User research and validation
Interviews, surveys and problem mapping. Finding out what people need before you design anything.
For career changers
The UX design
The UX design
course in
Canada that
ends with a
real app
A twelve-week online program for Canadians moving into UX and product design. You graduate with a live app in the App Store, which is the strongest thing a career changer can bring to an interview.
Cohort 06
- Starts
- Jan 11, 2027
- Applications
- Open now
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Commitment
- ~10 hrs / week
- Format
- Live, remote
- Tuition
- $2,400
01 · The case
Why UX is a workable move in Canada
Canadian tech keeps hiring designers through hiring slowdowns. Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary all have growing product teams inside banks, telecoms, health-tech firms and startups. Unlike most fields, UX is genuinely open to people arriving from somewhere else, because hiring managers weigh your portfolio and your thinking far above your degree.
Compensation follows the demand. Junior roles in Canada typically start in the $55,000 to $75,000 range, intermediate designers sit around $75,000 to $95,000, and senior product designers at Canadian tech companies commonly clear $90,000 and rise from there. Those are typical CAD ranges drawn from public job-market data, and any real offer varies by city, company and experience.
02 · The problem
Most courses leave you with a PDF
Here is what nobody tells career changers: every bootcamp graduate has the same portfolio. A redesign of a food-delivery app. A case study with personas and a journey map. A Figma prototype nobody ever used. Canadian hiring managers see hundreds of them.
This program teaches the same full process, meaning research, information architecture, wireframing, visual design, prototyping and usability testing, but applies it to a product that actually ships. By graduation you have a live app, real users and usage data. When an interviewer says walk me through your process, you are describing your product rather than a class exercise.
03 · What you learn
The complete skillset, compressed
Architecture and flows
Information architecture and user journeys, so the thing is navigable before it is beautiful.
Visual design and systems
Figma from the ground up, through to a component library with tokens and documentation.
Prototyping and testing
Interactive prototypes put in front of real people, and what to do with what they tell you.
The AI design workflow
Figma alongside Claude, Midjourney and v0, which is becoming a baseline expectation on Canadian product teams.
Shipping
The part almost no course covers: getting the thing built, submitted and launched.
04 · Before you apply
Questions, answered straight
Is the course available across Canada
Yes. It is 100% online and live sessions are scheduled to work across North American time zones. Students join from Ontario, BC, Alberta and everywhere between. Sessions are recorded, so an occasional clash is not a problem.
Do I need design or coding experience
No. It is built for people starting from zero. You learn Figma from the ground up, and the development weeks use AI-assisted tools, so no programming background is required.
Will this get me a UX job in Canada
No honest program can guarantee employment, and you should be wary of any that does. What this gives you is the thing most applicants lack: a live, launched product with real users, plus a documented case study of the process behind it.
How does it compare to a college UX diploma
Canadian college UX programs typically run one to two years and cost considerably more. This is twelve weeks and $2,400, focused on the practical skillset and the portfolio. Some students treat it as the fast route in and add formal study later.
What does it cost
Tuition is $2,400, or three monthly payments of $900. Bootcamp tuition commonly runs $7,000 to $14,000, so this is a comparatively low-cost way into the field.
05 · Related
Other ways in
- 01
Build an app with AI
The founder route: you have an idea and want it shipped.
- 02
AI product design course
For designers adding the AI workflow to an existing craft.
- 03
Online UX bootcamp
How this compares to the long, expensive alternatives.
Bring the idea
Leave with the app
The planning session is free and one to one. If this is not the right fit for what you are trying to build, you will leave knowing that.
At a glance
- Cohort 06 starts
- Jan 11, 2027
- Applications
- Open now
- Tuition
- $2,400