Massage Therapy
How To Apply
Program Details
- Program Code5115
- Credential TypeOntario College Advanced Diploma
- SchoolSchool of Health and Wellness
- Program TypePost-secondary program
- Program Length3 years/ 6 semesters (24 months continuous)
- Delivery ModeIn-person
- LocationMorningside Campus
- EmailAH@centennialcollege.ca
- Telephone416-289-5000
- PGWP AlignedYes
- CIP Code51.3501
Program Availability
- Program Overview
- Courses
- Career Options and Education Pathways
- Admission Requirements
- How to Apply
- Tuition and Fees
- Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
- Advising
The Massage Therapy Advanced Diploma Program at Centennial College equips students with the foundational and advanced clinical competencies required to become successful Registered Massage Therapists (RMTs). Grounded in professionalism, evidence-informed practice, and client-centered care, the program emphasizes critical thinking, assessment, treatment planning, and therapeutic intervention.
Mission Statement: To use an integrative approach to facilitate, empower, and transform the lives of learners toward professional readiness.
Recognized as a distinctive and rigorous offering within the School of Allied Health Sciences, this accredited program integrates theoretical knowledge with extensive practical application through classroom instruction, laboratory experiences, an on-campus public clinic, and community-based outreach placements. Students gain expertise in assessment techniques and therapeutic interventions for a wide range of conditions affecting the lymphatic, muscular, nervous, fascial, and joint systems, while also promoting overall health, function, mobility, and wellness.
Delivery Mode
Massage Therapy is a regulated, hands-on healthcare profession that requires students to develop clinical skills, professional behaviours, therapeutic communication abilities, and clinical reasoning through direct experience and supervised practice. To ensure graduates are competent, safe, and practice-ready, Centennial College delivers all core Massage Therapy lectures, laboratories, student clinic experiences, and clinical placements in person. Face-to-face learning environments are essential for developing the practical skills and professional competencies required to meet program learning outcomes and entry-to-practice standards.
Graduation Requirements
To graduate from the program, students must successfully complete all required courses and fulfill 330 Direct Client Care hours through student clinics and outreach placements, as mandated by the program’s accrediting body. These hours are embedded within the curriculum and are essential to professional competency development. Students who miss clinic or outreach experiences are required to complete all outstanding hours before progressing in their studies. All core courses are offered at the Morningside campus location.
Program Highlights
- The continuous delivery allows students to complete the 3-year program in 24 months and enter the job market quickly.
- The program operates two on-site public clinics allowing students opportunities to practice skills on public clients and gain experience in assessment and treatment, under the supervision of experienced RMT faculty members, to help improve patients’ physical ability and quality of life.
- Centennial College graduates have consistently demonstrated strong success rates on College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO) entry-to-practice licensing examinations, reflecting the quality and rigor of the program.
Accreditation
The Massage Therapy Advanced Diploma Program at Centennial College Morningside Campus has been awarded full accreditation. The implementation of the accreditation process across Canada marked an important and historic milestone in the massage therapy field. Canadian Massage Therapy Council for Accreditation (CMTCA) accreditation serves as third-party recognition that our program meets or exceeds national standards for quality massage therapy education, and indicates that it is committed to continuous improvement, to the benefit of staff, students, and the public.
Program Overview
The Massage Therapy Advanced Diploma Program at Centennial College equips students with the foundational and advanced clinical competencies required to become successful Registered Massage Therapists (RMTs). Grounded in professionalism, evidence-informed practice, and client-centered care, the program emphasizes critical thinking, assessment, treatment planning, and therapeutic intervention.
Mission Statement: To use an integrative approach to facilitate, empower, and transform the lives of learners toward professional readiness.
Recognized as a distinctive and rigorous offering within the School of Allied Health Sciences, this accredited program integrates theoretical knowledge with extensive practical application through classroom instruction, laboratory experiences, an on-campus public clinic, and community-based outreach placements. Students gain expertise in assessment techniques and therapeutic interventions for a wide range of conditions affecting the lymphatic, muscular, nervous, fascial, and joint systems, while also promoting overall health, function, mobility, and wellness.
Delivery Mode
Massage Therapy is a regulated, hands-on healthcare profession that requires students to develop clinical skills, professional behaviours, therapeutic communication abilities, and clinical reasoning through direct experience and supervised practice. To ensure graduates are competent, safe, and practice-ready, Centennial College delivers all core Massage Therapy lectures, laboratories, student clinic experiences, and clinical placements in person. Face-to-face learning environments are essential for developing the practical skills and professional competencies required to meet program learning outcomes and entry-to-practice standards.
Graduation Requirements
To graduate from the program, students must successfully complete all required courses and fulfill 330 Direct Client Care hours through student clinics and outreach placements, as mandated by the program’s accrediting body. These hours are embedded within the curriculum and are essential to professional competency development. Students who miss clinic or outreach experiences are required to complete all outstanding hours before progressing in their studies. All core courses are offered at the Morningside campus location.
Program Highlights
- The continuous delivery allows students to complete the 3-year program in 24 months and enter the job market quickly.
- The program operates two on-site public clinics allowing students opportunities to practice skills on public clients and gain experience in assessment and treatment, under the supervision of experienced RMT faculty members, to help improve patients’ physical ability and quality of life.
- Centennial College graduates have consistently demonstrated strong success rates on College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO) entry-to-practice licensing examinations, reflecting the quality and rigor of the program.
Accreditation
The Massage Therapy Advanced Diploma Program at Centennial College Morningside Campus has been awarded full accreditation. The implementation of the accreditation process across Canada marked an important and historic milestone in the massage therapy field. Canadian Massage Therapy Council for Accreditation (CMTCA) accreditation serves as third-party recognition that our program meets or exceeds national standards for quality massage therapy education, and indicates that it is committed to continuous improvement, to the benefit of staff, students, and the public.
Courses
Career Options and Education Pathways
Career Outlook
- Registered Massage Therapist
- Sport Registered Massage Therapist
- Rehabilitation Registered Massage Therapist
Education Pathways
Graduates of the Massage Therapy advanced diploma program have the opportunity to apply learning achieved at Centennial for credits toward further study at the degree level. Listed below are institutions offering pathways for this program.
Please note that each receiving institution has minimum admission requirements in order to qualify for transfer credits, which are assessed by the receiving institution.
| Region | Institution |
|---|---|
| Toronto GTA | Humber Polytechnic |
| Seneca Polytechnic | |
| Toronto Metropolitan University | |
| York University | |
| Ontario | Algoma University |
| Brock University | |
| Lakehead University | |
| Ontario Tech University | |
| Waterloo, University of | |
| Wilfrid Laurier University | |
| Canada | Athabasca University |
| International | Munster Technological University |
Visit our Outgoing Educational Pathways search page for more information on pathways and transfer credits.
You can use this Education Pathways Checklist as a guide to help with your education journey.
For pathways to other Ontario post-secondary institutions, please visit ONTransfer.
Professional Associations
Upon graduation, students are eligible to write the registration examinations administered by the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO), leading to the designation of Registered Massage Therapist (RMT).
Areas of Employment
- Hotels
- Health and Wellness facilities
- Self-employment practice
- Interprofessional health care facilities
- Hospitals
- Sports rehabilitation clinics
- Health spas
- Hospice and Palliative care centres
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or mature student status (19 years or older)
- Grade 12 English (C or U), or equivalent (minimum grade required), or take the Centennial English Admission Test
- Grade 11 Biology or Grade 12 (C or U), or equivalent (minimum grade required)
- Grade 11 or Grade 12 (C, M, or U) One additional Science (Physics, Chemistry, or Exercise Science), or equivalent (minimum grade required)
Additional Requirements
Field Placement Requirements
After admission, but prior to attending each field placement, students are required to:
- Obtain a clear police check with vulnerable sector screening. Vulnerable Sector Screenings must be issued within six months of each placement start date. Any previous criminal record must be pardoned.
- Successfully complete and annually renew a recognized course in CPR (Health Care Provider level)
- Successfully complete a recognized course in standard first aid
- Attend mask fit testing that is provided by Centennial College (shaving of portion of face may be required to meet safety standards)
- Obtain pre-clearance health form completed by a physician or nurse practitioner stating that the student meets the health requirements of legislated acts, ministry guidelines and agency policies
All of the above requirements must be in effect for the duration of each placement, clinic and outreach.
How to Apply
1. Apply Online
Domestic Students
If you are applying through the Better Jobs Ontario Program, please work with an Employment Ontario service provider. For more information go to Better Jobs Ontario Program.
If you have previously attended a full-time program at Centennial College, you may be eligible for a Program Transfer. Visit Enrolment Services at any Campus for information.
All other applicants must apply online at Ontariocolleges.ca. A non-refundable application fee must accompany applications. The fee is payable online, by telephone, online banking, by mail, or in-person to Ontariocolleges.ca. For more information go to Ontariocolleges.ca Application Fees.
International Students
Apply directly to Centennial College here.
2. Submit Documents
Domestic Applicants
Current Ontario high school students and graduates from Ontario high schools: Notify your guidance counsellor that you have applied to college and your school will forward transcripts to Centennial College via Ontariocolleges.ca.
Graduates of college/university, or high school outside Ontario but within Canada: You are responsible for requesting that your educational institute sends any required documents and transcripts to Ontariocolleges.ca.
International Applicants
Please refer to the International Education Application Guide.
3. Confirm Your Offer of Admission
Offers of Admission are sent by mail to eligible applicants. When you receive your offer, you must login to your account at Ontariocolleges.ca and confirm before the Deadline to Confirm noted in your offer letter.
You may confirm only one college and one program offer at a time.
You must confirm your offer by the Deadline to Confirm noted in your Offer of Admission letter or your seat may be given to another applicant.
When you confirm your Offer of Admission at Centennial College you are given access to your personal myCentennial account where you can check your email, grades, register for courses, pay tuition fees, and see your class timetable.
4. Pay Fees
Centennial fees statements are sent by email to your personal email account and to your myCentennial email account. Fees statements are not mailed.
You must make a minimum payment by the Fees Deadline noted in your Fees Statement or your seat may be given to another applicant.
5. Build Your Timetable (Register for Courses)
Build your timetable (web-register for courses) at my.centennialcollege.ca.
Your web-registration will not open if:
You have not submitted your minimum fee payment by the deadline
You received a Conditional Offer of Admission and you have not met the conditions of your offer.
Once you have paid your fees or have made appropriate arrangements, register for your courses online through myCentennial.
Tuition and Fees
Fees noted below are estimates only. Tuition is based on two semesters, beginning Fall 2025.
| Student | Tuition (2 Semesters) | Ancillary Fees | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian | $3,396.50 | $1,395.33 | $4,791.83 |
| International | $17,148.00 | $1,893.28 | $19,041.28 |
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes
Program Vocational Learning Outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.
- Conduct a massage therapy practice within a legal, professional and ethical framework.
- Apply business principles relevant to a massage therapy practice.
- Communicate and collaborate effectively and professionally with clients, colleagues and members of the interprofessional team.
- Develop and maintain therapeutic relationships to optimize clients’ health and wellness.
- Collect and assess clients’ information to determine their state of health and the treatment goals.
- Develop a plan of care according to the client’s condition and the treatment goals.
- Implement the plan of care according to the client’s condition and the treatment goals.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the plan of care.
- Maintain documentation securely, accurately and in a timely manner.
- Develop and implement ongoing effective strategies for personal and professional development to ensure quality care.
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