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Program description - September 2025
Are you interested in building bookkeeping skills that will make you an asset to small and mid-sized organizations? Are you looking to gain knowledge of the bookkeeping requirements for your own business?
Conestoga's Bookkeeping program provides you with a holistic set of skills and knowledge in just one-year, offering fundamental skills in financial accounting, personal income tax, and payroll. The program also works to develop your critical interpersonal, and collaborative skills that that will help you build relationships with clients, colleagues, and other contacts within the industry.
Taught by committed faculty with extensive industry experience, this one-year Ontario College certificate provides you with the opportunity to work with industry standard software, as well as emerging applications used in the field.
By enrolling in this program, you will be aligned to Canada's largest and fastest-growing certifying body of bookkeepers. Students who begin this program in fall 2021 and later will have the opportunity to fast track towards the nationally recognized Certified Professional Bookkeeper (CPB) designation. You will also have access to a preferred student membership rate, full of member benefits that will provide access to continuing education and networking opportunities with bookkeeping professionals across Canada.
Upon successful completion of the program, you will also have the opportunity to enter year 2 of Conestoga's Payroll and Bookkeeping diploma program, with the addition of just two payroll courses.
Program details
Tuition & fees
Tuition and fee details for the 2024-2025 academic year (September to August) are listed below. Books and supplies may be additional. Tuition and fee details for terms starting September 2025 and later will be available Spring 2025.
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International
Canadian fee details
Description | Fall 2024 | Winter 2025 |
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Full-time Program Tuition | $1348.00 | $1348.00 |
Administration Fee | $25.00 | $25.00 |
CSI Advocacy Fee | $8.00 | $8.00 |
CSI Association Fee | $37.50 | $37.50 |
CSI Extended Health & Dental Plan Fee | $330.00 | - |
CSI Legal Care Fee | $30.00 | - |
eText Fee | $388.00 | $532.00 |
Graduation/Alumni Services Fee | $20.00 | $20.00 |
HST | $5.46 | - |
Student Services | $86.00 | $86.00 |
Supply Fee (Taxed) | $42.00 | - |
Technology Enhancement Fee | $110.00 | $110.00 |
CSI - Student Welcome Kit Fee (optional) | $70.00 | - |
CSI Student Club & Society Fee (optional) | $4.00 | $4.00 |
CSI Student Events Fee (optional) | $10.00 | $10.00 |
Sustainability Fee (optional) | $5.00 | $5.00 |
Term Total | $2518.96 | $2185.50 |
Year Total | $4704.46 |
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International fee details
Description | Fall 2024 | Winter 2025 |
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International Program Tuition | $7294.00 | $7294.00 |
Administration Fee | $25.00 | $25.00 |
CSI Advocacy Fee | $8.00 | $8.00 |
CSI Association Fee | $37.50 | $37.50 |
CSI College Int'l Health Insurance Plan (CIHIP) | $530.00 | - |
CSI Extended Health & Dental Plan Fee | $330.00 | - |
CSI Legal Care Fee | $30.00 | - |
eText Fee | $388.00 | $532.00 |
Graduation/Alumni Services Fee | $20.00 | $20.00 |
HST | $5.46 | - |
ISR (International Student Recovery) | $375.00 | $375.00 |
Student Services | $86.00 | $86.00 |
Supply Fee (Taxed) | $42.00 | - |
Technology Enhancement Fee | $110.00 | $110.00 |
CSI - Student Welcome Kit Fee (optional) | $70.00 | - |
CSI Student Club & Society Fee (optional) | $4.00 | $4.00 |
CSI Student Events Fee (optional) | $10.00 | $10.00 |
Sustainability Fee (optional) | $5.00 | $5.00 |
Term Total | $9369.96 | $8506.50 |
Year Total | $17876.46 |
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Program device & software requirements
This program requires you to have a device that meets certain specifications. For most students, this cost is in addition to the tuition & fees listed above.
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