Study in a Designated Learning Institutions for PGWP
To apply for a study permit, you need an acceptance letter from a designated learning institution. A designated learning institution is a school approved by a provincial or territorial government to host international students.
All primary and secondary schools in Canada are designated learning institutions. They aren’t included in this list.
If you plan to attend a post-secondary school, make sure it is on this list.
If the school you are studying at loses its designated learning institution status after you get your study permit, you can:
- keep studying your program until your current permit expires,
- but only renew your study permit if you enrol at a designated learning institution.
Post-graduation work permit
You need to know if you are eligible to work after you graduate. Not all designated learning institutions make you eligible for the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program.
Along with graduating from an eligible designated learning institution, you need to meet all other criteria to get a post-graduation work permit.
The list below will let you know if your designated learning institution offers programs that will make you eligible for a post-graduation work permit.
Name of institution // Designated learning institution number (DLI #) // City // Offers PGWP-eligible programs
- Acadia College O110735702489 Langley Yes (details)
- Acsenda School of Management O19278931852 Vancouver Yes (details)
- Adler University O19394452198 Vancouver Yes (details)
- Alexander College O19347185182 Burnaby, Vancouver Yes (details)
- Blue Bird Flight Academy O19394940288 Chilliwack Yes (details)
- British Columbia Institute of Technology O19330128542 Burnaby, North Vancouver, Richmond, Vancouver Yes
- Camosun College O19361235542 Victoria Yes
- Canadian Aviation College O110027361097 Pitt Meadows Yes (details)
- Canadian Flight Centre (CFC) O110207076237 Delta, Kamloops Yes (details)
- Capilano University O19280078102 North Vancouver, Sechelt Yes
- Chinook Helicopters (1982) Ltd. O19280114462 Abbotsford Yes (details)
- City University of Seattle O19361040422 Langford, Vancouver Yes (details)
- Coast Mountain College O110095977911 Hazelton, Houston, Kitimat, Prince Rupert, Masset (Haida Gwaii), Queen Charlotte, Smithers, Terrace Yes
- Coastal Pacific Aviation Ltd. O19377035282 Abbotsford Yes (details)
- College of New Caledonia O19360977332 Burns Lake, Fort St. James, Fraser Lake, Mackenzie, Prince George, Quesnel, Vanderhoof, Valemount Yes
- College of the Rockies O19377233362 Cranbrook, Creston, Fernie, Golden, Invermere, Kimberley Yes
- Columbia College O19279591302 Vancouver Yes (details)
- Coquitlam College O19244321962 Coquitlam Yes (details)
- Corpus Christi College O19280180922 Vancouver Yes (details)
- Douglas College O19360973702 Coquitlam, New Westminster, Surrey Yes
- Emily Carr University of Art and Design O19361259712 Vancouver Yes
- Fairleigh Dickinson University (Vancouver) O19227134842 Vancouver Yes (details)
- Fraser International College O19239078442 Burnaby Yes (details)
- Heli-College Canada Training Inc. O19279689162 Langley Yes (details)
- International Flight Centre Inc. O19395639399 Delta Yes (details)
- Island Coastal Aviation Inc. O110265135107 Pitt Meadows Yes (details)
- Justice Institute of British Columbia O19394941140 Chilliwack, Kelowna, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, Victoria Yes
- Kwantlen Polytechnic University O19350676872 Cloverdale, Langley, Richmond,Surrey Yes
- LaSalle College Vancouver O19275426742 Kamloops, Vancouver, Victoria Yes (details)
- Langara College O19319074622 Vancouver Yes
- Langley Flying School O19395299244 Langley Yes (details)
- Montair O113462258677 Pitt Meadows Yes (details)
- New York Institute of Technology O19280365272 Vancouver Yes (details)
- Nicola Valley Institute of Technology O19395299432 Burnaby, Merritt Yes
- North Island College O19301182602 Campbell River,
- Courtenay, Port Alberni, Port Hardy, Ucluelet Yes
- Northern Lights College O19395299444 Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, Fort St John, Tumbler Ridge Yes
- Okanagan College O19395299488 Kelowna, Oliver, Penticton, Revelstoke, Salmon Arm, Summerland, Vernon Yes
- Pacific Flying Club O19274466542 Delta Yes (details)
- Pacific Rim Aviation Academy Inc. O116542595727 Pitt Meadows Yes (details)
- Principal Air O246621852107 Abbotsford Yes (details)
- Professional Flight Centre O19238920192 Delta Yes (details)
- Quest University Canada O19377267862 Squamish Yes (details)
- Royal Roads University O19330635812 Victoria Yes
- Sea Land Air Flight Centre O19394452152 Delta, Richmond Yes (details)
- Selkirk College O19360990072 Castlegar, Grand Forks, Kaslo Centre, Nakusp, Nelson, Trail Yes
- Simon Fraser University (SFU) O18781994282 Burnaby, Surrey, Vancouver Yes
- SkyQuest Aviation Ltd. O19396094731 Langley Yes (details)
- Thompson Rivers University O19395299610 Kamloops, Williams Lake Yes
- Trinity Western University O19347055392 Langley, Richmond Yes (details)
- Tylair Aviation Ltd O259092443252 Kamloops Yes (details)
- University Canada West O19377235822 Vancouver Yes (details)
- University of British Columbia (UBC) O19330231062 Kelowna, Vancouver Yes
- University of Northern British Columbia O19283889692 Fort St. John, Prince George, Quesnel, Terrace Yes
- University of Victoria O19280533442 Victoria Yes
- University of the Fraser Valley O19395299642 Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope, Mission Yes
- Vancouver Community College O19279717512 Vancouver Yes
- Vancouver Island University O19395299688 Duncan, Nanaimo, Parksville, Powell River Yes
- Victoria Flying Club O19283898542 Victoria Yes (details)
- Yorkville University O129034707957 Vancouver Yes (details)