Am-Can Business & Tech School
Redefining High School Education in Canada
Ontario private secondary school, Vaughan · OSSD credits, Grades 9 to 12
You can earn an Ontario credit with Am-Can from anywhere in the world. What you pay, and what you need before you start, depends on where you will be studying, not on your nationality.
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No Canadian immigration status of any kind is required. You do not need a study permit, a visa or an eTA to take an online course with us while you are living in another country. You study from where you are.
Everything is delivered through the portal: your materials, your cohort forum, your assignments, your marks and your final examination, which is written under online proctoring with identity verification. All 26 courses run online in every session.
Please check the time difference before you choose a session. There are no set class times, so you study at the hours that suit you, but weekly deadlines fall on Ontario dates.
To attend in person you must be lawfully in Canada. There is more than one way that can be true.
A study permit, or status as the dependant of someone who holds a permit, or any other status that allows you to be in Canada. You attend in the ordinary way and you pay the within Canada rate.
IRCC states that you may "study in Canada for less than 6 months without a study permit if you have valid visitor status." Our sessions are six weeks.
You would still need a visitor visa or an electronic travel authorisation to enter Canada. Holding valid visitor status is the condition, and only IRCC can confirm yours.
A study permit requires enrolment at a designated learning institution. Am-Can is an Ontario secondary school, and IRCC designates schools at this level automatically. Its manual describes "all primary and secondary institutions in Canada, which are automatically designated, unless the province or territory in which they are located has entered into an agreement or arrangement with the Minister."
Designation numbers are issued to post-secondary institutions only, so a secondary school has no DLI number to quote and does not appear on the published post-secondary list. This is normal and it does not limit your application.
The information on this page describes what the school requires and points you to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. It is not immigration advice and it is not a substitute for it.
School staff cannot advise you on your immigration situation, tell you which status to apply for, or assess your eligibility. For that, speak to a licensed professional, meaning a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant or a lawyer, or contact IRCC directly.
Immigration rules change, and only IRCC can tell you what applies to you. The quotations on this page were taken from IRCC on 21 August 2026. Always check the current wording on the linked pages before you act on it.
Ontario placement is based on your age as of 31 December in the intake year, together with successful completion of equivalent previous education. Use the table as a guide to work out where you fit.
| Ontario level | Typical age | What you need to have completed |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 equivalent | 13 to 14 | Middle school, or the equivalent of Grade 8 |
| Grade 10 equivalent | 14 to 15 | The equivalent of Grade 9 |
| Grade 11 equivalent | 15 to 16 | The equivalent of Grade 10 |
| Grade 12 equivalent | 16 to 17 and above | The equivalent of Grade 11 |
Choose the level that matches your last completed year of study. If your previous academic records are incomplete, unavailable, or difficult to translate, you may instead take the school's Mature Student Assessment for academic evaluation and course placement. The MSA online test carries a fee of $69.00.
This table is a guide, not a decision. Your previous education is formally evaluated through Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition, and our admission assessment team confirms your grade level and your prerequisites when it reviews your application. If you are unsure where you fit, apply and tell us what you have completed. We will work it out with you.
If your completed credit is not recorded on your Ontario Student Transcript within 90 days of you finishing the course, your tuition is refunded in full.
It applies to every student, in every session, regardless of your citizenship, immigration status or country of residence.
You are covered on exactly the same terms as a student in Vaughan. Being outside Canada changes nothing, and it does not depend on whether you hold, or intend to apply for, admission to a Canadian university.
That is not a concession. Ontario's Student Transcript Manual requires a transcript to be established for "each student enrolled in an Ontario secondary school course, whether or not he or she is taking the course for credit." There is no residency test in it. When you enrol with Am-Can you are enrolled in an Ontario secondary school course, so the school owes you the same record it owes anyone else.
A worked example.
You live in Manila. You enrol in SCH4U online for Session 1 and pay $862.50. Your session ends on Friday 23 October 2026 and you finish the course.
Your credit must appear on your Ontario Student Transcript by 21 January 2027, which is 90 days later. If it has not, your $862.50 is refunded in full.
You do not need to be applying to a Canadian university. You do not need to be in Canada. You do not need to chase the Ministry or work out which step is outstanding. You check your transcript, and if the credit is not on it, you tell us.
A delay you caused. If the credit cannot be recorded because you have not finished the course, or because you have not sent us a document we asked for, such as a certified translation of your academic records, the 90 days does not apply.
Where something is outstanding we will tell you what it is and give you a reasonable period to supply it. We will not let the clock run out quietly.
The full terms are in the school's Financial and Refund Policy.
If you applied for a study permit and IRCC refuses it before your course begins, you are refunded in full. Send us your cancellation in writing with a copy of the refusal letter within 30 days of the date on it. The full terms are in the school's Financial and Refund Policy.
The rate follows the country you are sitting in while you study. Payment works exactly as it does for a domestic student: you pay online when you register, and you are refunded in full if your application is not approved.
| Where you study | Online | In class at Vaughan |
|---|---|---|
| From within Canada, including students on a study permit and dependants of a permit holder | $412.50 | $550.00 |
| From outside Canada | $862.50 | Not applicable while you are outside Canada |
Two examples. A student on a study permit living in Toronto pays $412.50 online, the same as any other student in Canada. A Canadian citizen studying from Dubai pays $862.50. Nationality does not change the fee.
Allow 10 to 15 minutes for the registration form. You cannot save your progress part way through, so gather everything before you begin. Documents should be PDF, JPG or PNG.
When you submit the form the system issues your invoice immediately, and you must complete payment within fifteen minutes. If you do not, the registration cancels itself. Nothing is lost: open a fresh registration link and start again. Have your card ready before you begin.
Every step of the process reaches you by email, so use an address you check and look in your junk or spam folder too.
The process is the same as for any other student, and it is entirely online.
You register for the session you want and pay, our admission assessment team reviews your application and confirms your grade level and prerequisites, and once you are approved you receive your access instructions by email.