CPA: The Path to Graduate School in Psychology in Canada
Applying to graduate school in psychology can be competitive and confusing. We’re sharing CPA’s Path to Graduate School in Psychology in Canada, a helpful roadmap to understand what graduate programs are looking for and how to prepare.
For those planning to practice in BC, explore BCPA’s How to Become a Psychologist in British Columbia for step-by-step guidance in the province.
Like every path in life, your academic and training journey is not likely to be linear. There will be hiccups and meandering side roads, speed bumps, and potholes to avoid. Don’t be discouraged if your path doesn’t look like this or if you aren’t hitting these benchmarks right when you are “supposed to”.
Every journey is unique and you will backtrack, jump ahead, and maybe even find that some things aren’t useful for you! That is okay and very much to be expected. We hope that this serves as a useful guide to come back to so that you can see those important dates and metrics to be thinking about, but don’t let it constrain you to just one path or way of doing things!
Any student interested in graduate school in psychology may find this guide useful as the information contained within is not specific to a particular specialization in psychology (e.g., clinical psychology, experimental psychology, etc.).
However, students should always consult the website of the graduate school to which they are considering applying for specific deadlines and information about application. The university where you are applying is always considered the final authority on deadlines; the date windows reflected in this resource are approximate and are suggestions only.
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