Top 20 Canadian Acting Schools 2021

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.