Fees

In addition to your academic program, your program fee includes:

• medical insurance
• support from our International Assistants
• orientation program
• use of textbooks
• and our year-end festival.

All prices are in Canadian funds.  For instructions on how to pay your home stay and tuition fees, see Application Instructions.

Please note that due to changing Government Policy some price changes are beyond our control.   We will do our best to give as much notice as possible of any changes.

 Total Academic Semester Fee 2018/19:$12350 CAD

*Program Fee inlcudes Tuition, Medical Insurance and Textbooks

**5 Months Homestay Fee: Covers monthly fees + 10 days @$30/day for orientation period.  Unused days from orientation are refunded, see details in Homestay Service Package below.

***Immigration Canada requires all international students under age 18 to have a notarized declaration signed by a parent and their Canadian custodian. The Abbotsford School District will act as the custodian free of charge.

                            2019 / 2020 Fees

Full Academic Year: (Sept 2019 - Jan 2020) + (Feb 2020 - June 2020)

         Total Academic Year Fee 2019/2020: $24625 CAD

 *Program Fee includes Tuition, Medical Insurance and Textbooks

**10 Months Homestay Fee: Covers monthly fees + 10 days @$30/day for orientation period.  Unused days from orientation are refunded, see details in Homestay Service Package below.

(Effective date: July 1, 2018) Students in the District Homestay will be charged for a full month of homestay fee for the month they are leaving the program including students returning in September semester. The only partial month adjustments will be made for the orientation period in August or January.

***Immigration Canada requires all international students under age 18 to have a notarized declaration signed by a parent and their Canadian custodian. The Abbotsford School District will act as the custodian free of charge.

1 Semester: Sept 2019 or Feb 2020

  Total Academic Semester Fee 2019/2020:$12875 CAD

 *Program Fee inlcudes Tuition, Medical Insurance and Textbooks

**5 Months Homestay Fee: Covers monthly fees + 10 days @$30/day for orientation period.  Unused days from orientation are refunded, see details in Homestay Service Package below.

(Effective date: July 1, 2018) Students in the District Homestay will be charged for a full month of homestay fee for the month they are leaving the program, including students returning in September semester.  The only partial month adjustments will be made for the orientation period in August or January.

***Immigration Canada requires all international students under age 18 to have a notarized declaration signed by a parent and their Canadian custodian. The Abbotsford School District will act as the custodian free of charge.

Homestay Service Package

The School District handles most students' monthly homestay payments on their behalf. If you want this service, please indicate your request on the Application Form and Homestay Request Form. The Service Package requires that the total homestay fees, as indicated above, be paid in-full at the time of billing.  If you do NOT want this service and would like to make payments directly, simply skip this step of the application.

Itemized Fee Schedule for Homestay Service Package 2018/2019 and 2019/2020

*Any unused amount from Orientation will be refunded to the student upon departure from homestay

For instructions on how to pay your homestay and tuition fees, see How to Apply.

Medical Insurance - Included in Program Fee

Medical insurance from the Medical Services Plan of British Columbia (MSP) is mandatory for International students and coverage begins at the end of a three-month waiting period. During that three-month period, the Abbotsford School District pays for private medical coverage for international students. The BC government introduced changes to MSP as of January 1, 2017

In light of this change as well as the BC Ministry of Education recommendation for school districts to provide International students with extra medical insurance above MSP, Abbotsford School District has enrolled all International Students in additional coverage called guard.mePlusBC.

End Dates for Medical, Homestay and Guardianship 

For students completing their studies in June, the District will cease medical coverage, District arranged homestay and District Custodianship as of June 30.

For students completing their studies in January, the District will cease medical coverage, District arranged homestay and District Custodianship as of January 31.

  Additional Child Discount

If more than one member of your family wants to study in Canada, any additional children get a discount! The first student is charged the full tuition amount, and any additional students receive a $500 discount for the academic year, or $250 for a semester.

Questions about our tuition or home stay fees? We are happy to help. Please Contact Us.

Refund Policy

**Please note that all refunds are subject to a $200 processing fee**

In the event that a student does not come to Canada or decides not to attend or to leave Abbotsford School District’s International Program, the following terms will apply:

a. The application fee is non‐refundable in any circumstances.

b. All refunds are subject to a $200 processing fee.

c. For students in their first year of participation in the International Programs, the following will apply:

i. the full program fee, less the application fee and the refund processing fee, will be refunded upon receipt of satisfactory evidence that the Study Permit was not approved by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC);

ii. two‐thirds (2/3) of the program fee, less the application fee and the refund processing fee, will be refunded if the student withdraws prior to commencement of program;

iii. one half (1/2) of the program fee, less the application fee and the refund processing fee, will be refunded if the student withdraws within the first calendar month of commencing the program; and

d. No refund will be provided:

i. for any reason, if the student withdraws after the first calendar month of the program

ii. if a student is dismissed from the program because of a violation of the International Student Agreement

iii. if any information in the student’ application for admission is untrue

iv. if the student breaches any of the obligations set up in the paragraph 1 in the International Student Agreement

v. if the student is unable to perform or is not performing to a reasonable academic standard (grade level of less than C‐ or equivalent)

vi. if the School District is unable to provide an educational program as a result of any labour dispute