College Diploma - Landscape Technician

The Landscape Technician diploma covers design, construction and management of outdoor spaces over two years, taught partly on Humber’s arboretum grounds.

Coursework covers plant identification and horticultural practice, soils and plant nutrition, landscape design and drafting, hardscape construction including walls, patios and drainage, irrigation system design and installation, turf management, arboriculture and tree care, integrated pest management, landscape estimating and business practice, and equipment operation and safety. Field work is continuous through the growing season.

Humber’s North campus adjoins the Humber Arboretum, which gives this program a working landscape laboratory most colleges cannot match. The industry itself is seasonal in Ontario — graduates should plan for winter work in snow operations, greenhouse production or interior plantscaping.

One point international students should understand about Ontario trades: this program is a college credential, not an apprenticeship. It gives you the theory, shop skills and safety certifications employers want, and it can shorten an apprenticeship, but full trade qualification in Ontario runs through a registered apprenticeship with an employer sponsor and a certificate of qualification. Plan for that step rather than assuming graduation completes it.

Humber Polytechnic — formerly Humber College — is Ontario’s largest public college and a Designated Learning Institution (DLI O19376943122). The North campus in Etobicoke is its main site, running technology, engineering, health science, business and skilled trades programs in purpose-built labs and shops rather than lecture halls, with three intakes a year and the deepest employer network in the Greater Toronto Area.

Its field maps to CIP 01.0605 (Landscaping and groundskeeping). Important: this is a college credential rather than a degree, so it is not exempt from the November 2024 PGWP field-of-study restriction — eligibility depends on this CIP field appearing on IRCC’s eligible list when you apply. Humber publishes a PGWP-eligible program list with CIP codes; check it, and confirm with an Apply Study Visa counsellor before committing. IRCC makes the final decision.