required documentation listed below.

Please bring 1 document from each category:

Category 1: Proof Of Age

- Birth Certificate

- Passport

- Citizenship card/Certificate

Category 2: Proof Of Residency

Acceptable Documentation:

- Purchase Agreement

- Mortgage/ Rental/Lease Agreement

- Residential Phone Bill

- Cable/Internet Bill

- Property Tax Bill

- Income Tax Assessment

- Insurance Policy - Home, Auto, Tenant, Life

- Correspondence with a government agency (CRA, IRCC, CPP)

NOT Acceptable Documentation:

- Driver's License

- Cellphone Bill

- Credit Card Statement

- Bank Statement

For families that are living with relatives/friends, we will require 3 items in total for proof of address:

1. A signed letter from the homeowner. including the names of the children and parent(s) that will all be living there;

2. A utility bill (from Alectra or Enbridge) in the homeowner's name: and

3. One document in the registering family's name.

Here are some options the registering family can choose from for item #3:

- Rental Agreement

- Copy of insurance policy- car and/or tenant

- Mail from a government agency (Immigration, Canada Revenue, social assistance)

- Cable/Internet Bill

- Employer Pay Stub

- Bank Statement (**this is the most common one we receive)

Category 3: Date of Entry into Canada (if born outside of Canada)

- Permanent Resident Card

- Confirmation of Permanent Resident

- Date of Entry stamp in Passport

- Claimant/ Convention Refugee

- Visitor Record

- Study Permit

** Proof of date of entry into Canada must be presented. Date of entry is the date the student enters Canada to reside**

Other Documentation Required

-Transcript (Secondary only)

- If English is not your first language, please bring your Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) to the appointment. If you don't have them, please call the YMCA at 905-526-8452

- IEP Accommodations/modifications if applicable

- Medical Documentation related to medical peril if applicable

Please email info@stcharles.ca if you have any questions or wish to cancel your appointment.

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