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Acting Schools in Canada

15 verified schools and studios with a teaching location here, offering 24 programs and classes. This is the research done to date, not a complete list of every provider.

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By province

Cities with several verified schools

25 programs & classes

Results are listed alphabetically. There is no price ranking: prices in different currencies and bases (per class, per term, per year) are not comparable. Children’s and teen classes appear only when you choose a youth audience or open Children & Teens. Online programs are never counted as physically located in a state or city. Items marked Sponsored are paid placements; they never change recognition status, verification or order.

About actor training in Canada

How actor training is organised

In the programs researched, Canadian actor training spans university BFA degrees (University of Alberta, UBC), college diplomas (Studio 58 at Langara College), private conservatories (Canadian College of Performing Arts) and the National Theatre School of Canada, which runs separate English and French programs. Several programs are small cohorts with annual audition cycles.

Source: ent-nts.ca/en/programs/acting

Qualification structures

Names and levels are local to Canada. Similar names in other countries are not interchangeable.

University BFA
The University of Alberta describes its BFA Acting as an intensive conservatory training program within a university degree; UBC combines acting training with theatre studies. Source
College diploma
Langara College publishes Studio 58 Acting as a three-year full-time Diploma with limited enrolment and audition-based admission. Source

Languages and auditions

Teaching languages. The National Theatre School offers English and French programs; the other programs researched are taught in English.

Admissions and auditions. Published processes typically require a prepared audition (commonly two monologues, sometimes a song or movement element) and often additional application materials; several schools hold audition rounds in late winter or spring with an online option for applicants outside the host city. Source

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Official study information

Country information last reviewed 16 October 2026. 3 sources consulted.