
Waterloo Catholic District School Board — International Education
Every year, students from around the world choose Waterloo Catholic District School Board for their Canadian education. Our six secondary schools welcome international students into the full life of the school, and virtually every program available to our Canadian students is available to our international students — with no additional fees for co-curricular participation.
We welcome students for a single semester, a full academic year, or a complete Ontario Secondary School Diploma. Short-term students are not visitors on the sidelines: they choose real courses, join teams and clubs from their first weeks, and leave with an official Ontario transcript recognized by schools and universities worldwide. Many arrive for one semester and ask to stay longer.
As a faith-based board, we educate the whole student: mind, character and spirit. Students of all faiths and backgrounds are welcomed into our school communities, where highly qualified teachers, dedicated guidance counsellors and school chaplains support each student personally. Families consistently tell us their children feel safe, known and cared for here.
Individualized academic planning
Each international student begins with a thorough assessment of academic background and English language proficiency, followed by an education plan built around their goals — whether that means a focused semester abroad or a four-year path to graduation. Our schools offer full English as a Second Language support, partial ESL support, or complete English immersion, so students are placed where they will succeed and challenged as their English grows.
Signature pathways
Students can pursue focused certificate programs that build genuine expertise. Requirements are scaled to each student’s length of study, and students enrolled for a single academic year can earn a specialized one-year international certificate.
These sit alongside Advanced Placement courses, Specialist High Skills Major programs, cooperative education placements with local employers, and dual credit courses delivered on Conestoga College campuses.
A well-connected place to study
Our schools sit within one of Canada’s strongest post-secondary communities — the University of Waterloo, St. Jerome’s University, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College are all located in Waterloo Region. Our students visit these campuses, learn from their faculty, and complete placements with the employers who hire their graduates. Students who go on to graduate with an Ontario Secondary School Diploma apply to Canadian universities and colleges exactly as their Canadian classmates do, with Ontario grades, Canadian teacher references, and guidance counsellors who know the process well.
Welcome to our community
Beyond the classroom, students join athletic teams, arts programs, science and technology clubs, faith and service groups, and student leadership. Carefully screened homestay placements give students a warm Canadian family experience.
프로그램 설정: 2006
제공되는 프로그램: 1년, 1학기, 단기, 여름 캠프
학습 언어: 영어
총 학교 수입니다: 55
유학생을 위한 고등학교: 6
총 학생 수: 30,000 K to 12
총 유학생 수: 225
성적이 인정된 국제 학생: JK-8; 9-12
가장 가까운 공항: Pearson International Airport (approx. 45 minut1 hour drive)
Welcome To Our Community…
Waterloo Region is one of Canada’s safest, friendliest and most exciting places to be a student. Made up of the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge and four surrounding townships, our community of nearly 700,000 people is among Canada’s ten largest urban areas — and one of its fastest growing. Ours is a warm, welcoming and multicultural community where newcomers from around the world quickly feel at home, and where students are surrounded by English every day, in and out of the classroom.
Known as Canada’s innovation capital, Waterloo Region is home to Google’s largest engineering office outside the United States, more than 1,500 technology companies, and Communitech, one of the world’s leading innovation hubs. It’s also home to the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and the Centre for International Governance Innovation — places where world-changing ideas are shaped.
Students who study here can continue right at home: the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College are all located within the Region and welcome thousands of international graduates each year.
Getting around and getting away is easy. The ION light rail and GO train connect our cities and link us to Toronto, roughly 90 minutes away. Toronto Pearson International Airport is about an hour’s drive, and Niagara Falls, the Great Lakes and Canada’s ski hills are all within a short trip.
We look forward to welcoming you.
Homestay & Student Care
International students studying in Waterloo Region’s Catholic Schools benefit from a comprehensive homestay program coordinated through the school district’s International Education department. Families and agencies supporting students can arrange every aspect of a student’s placement through our department, including custodianship, medical insurance, homestay accommodation and community engagement.
Our host families are recruited, screened and managed by two locally owned homestay companies based right here in Waterloo Region. Both have partnered with our program for close to twenty years — an unusually long relationship in this field, and one that reflects the trust we place in them. Because their staff live and work in the same community as our schools and host families, support is always local, personal and close at hand.
Homestays are carefully selected, and every effort is made to align the values, routines and expectations of the international student’s family with those of the host family. Placements are reviewed regularly to confirm that the home remains supportive and that appropriate supervision is in place. Where the school district is appointed as custodian or guardian, ongoing communication and reporting to parents is an expectation, so families always know how their child is doing.
A positive homestay experience is central to a student’s success. Students who feel settled and cared for at home arrive at school ready to learn — and many stay in touch with their Canadian host families long after they return home.
입장 날짜: September & February, throughout the year with some restrictions and limitations
신청 마감일: through the year; recommended four months prior to admission date
신청 수수료: $424
연간 수업료: Secondary $16,500, Elementary $15,500
1학기 수업료: One semester – Secondary $8,250, Elementary $7,750
연간 홈스테이 배치 수수료: $225
홈스테이 월 요금: $1,300
연간 건강 보험료: $560
연간 관리 수수료: $900
Airport Transfer: $340
Orientation Week Homestay: $325
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가격은 변경될 수 있으며, 신청 과정에서 수수료를 확인하시기 바랍니다.
일반 문의 이메일: info@wcdsb.ca
웹사이트: https://international.wcdsb.ca/
우편 주소: 35 Weber Street West, Unit A, PO Box 91116
City: Kitchener
Province: 온타리오
우편 번호: N2G 4G2
전화: 519-578-3660 ext 2324
팩스: 519-743-9978
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