WHAT DOES IT COST?
Currently the total cost including kit, tuition and taxes is $13670. Please click a contract for a full breakdown, including our payment plan.
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HOW COME THE AVEDA INSTITUTE VANCOUVER PROGRAM IS ONLY 6 MONTHS WHEN MOST SCHOOLS ARE 10 MONTHS?
What most Vancouver hair schools don't want you to know is that the hair industry has been deregulated in British Columbia since 2003.
Because hairstyling is deregulated in British Columbia, our program is not required to allocate time to provincial exam preparation. This gives us the freedom to design a curriculum that is entirely focused on real-world salon readiness, creative confidence, and long-term career success.
Rather than dividing attention between exam requirements and hands-on development, our educators are able to dedicate their time to immersive and practical training, building strong technical foundations, speed, precision, and artistry from day one.
Our students spend the majority of their education working with hair: refining modern cutting and colouring techniques, developing editorial and session-styling skills, and learning how to perform efficiently in a high-end salon environment. The result is an experience that is dynamic, creative, and intentionally aligned with how today’s best salons actually operate.
We’re not suggesting one approach is better than another—regulated provinces serve different requirements and outcomes. Our program is simply designed for a different market: preparing students for a successful, confident career in a modern, professional salon setting.
But... there is a catch. If you want to come to the Aveda Institute Vancouver from out-of-province and then return home to work as a stylist, unfortunately we don't currently give you enough hours to work at home. Our program is perfect if you want to stay in BC for at least 2 years after graduation. At that point you'll have the hours needed to challenge any provincial exam. And we are working towards offering a Red Seal program and hope to have it ready in 2027.
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WHY SHOULD I CONSIDER THE AVEDA INSTITUTE VANCOUVER?
We live and breathe salon hairdressing every single day.
Our system is condensed into a 6-month program, allowing our students to graduate sooner and for less tuition cost than most hairdressing schools. And we have the highest teacher to student ratio of any school. Our ability to offer one-on-one attention to our students is simply unheard of at any other Vancouver hairdressing school.
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DO YOU ONLY TEACH AVEDA TECHNIQUES AND PRODUCTS?
While we'd love our students to work in an Aveda Salon after graduation, we know that isn't always possible. The Aveda Institute Vancouver teaches a comprehensive, career-focused curriculum designed to prepare you for success in any salon environment, regardless of which brand they use. Our students learn cutting, colouring, and styling principles that apply across all major professional brands. Working with Aveda, the highest performance products available while learning and using Aveda's standard of guest care gives our students a huge advantage over graduates from any other Vancouver hairdressing schools. With all humility, we are at a different level, and our graduates will thrive in any environment.
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CAN I WORK IN A NON-AVEDA SALON AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE AVEDA INSTITUTE VANCOUVER?
Absolutely. Many of our graduates work in salons that use Redken, Wella, L’Oréal, Davines, or product lines. Our training philosophy is focused on technical mastery and our graduates will be more than ready to excel wherever they choose.
IT SOUNDS AMAZING BUT IS THIS LEGAL, AND WILL SALONS RECOGNIZE MY AVEDA INSTITUTE VANCOUVER DIPLOMA?
Rest assured, we absolutely are legal, legitimate and recognized by the government. We are a PTIRU Accredited Institution.
We have passed the same inspections, exams and criteria every single school must go through and our diploma holds the same weight as every other school. In fact, we like to think it holds a little more. The Aveda Institute Vancouver team are some of the most successful salon owners and stylists in Canada. The advice and mentorship our students receive is truly outstanding.
As an aside, the Vancouver Hairdressing Academy is the only school that our parent company Space Salon hires from. This means any and all new talent hires in Space Salon come from the Aveda Institute exclusively. Add to that that we have graduates at prestigious salon locations all around Canada.
WHAT'S IN THE KIT?
Many schools place low quality tools in their students' bags and often the first thing many students do is start replacing things. We disagree with the idea that students should be given poor quality gear, so we've had a distributor put together the best kit possible at the best price. We put top quality tools into your hands from the first day, because if you act like a professional, you will become a professional. Your scissors are very good. You receive 6 mannequin heads. You get every brush you could possibly need in your career. Your flat iron, clippers and blowdryer are all top quality. Your investment gets you outstanding tools that you will be able to use in your career for years and years.
CAN I WRITE THIS PROGRAM OFF OR USE RESPs?
Absolutely yes to both questions. We are registered both provincially with the PTIRU and federally with the Canada Revenue Agency. For RESPs, your banker will find us on the list of federally registered institutions, and at the end of your course you will be issued a tax receipt and form allowing you to claim your academy expenses on your next tax return.
WHY DO YOU USE VIDEO INSTRUCTION?
We've found that this method of instruction allows us the best, most consistent communication to our students. Constant repetition of the course material has our students learning and remembering our systems quickly and offers no confusion between instructors, the most common issue in most hairdressing schools.
But it's important to clarify that our students are not left alone. We have the highest teacher to student ratio of any school, anywhere. The video content is a tool so that the student can go back and clarify anything from any of the techniques they've learned any time.
We've created a culture based on sharing ideas and encouraging professional as well as life development. We'd love you to be a part of this experience.
To find out more about how you can get trained at Vancouver's best hairdressing school, call 6046169179