- Level
- 2-Year UG Diploma
- CIP code
- 51.1501
- Duration
- 2 year college diploma including a field placement
- Open intake
-
Off-shoreSep 2027
- Field
- Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Institution
- Public College
- Offer speed
- Fast Offer Speed5–7 days
Program overview
A two year diploma with field placement, covering addiction theory, mental health assessment, counselling skills, harm reduction, crisis intervention and supervised practice.
Northern Ontario communities face documented mental health and addiction service gaps, which makes this training locally relevant rather than abstract.
College Diploma - Addictions and Mental Health Worker is taught at Northern College, a public Ontario college and a Designated Learning Institution with the number O19315830082898. Because College Diploma - Addictions and Mental Health Worker is a college credential rather than a degree, a post-graduation work permit after College Diploma - Addictions and Mental Health Worker depends on the federal field of study requirement introduced in November 2024, which is checked against your programme when you apply for the permit rather than when you enrol. Confirm the position for College Diploma - Addictions and Mental Health Worker and your exact intake in writing before you pay a deposit. An Ontario provincial attestation letter is also required alongside the College Diploma - Addictions and Mental Health Worker study permit application.
Admission to College Diploma - Addictions and Mental Health Worker requires Class 12 or equivalent at 60 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for addictions and mental health diploma is recorded at CAD 15,258. A CAD 145 application fee applies, and no scholarship is recorded against addictions and mental health diploma. addictions and mental health diploma lists three entry windows a cycle. Apply Study Visa manages your addictions and mental health diploma application, the deposit, the letter of acceptance, the provincial attestation letter and the Canadian study permit as one process.
What it costs per year · indicative
Living cost is an estimate; tuition is the institute's published international fee. We confirm exact, current figures before you pay anything.
Do you qualify?
These are the published minimums. Whether your profile fits — with your marks, gap and budget — is exactly what a free counsellor check confirms.
Admission requirements
Who can apply (guide for international students):
- Education: Class 12 or equivalent at the percentage stated for this programme.
- English (meet any one): IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band below 5.5; TOEFL iBT 79; PTE Academic 58; or the Duolingo English Test at 105.
- Application and deposit: A fee of CAD 100 applies when you submit this application. Confirm the tuition deposit and its refundability in writing before any money is transferred.
- Scholarship: No scholarship is recorded against this programme. Budget the full tuition.
- Additional requirement: A criminal record check with vulnerable sector screening applies to placement and employment, assessed separately from the diploma.
- Work permit: addictions and mental health diploma is a college credential, not a degree, so the federal field of study requirement applies. Eligibility is assessed when you apply for the work permit, against a list that is revised. Confirm the position for your programme and intake in writing.
- Study permit: Apply Study Visa prepares the provincial attestation letter, the financial evidence and the Canadian study permit submission with you.
English requirements
Documents you'll need typical · we confirm yours
- Valid passport (6+ months validity)
- Class 10 & 12 marksheets and certificates
- English test scorecard (IELTS / PTE / TOEFL) or MOI certificate
- Statement of Purpose (SOP)
- Financial proof — bank statement / loan sanction + GIC
- Passport-size photographs
- Study-gap affidavit or work-experience letter (if applicable)
Getting documents right is the #1 reason applications succeed or get refused — our team checks every file before submission.
Career opportunities
Typical destinations for graduates:
- Addictions Worker: treatment and community programmes
- Mental Health Worker: support services
- Case Worker: community agencies
- Crisis Support Worker: intervention services
- Outreach Worker: harm reduction programmes
- Program Coordinator: after experience
Reality check: this work is emotionally demanding and modestly paid, and vulnerable sector screening applies, so consider both carefully before committing two years.
About Northern College - Timmins
- Type
- College
- Ownership
- Public
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- World rank
- #7823
- Established
- 1967
- Reference No.
- O19315830082898