Overview

As a Recreation Therapy Professional, you will use meaningful recreation and leisure education, counselling and experiences to promote, restore, rehabilitate, and/or maintain quality of life and well-being. Therapeutic recreation supports the development of strengths while addressing social, emotional, physical, spiritual and cognitive needs.

Highlights from the Recreation Therapy programme from Niagara College Canada

Receive specialized training and certifications designed to meet the needs of an aging population including:
Communication Tips and Tools for Dementia
DementiAbility Methods Certificate
Nordic Pole Walking Instructor Certification
Earn a Level 1 Inclusion Certificate from Variety Village.
Gain over 430 hours of practical field placement experience, supported by a field placement officer.
Benefit from Therapeutic Recreation Ontario student membership.
Become eligible for your R/TRO designation upon graduation.

Opportunity to receive certification for Foundations of Indigenous Cultural Safety in Healthcare.

Career opportunities:

Acute, chronic care or other specialized hospital
Adult day programme/retirement home/long-term care home
Children’s treatment centre
Community/private agency supporting people with illness or disability
Facility/agency for individuals with mental health or intellectual disabilities
Municipal recreation department
Private practice
Rehabilitation facility

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Leadership in Society

Essential Communication Skills for Community Services

Therapeutic Recreation for Diverse Abilities

Professionalism in Therapeutic Recreation

Therapeutic Recreation

Developmental Psychology

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-03 00:00:00

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More details

Applications to open (not competitive) programmes are processed on a first come, first serve basis starting in November each year.

Language

English

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Welland, Canada

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent including the following required course(s):
English – any Grade 12 (C) or (U), or equivalent

Technological requirements

desktop or laptop running on an updated Microsoft Windows operating system (Windows 11 recommended).
Minimum 256GB SSD storage and 8 GB memory (note that 16 GB memory is strongly recommended).
An integrated or peripheral video camera, microphone, and speaker system.
Reliable internet connectivity with Broadband capabilities. A minimum download speed of 10 – 50 Mbps is recommended.

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

16450 CAD / year

≈ 16450 CAD / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

2715 CAD / year

≈ 2715 CAD / year

Additional Details

International student:

Year 1: $16450

Year 2: $15950

Funding

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Delivered

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