Top 20 Canadian Acting Schools 2021

After an extensive review, we are proud to present our official “Top 20 Canadian Acting Schools” list for 2021. In an effort to bring you onto campus, we’ve partnered with some of this year’s top schools to bring you exclusive classes you can audit right here each month. We invite you to learn from best and test your talent!

Highlighted Schools

  • Canadian College of Performing Arts

    Victoria, BC

    Managing Artistic Director: Caleb Marshall (He/Him)

    Inspired by his mentors and the early acting greats Caleb Marshall shares his process to unlock impulse, activate the emotional system, ground you in the moment and come from a truthful place.

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  • Toronto Film School

    Toronto, ON

    Toronto Film School is recognized as a top-ranked school, both in Canada and across the globe.

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  • Toronto Metropolitan University

    Toronto, ON

    The Creative School of Ryerson University is a disruptor in media, design and creative industries located in the heart of Toronto.

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  • George Brown College - Acting for Media/Theatre Arts

    Toronto, ON

    The School of Media & Performing Arts provides the ideal environment to take creative risks, hone your skills, and start making industry connections.

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  • Vancouver Film School (VFS)

    Vancouver, BC

    Vancouver Film School is a global leader in entertainment arts education, offering 15 programs to more than 1,000 students across eight campuses.

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  • University of Windsor

    Windsor, ON

    Dramatic Art offers you a welcoming community and a thriving and energized student experience that will challenge and prepare you for a lifelong career as theatre artists, teachers, and arts leaders.

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  • Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts

    Victoria, BC

    The Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts is a school that trains actors for careers in film, TV and theatre and is the only school of its type on Vancouver Island.

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  • University of Winnipeg Theatre & Film

    Winnipeg, MB

    Christopher Brauer

    The Department of Theatre and Film at UofW is the go-to centre in Manitoba for training in the practical aspects of making both theatre and film.

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  • York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design

    Toronto, ON

    York University’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design allows its students to unleash their creativity.

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  • Capilano University School of Performing Arts

    North Vancouver, BC

    The School of Performing Arts at Capilano University educates skilled and inspired performers that articulate the breadth of human experience, engaging and bringing audiences together.

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  • Dalhousie University

    Halifax, NS

    Assistant Professor, Acting: Matthew Thomas Walker

    In July 2014, Dalhousie’s former departments of Music and Theatre joined together to form the Fountain School of Performing Arts. It is the only university performing arts school east of Montreal and brings a range of new opportunities to students of Music, Theatre and Cinema and Media Studies.

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  • Seneca College

    Toronto, ON

    Seneca College emphasizes on experiential learning and programs that integrate new and traditional media.

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  • Concordia University

    Montreal, QC

    Chair of Concordia’s Department of Theatre: Noah Drew

    The Department of Theatre seeks to inspire and prepare the next generation of theatre artists through our Specialization Programs in Acting, Performance Creation, and Design.

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  • UTM/Sheridan Theatre & Drama Studies

    Toronto, ON

    Theatre & Drama Studies is a unique partnership in theatre training, offered jointly between UTM and the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning.

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  • Second City

    Toronto, ON

    The Second City is full of over 60 yeas of comedy history and has fostered generations of comedy superstars.

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  • UBC Department of Film & Television

    Vancouver, BC

    The Department of Theatre and Film at UBC aims to develop each student’s imaginative, technical and intellectual skills as they prepare to embark on a career in theatre and film.

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  • Toronto Academy of Acting, Film and Television

    Toronto, ON

    The Toronto Academy of Acting for Film and Television is recognized as one of the top film schools, offering training in diploma programs for film acting as well as film & television production.

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  • Humber College

    Toronto, ON

    Humber's Faculty of Media and Creative Arts is where creativity meets career find training in the full spectrum of skills needed to succeed as a screen actor.

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  • National Theatre School of Canada

    Montreal, QC

    The National Theatre School offers students the opportunity to explore theatre as a form of artistic expression and as an instrument for personal and social change.

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  • Simon Fraser University - School for Contemporary Arts

    Vancouver, BC

    SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts offers a unique curriculum in which studio classes in dance, film, music/sound, theatre performance and production, and visual art are integrated with the historical and theoretical study of the arts.

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