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Interested in applying to host an international student?

For more information on Canada Homestay International or to fill out a host application, please visit the Canada Homestay International web site.

Welcome to Canada!

Canada Homestay International (CHI) manages Homestay for the Centre for Education and Training (TCET).

Together, TCET and CHI look forward to providing warm and welcoming homestays so students will feel well-supported during their program of study in Canada.

To get you started, please find as links, our International Student Homestay Application, and Student Guide. If you would like us to arrange a host family for you, please review the Student Guide and complete our online application.

Please see the linked outline of our Services and Fees. Once we receive your application, we will create an invoice and following payment, will send you a confirmation letter with information on your host family.

If you have any questions about the application process, please contact us.

Agent Portal

If you are an agent and you would like to use our agent portal to enter flight information for your student, please login here.

Custodianship Services

If you are a student under 18 and are NOT staying with a family friend or relative who is also your Custodian, you MUST register in the Homestay and Custodianship Program managed by Canada Homestay International.

Please complete, with your parents, the Parental Consent to Custodianship and the Homestay Consent and Release, and submit them to us along with the homestay application.

Following receipt of these documents, we will create an invoice and, following payment, will send you the declaration of custodianship required by CIC and a confirmation letter with information on your host family.