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The Fall 2025 offering for this program has been cancelled. Applications for Fall 2026 will open in October 2025. Want to get a head start? Build your career path with our continuing education courses.
LocationVermilion and online
CredentialDiploma
Program Length2 years
Delivery MethodBlended
Looking for our online community support practitioner program?

Create connections with individuals by supporting independent living within their community. You will learn about aging and diverse populations and may find employment in residential care settings or community-based support services.

Our community support practitioner program prepares you to support individual's needs. 

Your courses will focus on:

  • recognizing and advocating for additional services
  • developing and maintaining relationships to support independence
  • aging individuals care
  • dementia care
  • community advocacy and planning
  • death, dying and bereavement

Your learning will be put into action with four 4-week field placements. You'll also have online components in this program. Learn more about blended programs at Lakeland.

Requirements

More program details

Remember that studying includes other expenses than tuition and fees - you should also be budgeting for your accommodation and living expenses. Alberta student loan guidelines recommends $1,153/month.


Our tuition and fees page has details about academic, application and mandatory fees and their cost breakdown per term.

You can also find a list of Human Services textbooks.

Below is the list of the required year 1 and year 2 courses. Face-to-face courses are delivered over 2 semesters.

About field placements

You need a minimum 2.0 Grade Point Average (GPA) to be eligible for your field placement.

Your weekly class schedule can be found on your My Lakeland student portal when available. This is usually one month prior to the program start date.

Important dates found below include your tuition due date, your program registration/start date, events and holidays.

Dates are subject to change. We recommend you check here regularly for any updates.

Note: Dates are subject to change.

2025 Fall term/semester

Date Event
Aug 11 Fees due, fall term
Sep 2 Registration Day
Sep 3 First day of classes
Sep 10 Last day to add fall term courses
Sep 23 Last day to drop fall term courses.
Last day to withdraw with full refund of fees less tuition deposit.
Sep 30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, college closed
Oct 13 Thanksgiving, college closed
Nov 3 Last day to withdraw from fall term courses with W grade or change from credit to audit
Nov 10-11 Fall break for students
Nov 11 Remembrance Day, college closed
Dec 1 Fees due, winter term
Dec 12 Last day of classes
Dec 13 - Jan 5 Christmas break for students

 
2026 Winter term/semester

Date Event
Jan 6 First day ​of classes
Jan 13 Last day to add winter term courses
Jan 27 Last day to drop ​winter term courses.
Last day to withdraw with 100% refund of winter term fees.
Feb 16-20 Reading week/spring break
Mar 13 Last day to withdraw from winter term courses with W grade or change from credit to audit.
Apr 3-6 Easter Break, college closed
Apr 24 Last day classes
Jun 5 Vermilion campus Convocation

 

Note: Dates are subject to change.

2026 Fall term/semester

Date Event
Aug 12 Fees due, fall term
Sep 1 Registration Day
Sep 2 First day of classes
Sep 7 Labor Day, college closed
Sep 9 Last day to add fall term courses
Sep 22 Last day to drop fall term courses.
Last day to withdraw with full refund of fees less tuition deposit.
Sep 30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, college closed
Oct 12 Thanksgiving, college closed
Nov 2 Last day to withdraw from fall term courses with W grade or change from credit to audit
Nov 9-13 Fall break for students
Nov 11 Remembrance Day, college closed
Dec 1 Fees due, winter term
Dec 18 Last day of classes
Dec 21 - Jan4 Christmas break for students


2027 Winter term/semester

Date Event
Jan 5 First day ​of classes
Jan 12 Last day to add winter term courses
Jan 25 Last day to drop ​winter term courses.
Last day to withdraw with 100% refund of winter term fees.
Feb 15 Family Day, college closed
Feb 15-29 Reading week/spring break
Mar 12 Last day to withdraw from winter term courses with W grade or change from credit to audit.
Mar 26-29 Easter Break, college closed
Apr 23 Last day classes
Jun 4 Vermilion campus Convocation

 

Continue your learning

Add to your skill set by taking another Lakeland College human services program.

Students on a field trip
When you study online at Lakeland, you'll still have access to the hands-on learning we're known for. See how our alumni are making impacts in their communities and how their education prepared them to do so.


Creating Connections

Community support practitioner with client using a walker

Graduates from Lakeland's community support practitioner program are primed to make a difference in the lives of the people around them. They do this in many ways, often finding work in care facilities, rehab centres, resource centres and in independent homes.

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